Key Difference: WordPress is more popular with easy, simple and blogging websites. Drupal is considered to be a bit more complicated for large and complex websites.

Creating a simple website prior to content management systems (CMS) was a lengthy and time-requiring job. It also required the developer to know the coding language and the ability to work with tags, data input, etc. A person would have to write the codes for the type of website that a person required, including the background, table, comment section, etc. So writing up a code by hand would take up a lot of time and energy. CMS made it easier for a non-developer to create a website with features that he/she wanted. Now a person could easily make websites without having to resort to hiring an expensive developer and wasting a lot of time and energy on it. WordPress and Drupal are two different types of CMS technologies that allow users to develop websites. People are often confused as to which one to use when trying to build a website, specially since both of these offer different features.

WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and content management system (CMS). It is written in PHP and MySQL language. It is most popular as a blogging website, which offers users set up websites in order to create and maintain a blog. According to Wikipedia, it is also the most popular blogging website in the world. The first version was released on May 27, 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, who are the website’s founders.  It was a part of b2/cafelog. WordPress boasts offering various features such as themes, plugins, widgets, multi-user and multi-blogging and mobiles.

Drupal is a free and open-source content management framework (CMF) that is written in PHP language. It is used for blogging websites as well as for political and government websites. Wikipedia states that the standard release of Drupal, known as Deupal core offers features such as “user account registration and maintenance, menu management, RSS feeds, page layout customization, and system administration.” It can be used as a brochureware website, a single- or multi-user blog, an Internet forum, or a community website providing for user-generated content. Drupal does not require any programming skills from a developer for basic installation and administration. Drupal was initially written by Dries Buytaert on a message board, which further became an open source project. Drupal is derived from Dutch word ‘druppel’, which means "drop".

WordPress and Drupal are contenders and many users believed that these two should be used for specific purposes only as one system boasts better features for blogging websites, while the other is a better frame. WordPress is believed to be better when it comes to basic website designing and when the main purpose of the webpage is blogging. WordPress also offers a variety of themes for the do-it-yourself website designers. WordPress is also simple to understand and create, resulting in pages being loaded pretty quickly with not much time being required in development. However, Drupal is a much better option when trying to create complex and huge websites that are expected to create a lot of traffic. It allows various different content types, can support multiple site stakeholders, offers a cleaner admin experience and has more features for developers. It is a bit hard to understand and comprehend and requires time and patience from a person before the person is able to develop and publish the website. Hence, a developer should choose the CMS depending on their need of the website.

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