Core and Customization

WordPress and Drupal are both open-source (under GNU license) PHP-based CMS. They both have reach functionality out of the box, and they both support modules for more features. WordPress is more popular. It has more available modules and adds on in comparison with Drupal. It also has a more significant community of contributors and developers, although the one of Drupal is not small too.
WordPress has more available themes too. If you choose it, you will have more possibility for creating the best website for you.

Ease of use

Both content management systems are easy to learn. People will say that WordPress is more accessible, especially the backend part of it, but it depends strongly on your use. For a blog site, the two are excellent and easy to set up. WordPress has an edge for faster installation. Many hosting providers have a tool for installing it in just a few minutes.
Drupal is more complicated, and it will be harder to customize. It might require additional knowledge of PHP, CSS, and HTML.

Security

In this round, Drupal is the winner. In order to be competitive, Drupal’s developing team has focused their effort on security. They often post about security fixes on their page, and they regularly provide patches.
WordPress’s security is not horrible. The popularity of it also has a negative effect too. There are far more websites that use WordPress, and this is why there are more hackers’ attacks on those kinds of sites. You can reinforce the security with a 3rd party plug-in, and that way is safer.

Speed

In their purest form, without any cache boosts, Drupal wins this round of WordPress vs Drupal. It is less heavy. It is recommended for websites with many pages. If you want to use WordPress don’t get sad. There are ways to speed it up, check our article “5 tips to speed up WordPress website.”

SEO

We can’t have a WordPress vs Drupal comparison without paying attention to the search engine optimization. As we said already, Drupal is a bit faster which helps with the SEO. Both support custom URLs and responsive design. They both support similar plug-ins for additional SEO help. In this department, the two platforms are a tie.

Conclusion about WordPress vs Drupal

We have chosen WordPress for our blog, because of the simplicity and ease of use. We can recommend it to anyone, who needs a blog for their site. It is fast to set up, and it is mobile friendly.

For people with more experience in website building and who wants to create bigger and more complicated websites, Drupal can be the better platform. It will handle multiple-page sites better, but it will require more time to set it up.

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Just before we leave you, we want to share with you several examples of websites built with the two platforms. You can see that both platforms produce excellent sites.

WordPress

The New Yorker
BBC America
Variety
Sony Music
Mercedes-Benz

Drupal

Grammy.com
NASA
Harvard University
Nokia
London City

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What is Drupal CMS?

Drupal is an open-source CMS that was created by Dries Buytaert. Dries is a Dutch and his initial idea about the name of his project was dorp (a village in Dutch). Later he changed his mind and registered it as Drop (drop.org). The open-source nature of the project led to significant interest, and many contributors joined. In 2001, Dries lunch it as a CMS and called it Drupal (from the Dutch word “druppel” which means a drop).

Drupal that we know today is a CMS that works under GNU General Public License, and it is written in PHP. According to W3Techs, 2%(August 2018) of all websites in the world use Drupal.
Between them are Grammy.com, NASA, Harvard University, Nokia, London City and many more.

Advantages of Drupal

Open-source

It is open-source and free. The complete source code is available, so you can get it and use it according to the GNU license. It is an attractive platform for new website owners who don’t want to spend a lot of money.

Reach core features

The core of Drupal has everything that you need to start a site – system administration, account management, layout customization, RSS-feeds and more.

Support for template

If you don’t want to start from scratch, there are plenty of templates available. You can modify the menus and create a good looking site that is suited for your needs.

Good content creation

Drupal has an excellent article creation tools out of the box. With the help of some extensions, you can create stunning multimedia content that includes music, video, text, podcasts and more.

Content management

The platform is well-organized. You can put the articles into categories, change their URLs and many attributes. You can manage, who can see specific content, who can edit it, who can see just the statistic and more.

Disadvantages of Drupal

Interface

New users can experience difficulty understanding the interface. Yes, there are plenty of options, but it is often hard to understand how to use them. It has significantly improved over the years, but still, it is harder to understand than WordPress or Joomla.

Less popular than WordPress

WordPress has taken the world by storm. It is the most popular CMS by a large margin, and that is an important factor. Even though there are many extensions for Drupal and big community, still WordPress has more. The most prominent developers have WordPress as a priority and put less time on extensions for Drupal.

Hard to update and install modules

Most of the installations and updates are made through FTP. This makes it a bit harder to administrate in comparison with the competition.

Conclusion

Drupal is the third most popular CMS out there, and it is worth your attention. It is very versatile, and it has a huge community behind. You can quickly adapt it to your need. Is it better than the rest? It really depends on your needs and your previous knowledge in site management and creation. It can be a bit harder to learn than WordPress, but it more flexible and it can adapt to your desire.

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