Ignition vs. FlatPress vs. Textpattern vs. Wordpress vs. Wheatblog

General Features Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Version
1.0
0.1010
4.0.7
2.0.7
1.1
Release Date
2013-09-16 (10 years ago)
2009-01-23 (15 years ago)
2008-11-28 (15 years ago)
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
2006-06-29 (17 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)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Jacob Roeland
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
Team Textpattern
WordPress Development Team
Wheat, Josh, Pete
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GNU GPL v3
GPLv2
GPL
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
Free
Free
0
0
$0.00
Development status
Beta
Beta
Mature
Mature
Beta
Interface Languages
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-User Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Multi-Site Deployment
No
No
No
No
No
System Requirements Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Programming Language
PHP
PHP4, compatible with 5
PHP 4.3+
PHP
PHP, SQL
Operating System
Tested in Windows and Linux
Platform Independent
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
Webserver
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
Apache, works on IIS
Apache, IIS, lighttp
Anything with PHP
Apache
Root Access
No
No
No
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL 3.23+
MySQL or SQLite
Datastorage Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Text Files
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
MySQL
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
No
No
SQLite
No
No
No
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
No
No
MS SQL Server
No
No
No
No
No
Other
None
Anti-Spam Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Word Blacklist
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
IP Ban List
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
CAPTCHA
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
various other plugins
User Access Features Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
ACL
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Audit Log
No
No
No
No
No
LDAP Authentication
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Other Authentication
None
Support Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Commercial Support
No
No
No
Yes
No
Online Help
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://textpattern.com/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
Issue Tracker
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
http://trac.wordpress.org/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
Books
None
None
1
5+
None
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#textpattern on freenode
Blogging Features Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Categorization
Single
Multiple
Multiple
Multiple
Single
Tags
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Archiving
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Trackback
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Pingback
No
No
Send+Receive
No
Ping Service Support
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Link- / Blogroll
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Protected Posts
No
Unknown
Yes
Yes
No
Blog by Email
No
Unknown
No
Yes
No
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
Blog API
WordPress (plugin)
MovableType, metaWeblog
metaWeblog, MovableType
Post Editing Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Multi-paged posts
No
No
No
Yes
No
Spell Checker
No
No
Plugin
Yes
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Plugin
Plugin
Optional
No
Undo
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Syntax Highlighting
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
File Upload
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Asset Management
No
Unknown
Yes
Plugin
No
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
Comment Features Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Comment Layout
None
Flat
Flat
Flat
Flat
Feeds for Comments
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
E-Mail on Followup
No
Yes
Plugin
Plugin
No
Gravatars
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Open-ID Support
None
None
None
Extended Features Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Plugin System
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Polls / Surveys
No
Unknown
Plugin
Plugin
No
Search Engine
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Custom Pages
Optional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Google Sitemap
No
Patch
Plugin
Plugin
No
Workflow Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Content Approval
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Versioning
No
No
No
No
No
Article Publishing
simple
simple
scheduled
simple
simple
Comment Moderation Queue
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Interoperability Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Content Import
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
from 22 other blog systems
Content Export
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
Unlimited, template-based
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
WebDAV Support
No
Unknown
No
Unknown
No
HTML Output
HTML 4
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Strict
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.1
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Administration Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Trash
No
No
No
No
No
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Plugin
Plugin
No
Web-based Style / Template Management
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Comment Administration
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Syndication Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
RSS 0.9x
No
No
No
Yes
No
RSS 1.0
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
ATOM 0.3
No
No
No
No
No
ATOM 1.0
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Podcasting/Videocasting Ignition FlatPress Textpattern Wordpress Wheatblog
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
Plugin
Yes
No
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Unknown
No
No
No
YouTube Support
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Media Converter
No
Unknown
No
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
Unknown
No
No
No
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