WikyBlog vs. Wordpress vs. FlatPress vs. DotClear

General Features WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Version
1.5.4
2.0.7
0.1010
2.1.3
Release Date
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-11-19 (15 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
WordPress Development Team
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Olivier Meunier
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
GPLv2
GPL v2
License Cost/ Fee
0
0
Free
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
No
Yes
System Requirements WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP 5
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Platform Independent
Unix/Linux, Windows
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Anything with PHP
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, Lighthttpd
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Text Files
No
No
Yes
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Yes
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
None
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Unknown
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
Trackback validation
User Access Features WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
No
Unknown
Optional
Other Authentication
None
Extendable authentication API
Support WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://dotclear.org/documentation/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://dev.dotclear.org/2.0
Books
None
5+
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#dotclear on freenode
Blogging Features WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Categorization
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Unknown
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Unknown
Plugin
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
WordPress (plugin)
WordPress, MovableType, metaWeblog, Blogger
Post Editing WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Plugin
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
Unknown
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Unknown
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Optional
Comment Features WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Extended Features WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Unknown
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Patch
Plugin
Workflow WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Content Approval
Unknown
No
Yes
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
No
Yes
Interoperability WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administration WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
No
No
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Wordpress FlatPress DotClear
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Plugin
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
Unknown
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
Unknown
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
Unknown
No
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