The Content Management System, in recent years, has undergone greater shifts than expected. The market was already baffled with the introduction of WordPress and its themes when Drupal dropped another massive stroke in the arena. Now, we have got new customizable options with drupa. Hence people started moving from drupal to WordPress. Presently, the layouts, templates, and admin-friendly options of both the options are giving a rich content creation and personalization benefits.

Both technologies have been competing in the market. While CMS’ market favors WordPress because of caching plugins and easy to use niche options, Drupal’s taxonomy and core structure have garnered a separate fanbase among the tech-enthusiasts. As a result, we have seen people using tools to migrate websites to WordPress. But this is where the actual problem starts.

The client usually struggles to make the right choice. We often get to see queries regarding which CMS is the best. The answer relies entirely on your web content or app and the purpose of using the CMS.

If you, too, have a web app or any type of web content needing these two apps, take a look at the key features and differences of both WordPress and Drupal before making a decision. Below mentioned are some of the essential parameters, giving a clear picture of what both the CMSs have to offer:

Comparing WordPress and Drupal

Security

Some of the apps requiring encrypted entries or have some exclusive features for their admins only require extensive security. Both Drupal and WordPress are capable of giving authenticated security to the owner and can generate a password- protected field. Still, Drupal has the upper hand where enterprise-level protection is required. Sites such as a government page or a highly sensitive page often prefer less vulnerable Drupal format. WordPress, on the other hand, has shown vulnerability because of its easy to use plugin options. There have been several reports of hacks and loops beating the two-way authentication. If you too need high scale security, then instead of converting Drupal to WordPress, stick to the challenging but safe option.

Handling

This is perhaps one of the significant benefits of WordPress that attracts users more often. Drupal works with a set of complicated codes and executions, WordPress is quite user friendly in this domain. Handling WordPress is rather easy, and anyone with zero knowledge of HTML or other coding languages could easily create web content with desirable WordPress plugins. Drupal, on the other hand, requires thorough knowledge of CSS, HTML, and PHP with a great understanding of programming gigs.

Customization Options

Drupal and WordPress both have an extended library full of themes and plugins supporting numbers of layout, template, and font customization options. It is because both frameworks are open source and can support additional paid themes. WordPress library alone could support 5000 free themes and an additional library of 50000 different purchasable theme options, while Drupal consists of 3000 different free themes and 30,000 unique paid modules for content management. The only reason people choose to migrate websites to WordPress is because of its easy to customize options. Drupal again contains highly specialized components when it comes to the customization options and requires professional aid.

Performance

Drupal, when it comes to performance and fast executions of command, is an absolute winner. The WordPress plugins require additional time whenever we open several tabs altogether. Drupal becomes highly efficient and is easy to work with no matter how many pages you have kept open and working in the background. WordPress usually slows to respond or collect the database while connecting with many servers. Drupal dominates the fastest loading and responds to different clients and collect different databases at the same time.

 

Code Upgrades

The drupal codes cannot be upgrades once created, but you can still upgrade the database with every upgrade in its older versions. It also requires intensive redesigning while boosting in versions such as Drupal 7 or Drupal 8. WordPress, however, is capable of code upgradation while the database upgrades are done in the background along with it.

 

Cost Efficiency

As both the platforms are open sources, the cost efficiency can only be measured with the number of free customization a platform can easily afford. In this area, WordPress is the ultimate winner with lesser effort and more number of customizable themes. Drupal, too, is not costly and is almost free, but you cannot ignore the maintenance costs. It is always going to need an expert knowing the coding essentials and actual installation procedure.

Conclusion

After going through the essentials mentioned above, it is quite evident that both these CMSs have unsurpassable qualities. The only difference and the basis of your selection remain the work your web content is going to perform. Choose Drupal if you seek an unbreakable web app or page for complex usage while WordPress can be chosen for creative and aesthetic pages or apps requiring easy handling.