Textpattern vs WordPress
Textpattern
textpattern.com
WordPress
wordpress.orgSide by side
| Figure | Textpattern | WordPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Blogging Platforms | 8.5 (#28) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Audience | The project describes Textpattern as suited to web designers, developers, publishers, bloggers, and corporate or personal blog authors. | WordPress describes itself as suitable for creators, small businesses, enterprises, first-time bloggers, and professional developers. |
| Extensibility | Textpattern can be extended with community plugins, and developers can create plugins in PHP. | Developers can extend or modify WordPress using themes and plugins, and the project says the software can be used for commercial work without licensing fees. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The official plugin directory lists integrations as a plugin category and shows 45 plugins in total. | Capterra lists integrations including Google Docs, Google Drive, PayPal, Slack, Trello, Dropbox, Salesforce Sales Cloud, and Microsoft 365. |
| Product | Textpattern is a free, open-source content management system for building websites. | WordPress is an open-source publishing platform and content management system for websites, blogs, portals, and applications. |
| Publishing | The CMS supports browser-based image and file organization, content categorization, comments, web feeds, visitor logs, and password-protected articles. | The platform supports drafts, scheduled posts, revisions, public or private content, and password-protected posts and pages. |
| Security | The 4.9.1 release addresses two reported security issues, including authenticated stored XSS and an article-management access-control regression. | The project describes a security team and publishes security guidance and release updates through its official sites. |
| Support | Support is provided through user documentation and a community forum where core developers regularly answer questions. | WordPress.org provides documentation and community support forums where users can ask questions. |
Plans
In their own words
Textpattern
Textpattern 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.