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The Business Benefits of Joomla Versus WordPress

September 24, 2013 By Andy Nathan 28 Comments

Joomla and WordPress are two of the most well-known Content Management Systems (CMS) on the globe. Both are great CMS systems; however, which system is best for your business? Let us compare and contrast the business benefits of using Joomla over WordPress.

Table of Contents

    • Joomla Benefits
    • WordPress Benefits
    • Joomla Cons
    • WordPress Cons
  • Which CMS Do You Prefer?
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Joomla Benefits

According to Gev Balyan, the owner of Bang2Joom, a Joomla template developer, “it is a more robust platform geared for larger companies who need features like memberships, ecommerce options, blogging, multi-user roles, etc.”Joomla

Additionally, Joomla can become a portal, a great option for businesses looking to create a community. With all of the forums, news, and other similar features Joomla can easily help a site owner create whatever type of community they want. Unlike WordPress, all these features are already included in the software out of the box.

Finally, Joomla has a great navigational component to the site. Since the platform helps larger sites, the developers have spent more time on creating an easy navigation system compared to WordPress since the majority of WordPress users run small sites without the need for complex navigation.

WordPress Benefits

WordPress is easier to learn. Using the WordPress Dashboard is a very streamlined process and new website wordpressowners can pick it up quickly. Since WordPress is for bloggers, Automattic (developers of WordPress.org) shortened the learning curve for that specific use case.

WordPress has a larger community, which is great for business owners who need developers to help them fix their websites. The ratio of developer who specialize in WordPress per the software’s user is also higher than Joomla’s.

Joomla Cons

Joomla does have a steeper learning curve than WordPress. A large part of the reason for this is that Joomla is a more robust platform. Naturally, with all the features included it takes longer to learn how to use the site.

Additionally, Joomla occasionally loads slower than WordPress, which can affect a site’s Google ranking.

WordPress Cons

Since 14% of the now runs on WordPress websites, more hackers are focusing on breaking into WordPress compared to other platforms.

WordPress is more reliant on third party developers. I personally know a ton of good WordPress developers. They are great! They update their plugins with every core update, constantly tweak the software for enhanced performance, and create clean code from the start. Then you have the developers who just want to do a quick job, and do not look at the long-term effects their work has.

It can also be hard to identify which plugin is causing havoc in your WordPress install, forcing you to pull out all of your plugins just to find out that your new plugin (or an old one that has not been updated for a while) is the culprit.

Which CMS Do You Prefer?

So, which CMS do you prefer? Do you feel Joomla is better? Or WordPress? Why are you in favor of Joomla or WordPress? Tell us in the comments.

 

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Comments

  1. Zain says

    February 25, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    But I prefer wordpress, because it was the first cms I used and this is the best in the world.
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  2. Fritz says

    January 24, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    I love WordPress because of what you said in your WordPress benefits paragraph. It is easier. It is less complicated than other CMS and you don’t have to know code like some site builders. One of the things I didn’t know was that Joomla runs slower than WordPress and I was told speed really matters. Great read and confirmation that I am perfectly fine with WordPress.
    Fritz would love you to read ..Dreamweaver Vs WordPressMy Profile

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    • Gail Gardner says

      January 24, 2016 at 8:37 pm

      Hi Fritz,

      WordPress is by far the most popular for good reason. I know SEOs who say Joomla is almost impossible to SEO. Hopefully for those who use it there are some SEOs who figured out how – IF it can be done at all.
      Gail Gardner would love you to read ..Metrics Roundup: All You Want to KnowMy Profile

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  3. usman sarwer says

    December 9, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    Hi

    i just want to say thanks i am going to make website on jamola but after having review about wordpress and jamoola i have decide to make website on wordpress that will be better and more comfortable for me thanks for sharing this great post
    usman sarwer would love you to read ..Today is a long night..My Profile

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  4. Zain says

    October 14, 2015 at 7:36 am

    This is great and so helpful content, and I think that wordpress the best CMS for blogs in the world at this time, because it has wide range of themes and plugins, and we can easily make a stylish blog in wordpress with the help of Free themes and plugins.

    Reply
  5. Frank says

    November 17, 2014 at 5:08 am

    WordPress is an online, open source website creation tool written in PHP.
    But in non-geek speak, it’s probably the easiest and most powerful blogging and website content management system (or CMS) in existence today.

    Reply
  6. Baptiste says

    September 15, 2014 at 9:52 am

    I would like WordPress blogs over Joomla, so the reason why is its simplicity to use. Blogger features number of useful plugins which will make your undertaking quite easy even if you’ve not at all knowledge of written.

    Reply
  7. Frank says

    August 28, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    WordPress is a free open source blogging tool and a content management system based on php.Joomla is a award wining content management system.
    Thank for the sharing this post.

    Reply
  8. Frank says

    August 26, 2014 at 5:18 am

    I use wordpress because WordPress is a free open source blogging tool and a content management sytem(CMS) based on PHP and MySQL.Thanks for the sharing this post .

    Reply
  9. Sia says

    July 18, 2014 at 11:42 am

    I am a user of wordpress and magento..do’not know much about joomla.Still thanks for your post…It’ll help me to understand joomla it seems..
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  10. kesual evan says

    February 26, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    I prefer Joomla mainly because i think there is certainly additional choices, although Joomla has one particular negative aspect, which i don\’t like knowning that are usually quantity of files and also websites: ) Along with sure, WordPress will be additional frend to WEB OPTIMIZATION as compared to Joomla.

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  11. Shyantan deb says

    October 21, 2013 at 5:48 pm

    i have used jomla once and i found it very difficult to use for me. whereas wordpress is very very easy. and for any purpose you have a plugin for it to solve your problem.

    Reply
  12. Roy Mount says

    October 16, 2013 at 7:50 am

    I have also use wordpress but dont know about joomla service. joomla is looking good and think to use joomla.

    Reply
  13. Synthi Fasmiya says

    October 3, 2013 at 7:10 am

    I always love to use WordPress because its search engine friendly and easy to use and also there are so many plugin available and for this anyone can easily use wordpress to get good business benefits. But i also like Joomla because it has also some other benefits.

    Reply
  14. pink says

    September 27, 2013 at 2:52 pm

    wordpress is better than Joomla ,specially with plugins to add a more comfortable touch to your page

    Reply
  15. Piyush M says

    September 27, 2013 at 9:34 am

    Hmm, i forgot to add that joomla is a bit heavy when compared to wordpress! If i cut down the plugins, wordpress is faster…

    Reply
  16. Jordan J. Caron says

    September 26, 2013 at 5:46 pm

    I just took over a clients site that uses Joomla and I find it extremely difficult to learn. Even tutorial videos online or their support forums aren’t helpful. Plus I find the dashboard awful in terms of user experience.

    WordPress was much easier to learn at the begning.

    Reply
  17. Emmanuel says

    September 26, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    Joomla is one platform I’ve never tried before. With those amazing features WordPress offers, I don’t think I can just do away with them.

    Reply
  18. Jones says

    September 26, 2013 at 6:12 am

    hi ,

    Thanks for sharing the differences between JOOMLA and WORD-PRESS . But i am a great fan of WordPress because its very easy to operate (according to me , i don’t know what other says ) . Also editing of WordPress is also very easy and moreover SEO friendly 🙂

    Reply
  19. Tinh Le says

    September 26, 2013 at 9:39 am

    I haven’t use Joomla for my business yet. I like wordpress because simple to use, good for seo and very easy to install.

    Reply
  20. Web Hosting Pakistan says

    September 26, 2013 at 8:09 am

    I have use both! my best choice is wordpress, its very easy to use unlike joomla

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    • Gail Gardner says

      September 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm

      Please include a name. Only what you want will be linked. See https://growmap.com/keywordluv for an explanation of how that works. .
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  21. Piyush M says

    September 25, 2013 at 10:49 am

    Its a matter of personal choice, i would say. Some may feel good with joomla and others wordpress. But ya, with my own personal experience, i would vote for wordpress 🙂

    Reply
    • Matt, Australian photographer says

      September 26, 2013 at 10:42 am

      WordPress for me, but Joomla looks pretty good as well.

      Reply
  22. vivian says

    September 25, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    I prefer wordpress simply because it was the first cms I used. I like the enornous extrensions and plugins.

    Reply
  23. vishvast says

    September 25, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    hi thanks for this article these were some good views between joomla and wordpress

    Reply
  24. John Park says

    September 25, 2013 at 2:07 am

    I would say Joomla has great features and modulated while WordPress is google friendly. Both of them have different ways

    Reply
  25. Robert A says

    September 24, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    I prefer Joomla simply because i think there is more possibilities, but Joomla has one drawback, which I do not like and that are number of files and directories:) And yes, WordPress is more frend to SEO than Joomla.

    Reply

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