| General Features | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
N/A
|
2.0.7
|
0.1010
|
| Release Date |
N/A
|
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
|
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
|
| Last Update here |
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Google Inc.
|
WordPress Development Team
|
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
|
| URL | |||
| Free and Open Source |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
N/A
|
GPL
|
GPLv2
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
0
|
Free
|
| Development status |
N/A
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Hosting Features | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Storage Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Bandwidth Quota |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Other Limits |
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Corporate Branding |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Own Domain |
No
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Ads allowed |
Yes
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Topic Restrictions |
No Spam, Hate Speech or Commercial Pornography
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| System Requirements | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Programming Language |
N/A
|
PHP
|
PHP4, compatible with 5
|
| Operating System |
N/A
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Platform Independent
|
| Webserver |
N/A
|
Anything with PHP
|
Apache, works on IIS
|
| Root Access |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
N/A
|
||
| Datastorage | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Text Files |
N/A
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
N/A
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
N/A
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
N/A
|
None
|
|
| Anti-Spam | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Akismet Support |
N/A
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| IP Ban List |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Comments can be restricted to other Blogger users only
|
various other plugins
|
|
| User Access Features | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
N/A
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Other Authentication |
N/A
|
None
|
|
| Support | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://help.blogger.com/
|
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
|
http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
| Books |
None
|
5+
|
None
|
| Support Forum | |||
| Mailing List | |||
| IRC-Channel | |||
| Blogging Features | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Categorization |
None
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
| Tags |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
|
| Pingback |
No
|
Send+Receive
|
|
| Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blog by Email |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Blog API |
Blogger data API
|
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
| Post Editing | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
| Undo |
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
||
| Extended Features | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Polls / Surveys |
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
| Workflow | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Content Approval |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
simple
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interoperability | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Content Import |
none
|
from 22 other blog systems
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
| Content Export |
HTML via FTP/SFTP
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Blogger | Wordpress | FlatPress |
| Podcast Feeds |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
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