As an expert developer with over 20 years of experience in the industry, I’ve had the opportunity to work extensively with both Joomla and WordPress. I’ve been using both since 2007 when they were brand new. While both platforms have their merits, Joomla stands is the superior option for a variety of reasons, particularly for businesses looking for flexibility, scalability, and robust security. Although it’s slipped into the ether in terms of popularity, becoming relatively unknown in the U.S., Joomla has continued to thrive in the EU and UK.
Unlike WordPress, which is still essentially a glorified blogging platform, Joomla is built with a more complex architecture that allows multi-level user access and advanced content categorization. This makes Joomla a better choice for businesses requiring intricate structures or those managing large volumes of content. Additionally, Joomla’s built-in multilingual support ensures that businesses can easily reach a global audience without the need for additional plugins. Security is another critical consideration for any business website, and through recent events, WordPress has faced scrutiny over its vulnerability to cyber threats.
Joomla, with its strong focus on security and regular updates, provides a more secure environment for businesses that cannot afford downtime or data breaches. The platform also offers user management features that enable tighter access control, further enhancing overall security. Furthermore, Joomla’s extensive library of extensions and modules offers businesses the flexibility to customize their sites with advanced functionality, making it easier to adapt to evolving needs. While WordPress has a large plugin ecosystem, it can often lead to compatibility issues and performance slowdowns, which can negatively impact user experience.
Given the recent turmoil surrounding WordPress—ranging from security concerns to debates about content ownership—now is the perfect time for businesses to consider switching to a Joomla website. I’d encourage you to explore the opportunities that Joomla can provide for your business in this rapidly changing digital landscape.
The folks at YooTheme have been making great technology for WordPress and Joomla since the early days, and I’d highly recommend taking a long look at their YooTheme PRO when you’re planning out the next website, or considering making the switch off of the WordPress platform. YooTheme PRO has a fantastic visual Page Builder and sets the Admin up with all they need for a Joomla-based solution to be virtually identical to the simplicity of WordPress, but with all of the added power and additional built-in features of Joomla. Additionally, their UIKit and YooTheme PRO are made for WordPress as well.
WordPress powered 43.2% of all websites in 2022 and 45.8% of all websites in 2023. For the past decade, its use has increased by an average of 12% every year. It’s no surprise that its widespread popularity, ease of use, ownership model, customizability, vast range of plugins, and community support available have resulted in it becoming the platform of choice for building courses and learning systems.
There is one other open source LMS called Moodle, but when comparing, for example, LifterLMS vs Moodle, WordPress emerges as a much easier-to-use, modern, and powerful WordPress learning management system platform. As you might expect (or have already discovered after previous research), there’s not only a huge range of WordPress LMS plugins to choose from but a massive difference in quality, content, price, flexibility, adaptability, and ease of use.
You certainly won’t want to feel limited by the range of options available to customize your courses, but at the same time, you won’t want to feel overwhelmed by complex systems that require you to spend most of your time doing more learning than your students!
With the right WordPress LMS plugin (also known as WordPress e learning plugins or WordPress online course plugin), you’ll be free to host, customize, extend, and build the online course or internal training site you have in mind. And better yet, if you already use WordPress as your content management system of choice for your main website, you won’t need to set up an entirely separate site that looks completely different, making it inconvenient for your audience to get access to your course content.
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