I think it is safe to say that most (if not all) of our readers are big fans of WordPress. The flexbility of WordPress is just incredible and still manages to impress me at times. What I didn’t realize is that many major corporations are starting to use WordPress to manage their blogs.
A recent post over at BloggingPro caught my attention because they cite a number of examples of WordPress being used by many online corporations, including:
That is quite the impressive list in my opinion and I think it goes to show just how easily WordPress can be integrated into all sorts of existing websites. WordPress.org is definitely the most popular blogging software these days, but I think it is also competing well against CMS software like Joomla, Drupal, etc.
For those of you that have tried other software like Joomla or Drupal, how does WordPress stack up?
If only everything were that simple ;) 
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 3:28 am
I haven’t used either one but have not heard good things about them. From what I’ve read it is very difficult to do simple things like post pictures and things like that with those CMS’s. WordPress has a much bigger community around it and because of that finding information on how to do things is much easier.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 3:47 am
Dear Kyle,
first of all neither WordPress nor Joomla, Drupal etc. are real CMS. These are all systems with very limited possibilties. In German these system called “Redaktionssysteme” which is translated to English CMS, but this is not correct. The current translation must be “editorial systems”, which means, that an editor just add an headline, teaser, some text and an image. CMS actually offer a lot of more features, for example multiple application of digital assets, structured templates etc.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 8:05 am
I’ve set up several of both systems. Wordpress is good for some projects (and some clients), and Drupal is better for others. I have to disagree with CMSDEV above — with its more or less standard modules in place, Drupal excels at handling structured data and complex layouts. I find myself using it more and more for that reason. It’s a great option for people who can’t afford the “real” > $1000 commercial solutions.
Wordpress would be able to compete much more favorably in Drupal’s space if there was a reliable mechanism for structuring data. The “extra fields” thing is hackish and inflexible and plugins like Custom Write Panel or Fresh Page don’t seem to be maintained enough to make it feasible. And then there’s some inflexibility on things like page excerpts, when the “more” content is used, etc.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
I’ve used WP, Joomla, and Drupal. All have their own individual strengths, but WP is by far the easiest and most flexible to work with from an admin standpoint.
I am currently in the process of converting a joomla site to WP. I just got tired of the security updates with Joomla and the limitations of the platform.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Me never use other than wordpress coz i really love to use it…
Friday, July 4th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Thanks everyone for your opinions and insights!
In my 100% biased opinion I think WordPress will win out in the end, but as was said above, each has their own strengths and I have a feeling there will be room for each post of software going forward.
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Always wanted to give drupal the ol college try w/ some sites but the community w/ plugins and themes around wordpress is so much more developed that it is hard to step away even if I have to hack a theme.
Saturday, July 5th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Wordpress is so easy to use even the dumbest person could use it. Most big corporations seem to rather invest a lot of money in CMS software/programs. Wordpress is for free and the community is growing day by day, there are always new plugins for different things.
Sunday, July 6th, 2008 at 7:12 am
I’ve used all the above mentioned software Kyle. Though WordPress isn’t, quote unquote—a cms, it’s capabilities rival true cms software.
Each has it’s strengths, and depending on the needs of the site and the admin, one piece of software may win out over the other. Personally…
I’m still building sites for clients, and whenever I can convince them, I use WordPress. With all the options for themes out there, one can build a pretty impressive site with ease, once they’re familiar with WordPress.