Comments on: MovableType vs WordPress

By: Ryan Elkins

Ryan Elkins — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:05:19 +0000

I’m new to blogging and went with WP. It’s been very easy and I haven’t had any problems with it. I would definitely say I’m happy with it. I can’t really think of anything off the top of my head that I’ve found myself wishing it would do.

By: Joshua Steimle

Joshua Steimle — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:08:17 +0000

You can set up Akismet and Google sitemaps for MT, although it’s not as easy as with WP. WP does it with the click of a button, whereas doing it on MT requires at least a minimal level of technical skill, but that’s enough to make it difficult for most people.

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:30:50 +0000

I’ve always wondered what people thought was better. The backend of my wordpress blog says “Akismet has caught 38,449 spam for you since you first installed it.”

How ’bout them apples.

I also use:
Notable – automatically plugs Digg/del.icio.us buttons at the bottom of each post.
google sitemaps – automatic sitemap generator

By: Matthew Reinbold

Matthew Reinbold — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:04:33 +0000

I have to agree with the above conclusions – I’ve tried several blog platforms but WordPress is what I’m standardizing on (even wrote the scripts necessary to transform a PHPBB form to a WordPress setup because I feel that strongly about it).

I’m such a fan because you’re not left high and dry once your blog is up and running – there’s an entire community of plugin authors, theme designers, help wiki editors, etc. that are contributing to make it better. If it were just the software it would be one thing. But combining it with an incredible community is something else entirely.

By: Phil801

Phil801 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:29:05 +0000

I totally love WordPress. RKM just mentioned several of my favorite plugins, but I also love the google analytics/feedburner reports plugin and the more recent plugin, twittertools.

I’ve tried MT and I agree with you Josh, it’s a PITA. I totally dislike blogger and i don’t like MS Live. Those are the only platforms I’ve tried and WP smokes them all.

By: Richard K Miller

Richard K Miller — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:03:24 +0000

One of the best things about WordPress is the plugins, which can add tons of additional functionality to your blog.

The plugins on my WordPress blogs prevent spam (Akismet does an awesome job), greet new users with a separate welcome message, route my RSS feed through FeedBurner, provide caching, provide image lightboxing, offer a contact form, etc.

By: Blake Snow

Blake Snow — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:57:34 +0000

WordPress for the win (though I still use blogger on my personal blog for speed purposes).

By: Doug Bradshaw

Doug Bradshaw — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:45:17 +0000

WordPress works for posting mathematics: you can import LaTeX.