LiveJournal vs WordPress
LiveJournal
livejournal.com
WordPress
wordpress.orgSide by side
| Figure | LiveJournal | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 7.9 (#73) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Audience | The User Agreement says the service may be used only by individuals aged 14 and above. | WordPress describes itself as suitable for creators, small businesses, enterprises, first-time bloggers, and professional developers. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | LiveJournal provides settings to connect journals with Google Analytics and Google Search Console. | Capterra lists integrations including Google Docs, Google Drive, PayPal, Slack, Trello, Dropbox, Salesforce Sales Cloud, and Microsoft 365. |
| Product | LiveJournal describes itself as a community publishing platform combining blogging and social networking. | WordPress is an open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. |
| Publishing | Users can publish text, photos, and video, and illustrate journal entries. | The platform supports drafts, scheduled posts, revisions, public or private content, and password-protected posts and pages. |
| Security | The Privacy Policy says LiveJournal uses legal, organizational, and technical measures to protect personal data and stores user personal data in databases located in Russia. | The project describes a security team and publishes security guidance and release updates through its official sites. |
| Support | LiveJournal’s support page offers searchable FAQs and a support request form for questions it cannot answer. | WordPress.org provides documentation and community support forums where users can ask questions. |
Plans
LiveJournal
- Professional service packagePrice not published
- Professional package of service117 RUB a month
- LJ Photo service package125 RUB a month
In their own words
LiveJournal
LiveJournal has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
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.