WikyBlog vs. Movable Type vs. Wordpress vs. Loudblog

General Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Version
1.5.4
4.21
2.0.7
0.6
Release Date
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2006-12-08 (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
Josh Schmidt
Six Apart
WordPress Development Team
Gerrit van Aaken
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
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
No
No
System Requirements WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
PHP
PHP
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independant
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
all
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Anything with PHP
Apache, IIS
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
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
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
None
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
various other plugins
Definable Questions
User Access Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
ACL
Yes
No
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
No
Unknown
Other Authentication
Pluggable
None
Support WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://loudblog.de/index.php?s=manual
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
Books
None
2-5
5+
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Receive
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Unknown
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
metaWeblog, MovableType
none
Post Editing WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Optional
No
Undo
Yes
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
None
Extended Features WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
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 Loudblog
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
Unknown
No
Unknown
Yes
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
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
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Movable Type Wordpress Loudblog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Yes
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
No
No
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
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