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Add to SafariWhen comparing WordPress vs TYPO3, the Slant community recommends WordPress for most people. In the question“What is the best PHP CMS?” WordPress is ranked 9th while TYPO3 is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose WordPress is:
If you set up WP on your own server, you can change every single aspect of it as you see fit.
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Pros
Pro Complete control if needed
If you set up WP on your own server, you can change every single aspect of it as you see fit.
Pro Widely used
According to some statistics, WP powers a fifth of the Internet. It means there are resources for everything. Community support, tutorials, extensions and a plethora of customization options.
Pro Self-host & WP-host options
For free WordPress can be hosted by yourself on your own server, or as a subdomain of wordpress.com. You can also pay to use a custom domain with WP hosting.
Pro Open source
Anyone can view the code of WordPress since it's under a libre/open source license.
Pro RSS feeds for everything
Including tags and categories.
Pro Post-level privacy controls
Each post can have a different access level.
Pro Flexible multi-lingual site management
You can use both one-tree and multi-tree structure.
Pro Multiple websites/domains from one installation
You can use a single TYPO3 installation for multiple websites and domains.
Pro TYPO3 is enterprise
TYPO3 can be used from small to very big installations where it is possible to give rights to users on a very fine grained basis.
Cons
Con A bit of bloat and complexity
WP has grown past being just a blogging platform and as such it's not as lightweight as it used to be. It also considerably more complex due to many more customization options compared to other solutions.
Con Dated
The code is a mess, uses dated conventions, and relies on dated technology.
Con Writing or debugging extension in Typoscript is a nightmare
