Joomla and Wordpress have both increased their popularity and capacity over the last years, each having its strengths and flaws. Joomla! was created to enlarge the user’s options and giving them the possibility to manage everything with it, while WordPress was developed for blogging.

Joomla! initially suffered  at the managing compartment, but with Joomla! 1.5, it made a huge step forward in solving this problem.

In order to understand the usability perspective for both systems, let’s try to simply post an image in an article.

Step 1:

We will have to choose a template to work with. Both platforms look the same and are very simple with host of options and themes.

For Joomla
1. Select “Add New Article” from “Control Panel”.
2. Now you must click on image icon bellow the text field and here you have the option to upload images or to browse existing images. Here you can align this image.
3. Type a Title, choose the Section and the Category.
4. Write the content, choose Published and Save the Article.

WordPress
1. Select QuickPress from the Dashboard.
2. Upload image with image icon button.
3. Type a Title and the Content.Here you can add some tags.
4. Now you can Publish your post.

When we have to create a website with more than 10 pages with different information, we can do this with both platforms. So when we start to put all the information on the site template, we’ll see the difference between platforms. It’s simple to accomplish these tasks With WordPress, as we only have to install some plugins, but with Joomla! we have to spend a little more time to re-organise the different module and then the menus from template. After this we have to link all menu items.

Joomla! is a big step forward regarding eCommerce. After we install VirtueMart on Joomla! it’s really simple to customize eCommerce, as multiple options are available to configure it. While WordPress offers a simple plugin with less options.

As far as the security level of both systems is concerned, Joomla! is placed on the top of the list because it offers multiple levels of permissions, thus becoming more flexible, while WordPress comes with just three levels of permissions.

Our conclusion, WordPress is well managed and is really easy to work with, while Joomla! comes with powerful options and detailed parameters for each compartment, giving us the possibility to manipulate and organize what you want and how you want.

The views projected here are our interpretation of things, and your experience could be varied, share it with us and we will be happy to learn together.