Dotclear vs WordPress
Dotclear
dotclear.org
WordPress
wordpress.orgSide by side
| Figure | Dotclear | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.5 (#27) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Documentation and support | The project README points users to a user manual, administration guide, and developer and designer resources; the official site also provides a forum. | The documentation hub links to overview, technical, support, and customization guides, including installation, maintenance, and security material. |
| Extensions | The official plugin repository lists 153 registered plugins, including plugins for APIs, featured media, translations, and external media embedding. | Plugins can add functions such as stores, analytics, newsletters, and social media connections. |
| Founded | 2003 | 2003 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Installation | The standard installation instructions say to download the archive, upload the files to web space, and run the installation wizard in a browser. | Users can download and install WordPress themselves with their own hosting and domain or set it up through a hosting provider. |
| Integrations | The plugin repository includes Ping Mastodon, which can publish statuses to a configured Mastodon instance. | Capterra lists integrations including Google Docs, Google Drive, PayPal, Slack, Trello, Dropbox, Salesforce Sales Cloud, and Microsoft 365. |
| Product | Dotclear is blogging software for publishing a blog. | WordPress is an open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. |
| Themes | Dotclear provides a theme editor for changing a blog’s appearance. | The WordPress.org theme directory lists more than 15,000 free themes. |
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In their own words
WordPress
WordPress is a free, open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. You can build pages with blocks and themes, then customize them without code. Plugins add capabilities including stores, analytics, newsletters, social integrations, forms, and spam protection. Publishing controls cover drafts, scheduled posts, revisions, public or private material, and password-protected posts and pages. WordPress also provides media uploading and editing, with roles for administrators, editors, authors, contributors, and subscribers. Developers can create plugins, themes, custom content types, and integrations through the REST API. The software is available in more than 70 languages and licensed under GPLv2-or-later, permitting use, modification, and redistribution, including commercial projects, without licensing fees. You can install it on your own hosting and domain or use a hosting provider. Recommended requirements include PHP 8.3 or later, MariaDB 10.11 or later or MySQL 8.0 or later, and HTTPS.