| General Features | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
1.1
|
1.5.4
|
4.0.7
|
0.1010
|
| Release Date |
2006-06-29 (17 years ago)
|
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
|
2008-11-28 (15 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)
|
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
|
| Author |
Wheat, Josh, Pete
|
Josh Schmidt
|
Team Textpattern
|
NoWhereMan (Edoardo Vacchi) and FlatPress Team
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPL
|
GPLv2
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
$0.00
|
0
|
0
|
Free
|
| Development status |
Beta
|
Mature
|
Mature
|
Beta
|
| Interface Languages |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Multi-User Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Multi-Site Deployment |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| System Requirements | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Programming Language |
PHP, SQL
|
PHP
|
PHP 4.3+
|
PHP4, compatible with 5
|
| Operating System |
Linux, Unix, OS X, Windows
|
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
|
Linux, Windows, SunOS, Unix
|
Platform Independent
|
| Webserver |
Apache
|
Apache, anything with PHP
|
Apache, IIS, lighttp
|
Apache, works on IIS
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other Requirements |
MySQL or SQLite
|
MySQL
|
MySQL 3.23+
|
|
| Datastorage | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Text Files |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| MS SQL Server |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Other | ||||
| Anti-Spam | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Akismet Support |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Word Blacklist |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| IP Ban List |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| CAPTCHA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Other Anti-Spam mechanisms |
Mandatory comment preview, spambot honeytraps
|
|||
| User Access Features | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| ACL |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Audit Log |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| LDAP Authentication |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Other Authentication | ||||
| Support | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Commercial Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Online Help |
http://wheatblog.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
|
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
|
http://textpattern.com/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
| Issue Tracker |
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=22229
|
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
|
http://textpattern.googlecode.com/
|
http://www.flatpress.org/forums/
|
| Books |
None
|
None
|
1
|
None
|
| Support Forum | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| IRC-Channel |
#textpattern on freenode
|
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| Blogging Features | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Categorization |
Single
|
Multiple
|
Multiple
|
|
| Tags |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Archiving |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Trackback |
No
|
No
|
||
| Pingback |
No
|
No
|
||
| Ping Service Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Link- / Blogroll |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Protected Posts |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Blog by Email |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blog by SMS/MMS |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Blog API |
MovableType, metaWeblog
|
WordPress (plugin)
|
||
| Post Editing | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Multi-paged posts |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Spell Checker |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
No
|
| WYSIWYG Editor |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Undo |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| File Upload |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Asset Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Unknown
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Comment Features | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Comment Layout |
Flat
|
Threaded
|
Flat
|
Flat
|
| Feeds for Comments |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| E-Mail on Followup |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Gravatars |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
| Open-ID Support |
None
|
None
|
None
|
|
| Extended Features | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Plugin System |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Photo Gallery |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Polls / Surveys |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
| Search Engine |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Custom Pages |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Google Sitemap |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Patch
|
| Workflow | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Content Approval |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Versioning |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Article Publishing |
simple
|
simple
|
scheduled
|
simple
|
| Comment Moderation Queue |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Interoperability | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Content Import |
WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, b2
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), CuteNews, WordPress
|
||
| Content Export |
Unlimited, template-based
|
SimplePHPBlog (native, almost), WordPress
|
||
| Unicode Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| WebDAV Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| HTML Output |
XHTML 1.1
|
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
XHTML 1.0 Strict
|
| Friendly URLs |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Administration | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| E-Mail Notifications |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Themes / Skins |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
Yes
|
| Trash |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Web Statistics |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| Web-based Style / Template Management |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Comment Administration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syndication | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| RSS 0.9x |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 1.0 |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| RSS 2.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ATOM 0.3 |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| ATOM 1.0 |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Podcasting/Videocasting | Wheatblog | WikyBlog | Textpattern | FlatPress |
| Podcast Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
Plugin
|
| ID3-Tag Editor |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| YouTube Support |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Media Converter |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| Phone2Podcast Support |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Unknown
|
| remove Wheatblog | remove WikyBlog | remove Textpattern | remove FlatPress |