CMS compare : Concrete5, WordPress, Silverstripe

This article makes a quick comparison of 3 popular PHP Content management Systems : Concrete5, Silverstripe and WordPress. While Concrete5 and Silverstripe are two real content management frameworks, WordPress is hugely popular as a blogging platform and each new version brings new feature that make it perfectly usable as a CMS, provided you install specific plugins such as PageMash.

Among these 3 popular content management solutions, each on has its own specific features. In a few words

WordPress is perfect for community based content websites
Silverstripe is perfect for basic page management in a multiple level hierarchy, with limited user rights and priviliege system
Concrete5 is ideal for large organisations with complex user groups and workflow schemas

what they have in common : features we compare

unlimited hierarchy structure with drag and drop reordering
a visual form editor
flexible data schema for tables and records
wysiwyg editing with advanced media management

comparison table

		WORDPRESS 2,6	CONCRETE5	SILVERSTRIPE 2,2
Page Management
	inline editing	YES	YES	YES
	drag & drop pages reordering	PageMash plugin	YES	YES
	templatemanagement	site wide + code based	page types + template / per page	per page type (code based)
	programmatic content type	***	******	*****
	version control	YES	YES	YES
	version compare	YES	YES (requires python)	YES
File / media upload
	unlimited file size (swfupload)	YES	YES	YES
wysiwyg form maker		YES cforms2 plugin	YES form page type	YESuserDefinedForm
	validation	YES	NO	YES
	CAPTCHA protection	YES	NO	NO
	form confirmation message	text editor	NO	wysiwyg editor (additional field in page)
	entry list	YES flexigrid	YES basic HTML – no delete button	YES basic html – no delete button

Online Image editing : jquery’s way

Create url for mod_rewrite

Cushy CMS administrates static pages

modX 2 : first opensource ext js cms ?

jobberbase : Neat PHP jobbase application

Zimplit, simple CMS

Nando Au says:2010/08/20 at 3:27 am You may want to review Concrete5 latest version since it includes captcha and form confirmation message either in the forms page itself or a new pageCheersNando
says:2010/04/04 at 6:52 pm I think your C5 info is misleading. C5 does in fact have Captcha, validation is easily done, confirmation on forms is included.I think if you are going to try and better the web community with a resource, then you should at least have up to date information available.You don’t cover any of the MAJOR client/sales/large scale benefits that would embarras Wp and SS. Such as in-context front end editing, advanced page, addon, and template permissions.To say this study and information is lacking in data/facts would be a robust understatement.
//desays:2010/02/15 at 1:49 amThis is out of date. concrete5 supports much of what it says cannot be used, here
Kentsays:2009/10/21 at 1:02 amDepends on your needs and it’s pretty hard to reach a conclusion based on 12 factors
Cybernautixsays:2009/06/06 at 5:53 pmIn summary would you say that Concrete5 is a worthy contender for building decent CMS sites?
HelloNingbosays:2009/05/11 at 1:46 amTHANK YOU for this useful review !!
There are quite a lot of users trying to find a CMS where one can concentrate on adding content rather than spending weeks on tuning the soft and coding addons.
Although WordPress is more blog orientated, these 3 CMS target on easy learning curve and interface and that’s really great !
Btw, Concrete5 and Silverstripe seem quite similar (at least when you see their dashboard), could be interesting to have a more detailed comparison about these 2…
Remosays:2009/02/19 at 6:37 pmConcrete5 also provides captcha protection out of the box
adminsays:2008/09/04 at 10:29 amHi Sigurd, is the captcha available in the userDefinedForm page type form builder ?
Sigurd Magnussonsays:2008/09/04 at 3:46 amThanks for doing the review. Note that SilverStripe provides CAPTCHA-like protection out of the box through integration with Akismet (akismet.com) and a “maths question” like those shown our website, e.g.
http://www.silverstripe.com/you-got-us-into-the-cms-award-finals-now-vote/There is then a CAPTCHA module you can add to your projects, see http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=modules:recaptcha