Drupal vs WordPress

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Common ground

• PHP5

• Functional programming

• Open source / GPL

• Acquia / Automattic

• Multi-site

Jargon

Drupal WordPress

Nodes Posts

Content types Post types

Blocks Widgets

Regions Sidebars

Modules Plugins

Uptake

Drupal

2012

Drupal

2014

WP 2012 WP 2014

Websites 500,000 750,000 4,500,000 12,300,000

Market share

(overall)

6.2% 2.9% 54.3% 47.1%

Market share

(top 10k)

9% 13.9% 45.8% 44.6%

Events

Drupalcon

• Twice a year

• Mixed locations

• Up to 3,300 attendees (Portland 2013)

Wordcamp

• Multiple events

• Mixed locations

• Approx 80 per year

Development

08 December 2010

26 June 2011

12 January 2012

30 July 2012

15 February 2013

03 September 2013

22 March 2014

Drupal 7 WordPress 3

Plugins / Modules Drupal WordPress

Views N/A

Token Shortcode (core)

CCK/Fields (core) Advanced Custom Fields

Pathauto Core

XML Sitemap/Metatag WordPress SEO

Drupal Commerce WooCommerce

Webform Contact Form 7

WYSIWYG (various) TinyMCE (core)

Plugins Modules

30,135 14,834

Hello World Benchmark

Drupal WordPress

Back end 0.6 0.7

Front end 2.0 1.5

• Powerful modules

• Complex site building

• Scalability

• Rapid theme development

• Intuitive programming

• Out-the-box UI and functionality

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