WikyBlog vs. Movable Type vs. Wordpress vs. Geeklog

General Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Version
1.5.4
4.21
2.0.7
1.8.2
Release Date
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
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
Josh Schmidt
Six Apart
WordPress Development Team
Geeklog Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPL
GNU version 2
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
0
none
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
Optional
System Requirements WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
php
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
any
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP
any
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
Datastorage WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Text Files
No
Yes
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
No
No
Oracle
No
Yes
No
No
SQLite
No
Yes
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
None
no
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
various other plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
User Access Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
No
Yes
Other Authentication
Pluggable
None
Support WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
Books
None
2-5
5+
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Optional
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Unknown
Unknown
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
Yes
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
Optional
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Client + Server
Extended Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Workflow WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Content Approval
Unknown
Yes
No
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Yes
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
Yes
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
Unknown
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
Yes
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Geeklog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
Unknown
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
No
Unknown
Media Converter
No
No
No
Unknown
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
Unknown
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