Introduction
Now we have Joomla 4 a new version of Joomla. I have downloaded from evanto.elements a few templates, two of them are for J4. There are some minor errors sometimes when I add a plugin or a module. I ‘m sure within the next months is going to be all ok.
Joomla is more scientific from WordPress, it is needed to have a Web background, it is a little diffucult comparing with WordPress and it is not as popular as Wp.
It has a smaller portion on the market than WordPress
— less popular tahn WordPress
It is free
— WordPress and Drupal are also Free.
It is secure
— Secure
It has less sites hacked than WordPres
It includes Cache Functionality
— Includes Cache functionality in it’s core
It is proper for communities and e-shops
— proper for communities and e-shops
It is written in PHP
— written in PHP, HTML, CSS, JS (it uses MVC model)
WordPress and Drupal are also written in PHP
Joomla has responive templates
— templates using Bootstrap or other Frameworks of CSS
Compared with WordPress, Joomla has fewer Plugins & Themes
— it has less of free Plugins & Templates
Joomla uses Overwrites
— it uses Overwrites for local template customization (so that to not overwritten from update)
You know WordPress uses Child Themes
It is SEO friendly
–- it uses URL configuration to create SEO URLs
In WordPress we use permalinks or/and SEO plugns
Via .htaccess we can optimize & secure
-– it includes SEO functionality , Optimization & Security to edit .htaccess
Joomla has smaller Community Support
— less community support, comparing with WordPress
It is mobile friendly
— mobile-friendly
It has extensions
For many areas of interest
- eCommerce
- Social Nets
- Q&A sites
- Business sites
- Educational Sites (LMS)
- Marketplaces
- Blogs
- Video Blogs
- News/Magazine Sites
- Booking Sites
- and more
In general, it is not so popular as WordPress but is more scientific a little more elegant. You can use it as a base to develop strong sites. WordPress is like to speak American English and Joomla is like to speak UK English.
