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Wagtail vs WordPress: What are the differences?
Wagtail and WordPress are both content management systems (CMS) that provide tools for creating and managing websites. However, they have some key differences that set them apart from each other.
Structure and Customization: One of the major differences between Wagtail and WordPress is the way they handle website structure and customization. Wagtail offers a more flexible and structured approach, allowing developers to create custom content models with defined fields and relationships. On the other hand, WordPress offers a more intuitive and user-friendly interface for customization, allowing users to modify themes and templates with ease.
Scalability and Performance: When it comes to scalability and performance, Wagtail has an advantage over WordPress. Wagtail is built on Django, a high-performance web framework written in Python, which enables it to handle large amounts of content and heavy traffic efficiently. On the other hand, WordPress can be prone to performance issues when dealing with extensive content or high traffic loads.
Security: Security is a crucial factor to consider when choosing a CMS. Wagtail has a reputation for being highly secure, thanks to its robust codebase and regular security updates. WordPress, on the other hand, has a larger user base and a huge number of plugins and themes, which can potentially pose security risks if not properly maintained.
Developer-Friendly Features: Wagtail is known for its developer-friendly features. It provides a clean and well-documented codebase, making it easier for developers to work with. It also offers a comprehensive set of APIs for custom integrations and an extensible plugin architecture. WordPress, on the other hand, has a wider range of plugins and themes available, making it more accessible for non-technical users to customize their websites.
Content Editing Experience: Another noticeable difference between Wagtail and WordPress is the content editing experience. Wagtail provides a more structured and customizable editing interface, allowing users to define content types and fields specific to their needs. WordPress, on the other hand, offers a more intuitive and user-friendly content editor, suitable for non-technical users.
Community and Support: The community and support for a CMS can greatly impact its usability and maintenance. WordPress has a larger and more active community, with a vast number of resources, forums, and plugins available. This makes it easier to find assistance and get support when needed. Wagtail, while having a smaller community, still has a dedicated user base and an active support forum.
In summary, Wagtail and WordPress differ in their approach to website structure and customization, scalability and performance, security, developer-friendly features, content editing experience, and community and support.
Hi Stackers, We are planning to build a product information portal that also provides useful articles and blogs. Application Frontend is going to be built on Next.js with Authentication and Product Database helped by Firebase. But for the Blog / Article we are debating between WordPress/GraphQL plug-in or Strapi.
Please share your thoughts.
We eat our own dog food at Strapi and the Strapi blog is actually a good example of a blog that you can make using Strapi. We built the blog using the Dynamic Zone feature of Strapi, allowing us to stack different components with relation to categories and blog posts. The blogpost collection type includes an SEO component, relations to Authors and Categories and all that's needed to add content easily.
I would recommend that you create a firestore collection for all the blogs that you use. You do not need Graph QL, wordpress or Strapi because you are using next.js. Just use ISR(incremental static regeneration) to make a blog.
Tried to use for my mobile app: 1- user role sucks, you have a max of 3 roles users 2- cannot create a user by passing only email, username and passowrd is required 3- cannot interate with users schema 4- plugins page sucks 5- internalizations is not clear, date time is not translated 6- it's not responsive
DIRECTUS is on another level guys, you should try it. Github stars aren't.
I usually take a slightly different tack because the technical level of people I usually am dealing with is lower. I tend to be pitching to decision makers and not tech people. A bit of my standard answer is below.
Wix and Squarespace are proprietary systems meant for unsophisticated users who want to build their own websites quickly and easily. While they are good for that specific use case, they do not offer any way to move beyond that if your needs arise. Since they are proprietary closed systems if you need something more advanced at some point your only option is to start over.
WordPress is an Open Source CMS that allows much more freedom. It is not quite as simple to setup and create a new site but if you are talking to me then you are not looking to build it yourself so that is really a non-issue. The main benefit of WordPress is freedom. You can host it on virtually any decent web hosting service and since it uses PHP and MySQL you can have virtually any developer take over a project without problem.
I believe in open source because of that freedom. It is good for me as a developer and it is good for my clients. If something were to happen to me or my company you would have no problem finding another qualified WordPress developer to take over the site in a totally seamless fashion. There would be no need to start from scratch.
Additionally the extensible nature of WordPress means that no matter what your future needs, WordPress can handle it. Adding things like e-commerce and custom quoting systems are just two examples of advanced solution's that I have added to WordPress sites years after they were first built.
WordPress is used by tiny one person businesses all the way up to major websites like the NY Times and I think it is right for this project as well.
So many choices for CMSs these days. So then what do you choose if speed, security and customization are key? Headless for one. Consuming your own APIs for content is absolute key. It makes designing pages in the front-end a breeze. Leaving Ghost and Cockpit. If I then looked at the footprint and impact on server load, Cockpit definitely wins that battle.
10 Years ago I have started to check more about the online sphere and I have decided to make a website. There were a few CMS available at that time like WordPress or Joomla that you can use to have your website. At that point, I have decided to use WordPress as it was the easiest and I am glad I have made a good decision. Now WordPress is the most used CMS. Later I have created also a site about WordPress: https://www.wpdoze.com
Pros of Wagtail
- Highly customizable23
- Very Flexible18
- StreamFields are amazing18
- Web content management15
- Non-tech colleagues can update website content13
- Fast as hell11
- Easy setup10
- Customizable9
- Solid documentation7
- Very High Performance3
- Plugins & themes2
- No dynamic blocks nesting (e.g. like in Umbraco CMS)1
- Good for geeks and not for the business1
- Everything's a heavy lifting1
- The Wharton School0
Pros of WordPress
- Customizable415
- Easy to manage366
- Plugins & themes354
- Non-tech colleagues can update website content258
- Really powerful247
- Rapid website development145
- Best documentation78
- Codex51
- Product feature set44
- Custom/internal social network35
- Open source18
- Great for all types of websites8
- Huge install and user base7
- Perfect example of user collaboration5
- Open Source Community5
- Most websites make use of it5
- It's simple and easy to use by any novice5
- Best5
- I like it like I like a kick in the groin5
- Community4
- API-based CMS4
- Easy To use3
- <a href="https://secure.wphackedhel">Easy Beginner</a>2
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Cons of Wagtail
- Not a full CMS: basic components require heavy coding3
- Small developer community2
- Expensive to develop1
Cons of WordPress
- Hard to keep up-to-date if you customize things13
- Plugins are of mixed quality13
- Not best backend UI10
- Complex Organization2
- Do not cover all the basics in the core1
- Great Security1
