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Movable Type vs Wordpress?

2 pointsalexknight6 comments

I've been contemplating for a while now moving my blog from Tumblr to my own hosted solution. I've been doing some research on both Wordpress and Movable Type, and they both look like excellent solutions.

What I can't seem to come to a conclusion though is the pros/cons weighed out in detail for both platforms. I'm pretty familiar with their history, but haven't used them in depth.

Can anyone recommend one or the other and state some convincing arguments as to why I may want to choose one of the other? Thanks so much.

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While I've never used Movable Type, I feel confident recommending WordPress hands-down. It works great, is amazingly flexible, and has a marvelous community. Themes, extensions, tutorials, and more all make WordPress one of the best platforms to work with.

Plus, if you've gotten used to the variety of post types in Tumblr, there are quite a few good Tumblr-style microblog themes for WordPress from Woothemes and others. They might ease the transition and keep your blog working more like you're used to. You might even be able to tweak a WordPress microblog theme to look like your existing Tumblr theme...

Finally, with the changes going on at Six Apart right now, it's hard to say what the future will hold for Movable Type. Could get better, could get worse, but right now it's in limbo of sorts. WordPress.org (and Automattic) are doing great, and I can't imagine that changing anytime soon.

Wordpress might be the better solution. It is easier to learn and has a larger user community.

Besides that Six Apart (the company behind Movable Type) has been acquired. Although they state that they will be supporting the bloggingplatforms in the future, the new company is aimed at advertising. Is the Movable Type will get the attention it deserves, can be questioned.

Wow thanks everyone for the great feedback. It sounds like Wordpress is probably going to be the safer more well supported option. Really appreciate the thoughtful comments.

Sounds like a good move :) If you need to learn more about WordPress and want to tweak it as you need, I highly recommend the ebook Digging into WordPress. I recently reviewed it on Techinch.com if you're interested. Feel free to give us a shout out if you need more help!

WordPress in a heartbeat. More developer support, it's free and you can self-host.

Mark

from a tech dodo's point of view, i go for wordpress. i find movable type too cluttered.

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