# Wordpress versus Radiant

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [November 29, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799 "2010-11-29T15:03:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799/1 "2010-11-29T15:03:09Z")

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Any opinions about Wordpress versus Radiant? This issue came up  
recently in the office and since I’m not familiar with Wordpress much, I  
thought it would be better to ask if anyone here has an opinion.

Any comments will be appreciated.

Thanks,  
Mohit.  
29/11/2010 | 10:02 PM.

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799/2 "2010-11-29T15:32:44Z")

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The two are designed for different purposes. It all depends what you  
need. Radiant is a very minimalist CMS, while Wordpress has much more  
functionality out of the box (most of which can be obtained in Radiant  
by using plugins).

Wordperss is also more of a blogging-platform-turned-CMS. So you’ll  
probably find that Wordpress isn’t what you want unless you’re running  
a blog. However, I’ve seen it used for normal websites as well.

What are your specific needs? I’d say that you probably want Wordpress  
if you need a lot of user interaction and feedback (comments and the  
like), and Radiant if you want a more static website.

Of course, this does not cover the technical differences which are  
substantial. I don’t know if this is something you are interested in,  
but if so, let us know.

Best,  
Sam

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799/3 "2010-11-29T17:54:42Z")

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As from my experience - wp is good for any small blog/website/visit card  
site, until you don`t use more than 5-7 plugins, and you don`t have more  
than ~10-20 pages. So, if you are sure, that your site will not grow  
much a next couple of years, and still will use the same basic wp  
functionalty - in such usage wp is the best. The admin interface also is  
very good. I think it is the best for small sites and could serve as an  
role model.

More growing - more problems, and I could`nt recommend that for any real  
site with more than 50 visitors per day for example without serious code  
refactoring for your particular needs. I had some stories from my  
friends )

//Dima

On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:02:16 +0800

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**Author:** ![mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mohits](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mohits)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799/4 "2010-11-29T18:44:15Z")

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> **[WordPress vs. Radiant](http://www.banane.com/2010/03/08/wordpress-vs-radiant/)**
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> I've had this conversation a few times, with a friend setting up a content management system for a school, with Radiant folks regarding a what a full bloggi

I’ve written my thoughts on it above, they haven’t changed much.

Anna

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**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wordpress-versus-radiant/199799/5 "2010-11-30T18:12:34Z")

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Hi Mohit,

for a personal blog I definitely would use WordPress. For more complex  
site I would check if any other CMS is good for that. For a community  
site maybe I would use Drupal (and I would ask about Joomla! which I  
don’t really know).  
For some easy static pages Sinatra with Haml is simply the best.  
Radiant and its plugins are also good for everything, just need more  
knowledge and more customasation.

If the site will grow in the future, or have the possibility to grow -  
I would definitely avoid WordPress! Later will cause headaache. Maybe  
others says it’s possible to use it as a full-featured CMS, but I’m  
sure other choises are much better.

Maybe you will be interested in how to integrate WordPress to a Rails  
app:

> **[Rails Integration API](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rails-integration-api/)**
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> The Rails Integration\_API plugin enables single sign-on between a
> Rails application and any number of Wordpress installations.

[http://www.igvita.com/2007/07/04/integrating-wordpress-and-rails/](http://www.igvita.com/2007/07/04/integrating-wordpress-and-rails/)  
[http://bjhess.com/blog/2008/1/2/integrating\_rails\_and\_wordpress/](http://bjhess.com/blog/2008/1/2/integrating_rails_and_wordpress/)

Is it just a general question, or do you wish to use start something?  
all the bests,  
Zoltn