Comments on: When to Choose Drupal over WordPress

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:33:32 +0000

Thank you so much Leora, I appreciate it! Seems i will need to go with drupal, WP seems to be better suited for simple shopping carts.

By: Leora Wenger

Leora Wenger — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:20:53 +0000

Karen, when I was investigating shopping carts, I had a lot of problems with the few WordPress ecommerce plugins that I tried. It seemed that when you wanted anything other than the basics, for example, on shipping charges, the plugin would fail.

However, that was a year ago – you might want to Google “wordpress ecommerce plugins” – there are tons of posts on this topic.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:21:02 +0000

I came across this posting and even though it was back in June, hope i can get some help! All you say makes a lot of sense, i’m pushing to find a way to make wordpress for me, as I don’t want to over complicate things unnecessarily. HOWEVER, i’m looking to build a multi-seller shop page as part of my website, which I’ve seen that you can do with ubercart.
Is there any plugin/software that you know works for this well with wordpress?
Thank you so much!
PS. I’m not a developer, i like to understand and get into things, so I’m not afraid of drupal per se, but i know it will be a lot of hard work understanding it.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:58:08 +0000

Ubercart is ok for more advanced shopping cart add ons, but try something like elegant themes for wordpress for a basic shopping cart.

By: Leora Wenger

Leora Wenger — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:32:28 +0000

The best way to learn the advantages of a CMS is to use it yourself. Build a website with Drupal. You will learn plenty.

By: Anirban

Anirban — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:32:45 +0000

Hi, I am an intern at SEO for Clients, a web development, marketting company in India.

The problem that I am facing is this:
I am developing a portal where there is a good amount of data flow but that can be handled by wordpress.
But the number of users will be much, and at various levels.
there I guess drupal may work.
why cant we have some features of drupal and some from wordpress?? :)
Which one should I choose?
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By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:14:22 +0000

Leora,

As you said, the only problem is, it is not as easy to learn as wordpress is. WordPress is way more powerful now than it was 2 year ago. One click upgrade of plugin, software and themes makes it all hassal free honestly. I always prefer WP unless i have some solid and unavoidable reason to use Drupal (or Joomla or anyone else)

By: Sparkonton

Sparkonton — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:00:58 +0000

I agree on the first two points, but on the third I would say WordPress is equal or better in the long run. It’s much easier to use and customize to begin with. And it has more plugins available.
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By: Leora Wenger

Leora Wenger — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:46:19 +0000

The intricacies of dates in Drupal is great. Between that and the ease of setting up a form in Drupal convinced me to write this post.

Glad the post is getting feedback and discussion!

By: Leora Wenger

Leora Wenger — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:44:27 +0000

I have clients who have used Drupal who switch to WordPress and are so much happier, because it is easier to use. Sometimes too many options can be overwhelming – a lot of people get stuck on forgetting to allow permissions in Drupal, for example, so data doesn’t show up.