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Feature Comparison
| General Features | Blogger  | Wordpress |
|---|---|---|
 Version |
does not apply | 2.0.7 |
| Release Date |
does not apply | 2007-01-15 |
| Author |
Google Inc. |
WordPress Development Team |
| URL |
www.blogger.com |
wordpress.org |
| Free and Open Source |
does not apply |  Yes |
| License |
does not apply | GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
0 |
0 |
| Development status |
does not apply | Mature |
| Interface Languages |
9 |
46 |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
 No |
 No |
| Hosting Features | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Storage Quota |
None |
does not apply |
| Bandwidth Quota |
None |
does not apply |
| Other Limits |
None |
does not apply |
| Corporate Branding |
No |
does not apply |
| Own Domain |
No |
does not apply |
| Ads allowed |
Yes |
does not apply |
| Topic Restrictions |
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography |
does not apply |
| System Requirements | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Programming Language |
does not apply | PHP |
| Operating System |
does not apply | Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
| Webserver |
does not apply | Anything with PHP |
| Root Access |
does not apply | No |
| Other Requirements |
does not apply | |
| Datastorage | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Text Files |
does not apply | No |
| MySQL |
does not apply | Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
does not apply | No |
| Oracle |
does not apply | No |
| SQLite |
does not apply | No |
| BerkeleyDB |
does not apply | No |
| MS SQL Server |
does not apply | No |
| Other |
does not apply | None |
| Anti-Spam | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Akismet Support |
does not apply | Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
No |
 Plugin |
| IP Ban List |
No |
Plugin |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only |
various other plugins |
| User Access Features | Blogger | Wordpress |
| ACL |
No |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
No |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
does not apply | No |
| Other Authentication |
does not apply | None |
| Support | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Commercial Support |
No |
Yes |
| Online Help |
help.blogger.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Issue Tracker |
knownissues.blogspot.com |
trac.wordpress.org |
| Books |
None |
5+ |
| Support Forum |
groups.google.com |
wordpress.org |
| Mailing List |
groups.google.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| IRC-Channel |
No |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Blogging Features | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Categorization |
None |
Multiple |
| Tags |
No |
Plugin |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
No |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
No |
Yes |
| Blog by Email |
Yes |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes |
|
| Blog API |
Blogger data API |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
| Post Editing | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Multi-paged posts |
No |
Yes |
| Spell Checker |
Yes |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
 Optional |
| Undo |
|
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
No |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
No |
Plugin |
| Emoticon Images |
No |
Yes |
| Comment Features | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
No |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
No |
Plugin |
| Gravatars |
No |
Plugin |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
|
| Extended Features | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Plugin System |
No |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
No |
Plugin |
| Polls / Surveys |
No |
Plugin |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
No |
Yes |
| Google Sitemap |
No |
Plugin |
| Workflow | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Content Approval |
No |
No |
| Versioning |
No |
No |
| Article Publishing |
simple |
simple |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Content Import |
none |
from 22 other blog systems |
| Content Export |
HTML via FTP/SFTP |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | Blogger | Wordpress |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Optional |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
No |
| Web Statistics |
No |
Plugin |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | Blogger | Wordpress |
| RSS 0.9x |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
No |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Blogger | Wordpress |
| Podcast Feeds |
No |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
No |
| YouTube Support |
No |
No |
| Media Converter |
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No |
No |
| Last updated | 2006-12-07 | 2007-03-01 |
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