WordPress Vs Drupal - Which One Would You, Choose?

CMS stands for content management system. CMS comes into existence so that a beginner or a non tech person can also create a website without knowing any technical stuff. Plus they can easily manage post or update the content. The most two popular CMS are Drupal and WordPress. At the end of this article you will get the information about Drupal and WordPress.

Do you know that more than 30% of websites are created with the WordPress platform whereas only 2% of websites are created on Drupal? The main reason why WordPress is most popular is because WordPress is very easy to use.

Even Drupal gives abundant of features that are must have features for creating a responsive and effective website. You will find that most of the large scale businesses prefer WordPress or Drupal only

The websites created on WordPress are

• ü  Sony Music Entertainment.
• ü  Slashgear.
• ü  The New Yorker.
• ü  Vogue.
• ü  The Walt Disney Company.

And the websites created on Drupal are

• ü  NASA.
• ü  eBay Inc.
• ü  Pinterest.
• ü  Emmys.
• ü  Standford.
• ü  Tesla.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is the simplest, SEO friendly platform which comes with the friendly user interface for non technical and technical users. A person related to the any field can easily install the WordPress and its plugin to enhance the functionality of their business website. These people have a full control over WordPress best themes so that they can easily customize or modify the code without any external developer interference.

WordPress is a open source platform it means that you don’t need to invest money from your account. You can install the WordPress and can download it for free.

Pros of using WordPress

1. ü  Better editing ad publishing experience.
2. ü  Complete access to HTML and CSS file.
3. ü  Editing of post is very easy just like editing Microsoft office
4. ü  Easy to integrate any type of multimedia
5. ü  Number of plugins and WordPress themes available
6. ü  Multilingual
7. ü  Easy commenting option.

Cons of using WordPress

1. ü  High dependence plugins
2. ü  Low security
3. ü  No free updates
4. ü  No complete documentation for free themes

What is Drupal?

Drupal is an open source project that is widely used to handle digital content. You can publish the digital content on the web very easily. Drupal has some similar functionality as WordPress but Drupal is much different from WordPress in terms of coding, usability, maintenance, security, etc.

To know how Drupal works, you need to be a techie. You will not be able to experience the astonishing features of Drupal unless you don’t know how Drupal works. As compare to the WordPress, Drupal is much more expensive. If you are a non tech person then you will require hiring a professional Drupal website developer.

Therefore to work with Drupal you must have some basic knowledge of PHP, CSS and HTML. you can choose Drupal platform only when you are experienced in this field.

Features of Drupal

1. ü  As compare to the WordPress, Drupal is safer because they focus more on security whereas WordPress comes with lots of security plugins that can be installed as per your choice.
2. ü  WordPress is cost effective because Drupal do not allow you to access the website with zero cost.
3. ü  Drupal and WordPress both the platforms are very easy and recommendable for managing and publishing the content in easy and effective manne.

Cons of using Drupal

1. ü  Impressive Scalability
2. ü  Plugins as modules
3. ü  Fewer free themes
4. ü  Confusing while selecting hosting provider
5. ü  Confusing documentation

Conclusion:

If you are planning for a long term then you must go with the Drupal else, WordPress is the best for beginners or non-techie person.