| General Features | ExpressionEngine  | Movable Type | Wordpress |
 Version |
1.6 |
4.21 |
2.0.7 |
| Release Date |
2004-04-23 |
2008-08-21 |
2007-01-15 |
| Author |
EllisLab, Inc. |
Six Apart |
WordPress Development Team |
| URL |
expressionengine.com |
www.movabletype.org |
wordpress.org |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
 Yes |
Yes |
| License |
Proprietary |
GPL |
GPL |
| License Cost/ Fee |
From 0$ - 249.95$ |
$0 |
0 |
| Development status |
Mature |
Mature |
Mature |
| Interface Languages |
over 15 |
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch |
46 |
| Multi-User Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes |
Yes |
 No |
| System Requirements | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
Perl 5 |
PHP |
| Operating System |
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris |
Platform Independant |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others |
| Webserver |
IIS, Apache |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver |
Anything with PHP |
| Root Access |
No |
No |
No |
| Other Requirements |
PHP must have XML support |
|
|
| Datastorage | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Text Files |
No |
Yes |
No |
| MySQL |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PostgreSQL |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
Yes |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
Yes |
No |
| BerkeleyDB |
No |
Yes |
No |
| MS SQL Server |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Other |
No |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license |
None |
| Anti-Spam | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Akismet Support |
 Plugin |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Word Blacklist |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| IP Ban List |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution |
various other plugins |
| User Access Features | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| ACL |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Audit Log |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| LDAP Authentication |
No |
 Optional |
No |
| Other Authentication |
No |
Pluggable |
None |
| Support | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Commercial Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Online Help |
expressionengine.com |
www.sixapart.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Issue Tracker |
expressionengine.com |
bugs.movabletype.org |
trac.wordpress.org |
| Books |
None |
2-5 |
5+ |
| Support Forum |
expressionengine.com |
forums.movabletype.org |
wordpress.org |
| Mailing List |
No |
mtos-dev@sixapart.com |
codex.wordpress.org |
| IRC-Channel |
freenode.net, #expressionengine |
#movabletype @ freenode.net |
codex.wordpress.org |
| Blogging Features | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Categorization |
Multiple |
Multiple |
Multiple |
| Tags |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Archiving |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trackback |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Pingback |
No |
Receive |
Send+Receive |
| Ping Service Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Protected Posts |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Blog by Email |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes |
No |
|
| Blog API |
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog |
XML-RPC and Atom |
metaWeblog, MovableType |
| Post Editing | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Spell Checker |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Plugin |
Yes |
Optional |
| Undo |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| File Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Asset Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Plugin |
| Emoticon Images |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| Comment Features | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Comment Layout |
Flat |
Threaded |
Flat |
| Feeds for Comments |
Optional |
Optional |
Yes |
| E-Mail on Followup |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Gravatars |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Open-ID Support |
None |
Client + Server |
|
| Extended Features | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Plugin System |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Photo Gallery |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Search Engine |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Custom Pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Google Sitemap |
Optional |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Workflow | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Content Approval |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Versioning |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Article Publishing |
scheduled |
scheduled |
simple |
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interoperability | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Content Import |
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR |
from 22 other blog systems |
| Content Export |
MySQL |
Yes |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML |
| Unicode Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| WebDAV Support |
No |
No |
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Administration | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Themes / Skins |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Trash |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Web Statistics |
Yes |
Plugin |
Plugin |
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comment Administration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Syndication | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Podcasting/Videocasting | ExpressionEngine | Movable Type | Wordpress |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes |
Plugin |
Yes |
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No |
Yes |
No |
| YouTube Support |
Yes |
Plugin |
No |
| Media Converter |
No |
No |
No |
| Phone2Podcast Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Last updated | 2007-09-10 | 2008-10-11 | 2007-03-01 |
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