Movable Type vs. Wordpress vs. FlatPress vs. Battle Blog

General Features Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Version
4.21
2.0.7
0.1010
1.0d
Release Date
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2006-11-07 (17 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Six Apart
WordPress Development Team
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
David Pinero
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
Free
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
No
Unknown
System Requirements Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Programming Language
Perl 5
PHP
PHP4, compatible with 5
Classic ASP
Operating System
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Platform Independent
Windows
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP
Apache, works on IIS
IIS 4.0+
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
Datastorage Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Text Files
Yes
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
No
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
None
MS Access
Anti-Spam Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
various other plugins
User Access Features Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
ACL
No
Yes
No
No
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Optional
No
Unknown
Unknown
Other Authentication
Pluggable
None
Support Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
Books
2-5
5+
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
No
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blog by Email
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog, MovableType
WordPress (plugin)
Post Editing Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
Plugin
No
Undo
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Unknown
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Comment Features Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
Extended Features Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
Unknown
Workflow Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interoperability Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
from 22 other blog systems
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
Yes
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
Yes
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Movable Type Wordpress FlatPress Battle Blog
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Plugin
No
Yes
No
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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