WikyBlog vs. Movable Type

General Features WikyBlog Movable Type
Version
1.5.4
4.21
Release Date
2007-10-23 (16 years ago)
2008-08-20 (15 years ago)
Last Update here
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
2020-02-05 (4 years ago)
Author
Josh Schmidt
Six Apart
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
License
GPL
GPL
License Cost/ Fee
0
$0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Interface Languages
0
0
Multi-User Support
Yes
Yes
Multi-Site Deployment
No
Yes
System Requirements WikyBlog Movable Type
Programming Language
PHP
Perl 5
Operating System
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X, probably others
Platform Independant
Webserver
Apache, anything with PHP
Apache, Microsoft IIS, and cgi friendly webserver
Root Access
No
No
Other Requirements
MySQL
Datastorage WikyBlog Movable Type
Text Files
No
Yes
MySQL
Yes
Yes
PostgreSQL
No
Yes
Oracle
No
Yes
SQLite
No
Yes
BerkeleyDB
No
Yes
MS SQL Server
No
Yes
Other
LDAP, Oracle and SQL Server available with Enterprise license
Anti-Spam WikyBlog Movable Type
Akismet Support
No
Plugin
Word Blacklist
No
Yes
IP Ban List
Yes
Yes
CAPTCHA
Yes
Yes
Other Anti-Spam mechanisms
Numerous plugins provide complete solution
User Access Features WikyBlog Movable Type
ACL
Yes
No
Audit Log
Yes
Yes
LDAP Authentication
No
Optional
Other Authentication
Pluggable
Support WikyBlog Movable Type
Commercial Support
No
Yes
Online Help
http://www.wikyblog.com/help
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/support/
Issue Tracker
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wikyblog/
http://bugs.movabletype.org/
Books
None
2-5
Support Forum
Mailing List
IRC-Channel
#movabletype @ freenode.net
Blogging Features WikyBlog Movable Type
Categorization
Multiple
Tags
Yes
Yes
Archiving
No
Yes
Trackback
Send+Receive
Pingback
Receive
Ping Service Support
Yes
Yes
Link- / Blogroll
Yes
Plugin
Protected Posts
Yes
Plugin
Blog by Email
No
Plugin
Blog by SMS/MMS
No
No
Blog API
XML-RPC and Atom
Post Editing WikyBlog Movable Type
Multi-paged posts
No
No
Spell Checker
No
No
WYSIWYG Editor
No
Yes
Undo
Yes
No
Syntax Highlighting
Yes
Yes
File Upload
Yes
Yes
Asset Management
Yes
Yes
Emoticon Images
Yes
Plugin
Comment Features WikyBlog Movable Type
Comment Layout
Threaded
Threaded
Feeds for Comments
Yes
Optional
E-Mail on Followup
No
Plugin
Gravatars
No
Plugin
Open-ID Support
None
Client + Server
Extended Features WikyBlog Movable Type
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Photo Gallery
No
Plugin
Polls / Surveys
No
Plugin
Search Engine
Yes
Yes
Custom Pages
Yes
Yes
Google Sitemap
No
Plugin
Workflow WikyBlog Movable Type
Content Approval
Unknown
Yes
Versioning
Yes
Yes
Article Publishing
simple
scheduled
Comment Moderation Queue
No
Yes
Interoperability WikyBlog Movable Type
Content Import
Greymatter, NewsPro, Blogger.com, own format, WordPress WXR
Content Export
Yes
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
WebDAV Support
Unknown
No
HTML Output
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Friendly URLs
Yes
Yes
Administration WikyBlog Movable Type
E-Mail Notifications
No
Yes
Themes / Skins
Yes
Yes
Trash
Yes
Yes
Web Statistics
No
Plugin
Web-based Style / Template Management
Yes
Yes
Comment Administration
Yes
Yes
Syndication WikyBlog Movable Type
RSS 0.9x
No
Yes
RSS 1.0
No
Yes
RSS 2.0
Yes
Yes
ATOM 0.3
No
Yes
ATOM 1.0
Yes
Yes
Podcasting/Videocasting WikyBlog Movable Type
Podcast Feeds
No
Plugin
ID3-Tag Editor
No
Yes
YouTube Support
Yes
Plugin
Media Converter
No
No
Phone2Podcast Support
No
No
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