b2evolution vs. Geeklog vs. Wheatblog vs. Wordpress

General Features b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Version
2.4
1.8.2
1.1
2.0.7
Release Date
2006-12-02 (19 years ago)
30 Dez 2012
2006-06-30 (19 years ago)
2007-01-15 (19 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
2020-02-05 (6 years ago)
Author
Francois Planque / evoTeam
Geeklog Team
Wheat, Josh, Pete
WordPress Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GNU version 2
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0 - Free
none
$0.00
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Beta
Mature
Interface Languages
10
Danish, German, English, Finnish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
Yes
Optional
No
No
System Requirements b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Programming Language
PHP
php
PHP, SQL
PHP
Operating System
Linux, Windows or other
any
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Webserver
Apache, IIS or other
any
Apache
Anything with PHP
Root Access
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
PHP 5.2.0 or higher, MySQL 4.1.2 or higher
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Text Files
No
No
No
No
MySQL
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
Yes
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
No
No
Other
(must overload DB abstraction class)
no
None
Anti-Spam b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Akismet Support
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Word Blacklist
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
IP Ban List
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
several specialized antispam plugins
BadBehavior, Spam-X Plugins
various other plugins
User Access Features b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
ACL
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Audit Log
Yes
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
Plugin
Yes
No
No
Other Authentication
OpenID plugin
None
Support b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Commercial Support
No
Yes
No
Yes
Online Help
http://manual.b2evolution.net/
http://www.geeklog.net/docs/
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
Issue Tracker
http://project.geeklog.net/tracker/?atid=105&group_id=6&func=browse
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
http://trac.wordpress.org/
Books
1
None
5+
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#b2evolution on irc.freenode.net
#geeklog at irc.freenode.net
Blogging Features b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Categorization
Multiple
Single
Single
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Archiving
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Pingback
Send+Receive
No
Send+Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Blog by Email
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
Blog by SMS/MMS
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
Blog API
blogger, metweblog, atom, b2
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Multi-paged posts
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Spell Checker
Plugin
No
No
Yes
WYSIWYG Editor
Plugin
Optional
No
Optional
Undo
No
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
No
Plugin
File Upload
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Emoticon Images
Plugin
No
No
Yes
Comment Features b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Comment Layout
Flat
Threaded
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
Yes
No
No
Yes
E-Mail on Followup
Yes
No
No
Plugin
Gravatars
Plugin
Yes
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
Client
Client + Server
None
Extended Features b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Photo Gallery
Yes
Plugin
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
Plugin
Plugin
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Optional
No
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Google Sitemap
Yes
Unknown
No
Plugin
Workflow b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Content Approval
Yes
Yes
No
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
scheduled
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
Yes
No
No
Yes
Interoperability b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Content Import
WordPress, Movable Type, Blogger, LiveJournal, b2/Cafelog
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
Unknown
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
HTML 4
XHTML 1.1
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Administration b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
E-Mail Notifications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
No
No
No
Web Statistics
Yes
Yes
No
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
No
No
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
RSS 0.9x
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
No
No
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting b2evolution Geeklog Wheatblog Wordpress
Podcast Feeds
Yes
No
No
Yes
ID3-Tag Editor
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
YouTube Support
Yes
Unknown
No
No
Media Converter
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
Unknown
Unknown
No
No
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