WikyBlog vs. Wordpress vs. LifeType vs. Textpattern

General Features WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Version
1.5.4
2.0.7
1.2.6
4.0.7
Release Date
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2008-01-31 (16 years ago)
2008-11-28 (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
The LifeType Project
Team Textpattern
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
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
Yes
No
System Requirements WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Programming Language
PHP
PHP
PHP
PHP 4.3+
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Anything with PHP
Apache, IIS
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
MySQL 3.23+
Datastorage WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
Other
None
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Akismet Support
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
IP Ban List
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
various other plugins
BadBehaviour, DNS Blacklists, Built-in Bayesian filter, auto-closing comments for old posts, hidden fields in comment input form
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
User Access Features WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
ACL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
No
No
No
Other Authentication
None
The so-called "user data providers" allow LifeType to access user data from other sources transparently, be it an external application or an LDAP or ActiveDirectory directory
Support WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://wiki.lifetype.net
http://textpattern.com/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://bugs.lifetype.net
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
Books
None
5+
None
1
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Archiving
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
No
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Optional
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Blog by Email
No
Yes
Plugin
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
Plugin
No
Blog API
metaWeblog, MovableType
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
MovableType, metaWeblog
Post Editing WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Multi-paged posts
No
Yes
No
No
Spell Checker
No
Yes
No
Plugin
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Optional
Yes
Plugin
Undo
Yes
No
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Comment Features WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Comment Layout
Threaded
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Yes
Plugin
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client
None
Extended Features WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Workflow WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Content Approval
Unknown
No
Plugin
Yes
Versioning
Yes
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
scheduled
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Interoperability WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Content Import
from 22 other blog systems
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unlimited, template-based
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
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 LifeType Textpattern
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Trash
Yes
No
Yes
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
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
No
Yes
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Wordpress LifeType Textpattern
Podcast Feeds
No
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
No
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Media Converter
No
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
No
No
remove WikyBlog remove Wordpress remove LifeType remove Textpattern