Movable Type vs. Wordpress vs. Loudblog vs. WikyBlog

General Features Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Version
4.21
2.0.7
0.6
1.5.4
Release Date
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (17 years ago)
2007-10-23 (16 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
Gerrit van Aaken
Josh Schmidt
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
$0
0
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
No
No
No
System Requirements Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Programming Language
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
PHP
Operating System
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
all
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Webserver
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP
Apache, IIS
Apache, anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Text Files
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
Yes
No
No
No
Oracle
Yes
No
No
No
SQLite
Yes
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
Yes
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
Yes
No
No
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
None
Anti-Spam Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Akismet Support
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
various other plugins
Definable Questions
User Access Features Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
ACL
No
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
Yes
LDAP Authentication
Optional
No
Unknown
No
Other Authentication
Pluggable
None
Support Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Commercial Support
Yes
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
Issue Tracker
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
Books
2-5
5+
None
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Protected Posts
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blog by Email
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog, MovableType
none
Post Editing Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
Yes
Optional
No
No
Undo
No
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
No
Yes
Emoticon Images
Plugin
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Features Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Gravatars
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Open-ID Support
Client + Server
None
None
Extended Features Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Plugin
Plugin
No
No
Workflow Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Content Approval
Yes
No
Yes
Unknown
Versioning
Yes
No
No
Yes
Article Publishing
scheduled
simple
scheduled
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
Yes
No
No
Interoperability Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
from 22 other blog systems
none
Content Export
Yes
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
via RSS
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
Yes
Web Statistics
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
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
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog WikyBlog
Podcast Feeds
Plugin
Yes
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
Yes
No
Yes
No
YouTube Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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