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Joomla

The Flexible Platform Empowering Website Creators

Updated on: 16th Oct 2020

Strengths

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    Ease of payment integration (capture PayPal and Credit Card payments without a 3rd party payment gateway)

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    Allows developers to write custom functions 

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    Straightforward features 

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    Blends in with native WordPress ecosystem 

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Weaknesses

    Joomla was released in 2005, and while at one time it was more popular than WordPress, it now clearly trails behind by a significant margin. It is however, still the second most popularly used Open Source CMS available. According to W3Techs, it has a market share of 3.7% at the current time, although they include hosted solutions (including Shopify) in that number. In total, Joomla powers around 2.5 million websites.

    Getting a site set up running Joomla is a little bit more involved than WordPress, and the administration interface can seem somewhat overwhelming when first faced with it. However it was built from the start as more of a flexible content management system, as opposed to WordPress, which started off as a blogging platform, and later took on the role of a CMS.

    What sets Joomla apart

      Categories within Joomla

      Joomla Extensions

      Joomla Extensions

      While not quite as extensive as WordPress plugins, a Joomla install will still have access to thousands of extensions covering all kinds of functionality from back end to the front end.

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      Joomla vs WordPress

      Joomla vs WordPress

      https://kinsta.com/blog/joomla-vs-wordpress/

      This comparison is written by Kinsta who are a WordPress so it's going to favour WordPress, but in all it's pretty balanced considering. They do recommend WordPress in general, but they're happy to admit that Joomla might be the better option if you're looking to build a more complicated site, and are happy with either developing yourself, or hiring developers to build and manage the site.

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      Articles

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      Google and Joomla Sponsorship Announcement

      Google and Joomla Sponsorship Announcement

      https://www.joomla.org/announcements/general-news/5823-google-and-joomla-sponsorship-announcement.html

      An announcement from Joomla about a sponsorship deal from Google

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      Joomla

      Joomla

      https://www.joomla.org/
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      From their site:
      Joomla! is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications.