WordPress vs Drupal: Introduction And What The Numbers Say

Here is the article. 

Before we dig into some more nitty-gritty details, let’s have a quick introduction to the two players in this comparison. Obviously, both are content management systems. That means they give you a self-hosted solution to create and manage all of the content on your website (as the name would suggest!).

So how do they stack up as content management systems?

WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system. Originally launched as a blogging platform back in 2003, WordPress now powers 43.3% of all websites and controls a massive 65.1% of the known content management system market.

Some notable examples of famous entities using WordPress for all, or part, of their web presence are:

• Whitehouse.gov
• Sony Mobile
• University of Washington
• Mercedes Benz
• TechCrunch
• The New Yorker

WordPress Advantages

• Ease of use – WordPress is significantly more user-friendly, especially for non-developers.
• Extensibility – WordPress’ third-party theme and plugin communities make it similarly easy to extend WordPress without the need for custom development. Some people even claim that, with the right extensions, WordPress can do anything that Drupal can do.
• Ease of getting help – WordPress’ massive global community means that it’s easy to find support for any issues that you run into.
• Lower development costs – WordPress offers more “out of the box” solutions and WordPress developers are usually more affordable than Drupal developers.

Drupal Advantages

• Custom content types and views – while WordPress does offer custom post types, most people consider Drupal’s custom content types to be a bit more flexible.
• Access controls/user permissions – whereas WordPress single-site ships with 5 basic user roles, Drupal has a built-in access control system where you can create new roles with individual permissions.
• Core support for multilingual sites – in Drupal 8, multilingual functional is baked into the core, whereas WordPress sites need to turn to third-party plugins.
• Taxonomies for handling lots of data – Drupal’s taxonomy system is more flexible than WordPress, which can make it ideal for handling lots of content.

WordPress Ease Of Use And Learning Curve

WordPress makes it significantly easier to go from “zero” to “fully functioning website that looks good.”

With WordPress, it’s possible to find a niche-specific theme and have a working site all in an afternoon’s work (obviously more complex projects are unlikely to be completed in an afternoon).

What’s more, the WordPress interface is simple for even most casual users to quickly grasp. And tools like the WYSIWYG Theme Customizer and the upcoming Gutenberg editor only make it even easier for casual users to create meaningful and unique content.