| General Features | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
4.21
|
1.6
|
2.0.7
|
1.0
|
| Release Date |
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
|
2004-04-22 (20 years ago)
|
2007-01-14 (17 years ago)
|
2013-09-16 (10 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 |
Six Apart
|
EllisLab, Inc.
|
WordPress Development Team
|
Jacob Roeland
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
Proprietary
|
GPL
|
GNU GPL v3
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0
|
From 0$ - 249.95$
|
0
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| System Requirements | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Programming Language |
Perl 5
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
PHP
|
| Operating System |
Platform Independant
|
Linux, Windows, OS X, BSD, Solaris
|
Windows, Linux, Mac, Unix, others
|
Tested in Windows and Linux
|
| Webserver |
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
|
IIS, Apache
|
Anything with PHP
|
Tested in Apache only; should work on others
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
PHP must have XML support
|
|||
| Datastorage | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Text Files |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other |
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
|
No
|
None
|
|
| Anti-Spam | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Akismet Support |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Word Blacklist |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| IP Ban List |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
|
Email Banning, secure forms, randomized Trackbacks, Bad Behavior extension
|
various other plugins
|
|
| User Access Features | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Audit Log |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
Optional
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Authentication |
Pluggable
|
No
|
None
|
|
| Support | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Commercial Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
|
http://expressionengine.com/support/
|
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
|
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
|
http://expressionengine.com/bug_tracker/
|
http://trac.wordpress.org/
|
https://github.com/jacroe/ignition/issues
|
| Books |
2-5
|
None
|
5+
|
None
|
| Support Forum | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| IRC-Channel |
#movabletype @ freenode.net
|
|||
| Blogging Features | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Categorization |
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
Single
|
| Tags |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Archiving |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Pingback |
Receive
|
No
|
Send+Receive
|
No
|
| Ping Service Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Protected Posts |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blog by Email |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| Blog API |
XML-RPC and Atom
|
Blogger, MovableType/Metaweblog
|
metaWeblog, MovableType
|
|
| Post Editing | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Optional
|
No
|
| Undo |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| File Upload |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Asset Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comment Features | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Comment Layout |
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
None
|
| Feeds for Comments |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Gravatars |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Open-ID Support |
Client + Server
|
None
|
None
|
|
| Extended Features | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Plugin System |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Photo Gallery |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Polls / Surveys |
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Search Engine |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Custom Pages |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Google Sitemap |
Plugin
|
Optional
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Workflow | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Content Approval |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Versioning |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
scheduled
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interoperability | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Content Import |
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
|
MovableType, pMachine, RSS, CSV
|
from 22 other blog systems
|
|
| Content Export |
Yes
|
MySQL
|
Wordpress Extended2.jawwormikXML
|
|
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
HTML 4
|
| Friendly URLs |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syndication | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| RSS 0.9x |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Movable Type | ExpressionEngine | Wordpress | Ignition |
| Podcast Feeds |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| YouTube Support |
Plugin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| remove Movable Type | remove ExpressionEngine | remove Wordpress | remove Ignition |