| General Features | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
2.0.7
|
1.2.6
|
2.0 (2.0.7226.0)
|
1.12.0
|
| Release Date |
2007-01-15 (19 years ago)
|
2008-02-01 (18 years ago)
|
2007-08-14 (19 years ago)
|
2006-08-23 (20 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 |
WordPress Development Team
|
The LifeType Project
|
Clemens Vasters/Scott Hanselman/Team
|
The PSG Team
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
BSD License
|
GPL
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
Free
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| System Requirements | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Programming Language |
PHP
|
PHP
|
asp.net 2.0
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS X
|
Any Windows IIS platform
|
Any
|
| Webserver |
Anything with PHP
|
Apache, IIS
|
IIS 4.0+
|
Any
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
IIS process account write access to web folder
|
None
|
||
| Datastorage | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| 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
|
Structured XML data store
|
||
| Anti-Spam | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Akismet Support |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| IP Ban List |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| CAPTCHA |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
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
|
Moderation, link condom
|
|
| User Access Features | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| ACL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
| 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
|
Vista CardSpace pending
|
You can write your own auth plugin
|
| Support | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
|
http://wiki.lifetype.net
|
http://dasblog.info/
|
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
http://bugs.lifetype.net
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dasblogce
|
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=psg
|
| Books |
5+
|
None
|
None
|
None
|
| Support Forum | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| IRC-Channel | ||||
| Blogging Features | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Single
|
Multiple
|
None
|
| Tags |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
| Pingback |
Send+Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Protected Posts |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Unknown
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Blog API |
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
Atom, Blogger XMLRPC, metaWeblog, Movable Type
|
metaWeblog API / Blogger XML-RPC API
|
|
| Post Editing | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Multi-paged posts |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Optional
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Undo |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Emoticon Images |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Open-ID Support |
Client
|
None
|
None
|
|
| Extended Features | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
No
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
No
|
| Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Workflow | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Content Approval |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Interoperability | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Content Import |
from 22 other blog systems
|
BlogML pending
|
||
| Content Export |
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
BlogML pending
|
||
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
HTML 4
|
XHTML 1.1
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Wordpress | LifeType | dasBlog | PSG |
| Podcast Feeds |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| remove Wordpress | remove LifeType | remove dasBlog | remove PSG |