Below you will find an overview of what is built-in by default: all core features and functions that are immediately available after installing the CMS and for which you do not need any extra plugins or extensions.
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| Manage content | WordPress | Joomla |
| Edit pages in frontend (site) | ||
| Use tags | ||
| Drag 'n' drop block editor | ||
| Reusable elements you can export | ||
| Configure start/stop publishing | ||
| Built-in contact form | ||
| Add author alias | ||
| Save content as copy | ||
| Separate images for intro and fulltext | ||
| Multiple ordering options for articles/blogs | ||
| Show custom fields in multiple places | ||
| Ready to use privacy statement | ||
| Create multilingual site | ||
| Copy pages | ||
| Place ad banners on your website | ||
| Batch change parameters (multiple items) | ||
| Comment option for content | ||
| Show most recent content items in block on page | ||
| Show most popular content items in block on page | ||
| Show random content items in block on page | ||
| SEO, structure, navigation | WordPress | Joomla |
| Add metadescription | ||
| Breadcrumbs | ||
| Menu-items for various page types | ||
| Add widgets/modules to page, multiple pages or menu-items | ||
| Layout | WordPress | Joomla |
| Use Google fonts | ||
| Save style as copy | ||
| Mobile-friendly | ||
| Technical features | WordPress | Joomla |
| Free to download, install and update | ||
| Free website on wordpress.com / joomla.com | ||
| Full functionality on your free website at wordpress.com / joomla.com | ||
| Create blog website without using extra extensions/plugins | ||
| Create complete website without using extra extensions/plugins | ||
| Extensive, fully configurable user management | ||
| Privacy-actions for registered users | ||
| Action logs: who did what | ||
| Built-in Google ReCaptcha for forms | ||
| Switch to offline mode with one click | ||
| Switch to https in site backend | ||
| Caching | ||
| Built-in performance tools (GZip, caching) | ||
| One-click install at most hosting providers | ||
| Site diagnosis | ||
| Security updates |