Comparison of WordPress and TypePad by someone who has used both extensively for over a year
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WordPress 2.1 or 2.0.1 are going to be out sometime in the near future, and I’m going to wait for that to come out – I suggest you do the same. But when it does, SWITCH!
wordpress > typepad
tony
Nice post – I think that now is the time to start testing out WordPress. I’ve got a couple of MT blogs, and they take up much more of my time in terms of problems than my WordPress blogs. I’ll be moving them all to WP.
One thing you should check out is WP’s ability to use custom URLs. Maybe you could mimic your existing URLS?
The other thing is that you could replace your typebad blog with redirects to your pages at your new server..
No matter what, though, moving the site will be a pain for you and your readers in the short run. In the long run, though, you gain complete control, and you stop investing in a domain you don’t control.
Interesting. I basically had exactly teh same dilemma as you, after using a Typepad blog for a while and then realising I needed WordPress. I had initially rejected Wp as I felt it made too heavy programming demands on a layman like me… and then so rapidly frustrated at Typepad’s many limitations that I decided to switch.
Migration was not much of an issue. I “solved” or at least minimised the traffic issue by keeping my Typepad blog open (for a few months at any rate) with a basic rather than à Pro account (at a cost of about $5/month) with a post at the top indicating that the blog has moved and giving teh new address). So far I’m not regretting it! Compare and jusge for yourself :
Typepad : http://dbdj.typepad.com
WordPress : http://astorg.info
PS : Put a link to this page in my blog’s Colophon…
Hi Emily,
It’s been about 6 months since I started blogging, and I will always remember the help you gave me initially on your blog.
I’m going to show my ignorance by asking this question, I’m sure, but I’m thinking of starting a business using blogging software. I know your answer will depend on what features and functions I will need, but I’m not sure myself. That said, I started using TP because it was easy and simple and someone told me that it had less spam than Google’s Blogger. But, TP is a limited service, as you know, when it comes to plugins, features and functionality for a business blog.
So, I would like to stay with SixApart because I am famiiliar with their educational set up, but go with MT for more functionality. Even though it is about $70 vs. WP being free. I guess I have a comfort zone with SixApart, plus I think I can transfer my TypePad blog over to MT vs. WP easier. I’m curious, with your MT blog experience, do you agree that MT appears to have more plugin functionality than TP (but does it have as much OVERALL and pluging funcionality as WP?) = http://www.sixapart.com/pronet/plugins/ vs.
http://wp-plugins.net/ ?
Any help would be appreciated.
I’ve been using both the tools for some months, although in a less ‘professional’ way, but agree on everything you wrote in your post, actually.
WordPress is definitely here to stay, and growind at a steady pace to become a full fledget professional platform.
Also, it’s open, and free, and has a very large community, what else do you need to get the plunge?
Or, at least, why don’t you just ‘mirror’ your blog on a WP hosted blog for a while after exporting the TypePad contents and reimporting them into WP (as I did with my http://www.mobtech.it site?).
Whatever you decide, keep going with the blog, it’s great
Jack Ventura (AKA Bonaventura from Italy)
Hey Emily,
I love WordPress 2.0. And I’m glad you finally moved to your own domain! It’s easier to find you now…
Stuart Tan
Singapore
hey just a heads up becasue the trackback didn’t seem to work -i cite you here
http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/001310.html
Hi Emily,
I would agree WP rocks. I tried it recently and from the super-quick one-click installation to the way that templates are stored as applications (as opposed to folders full of stuff to migrate and hack) I was very impressed.
I just wanted to grumble a little bit about your article as I don’t think you’re comparing like with like and are unfairly penalising Six Apart. If you fancy rewriting it as a comparison of Movabletype with WordPress I’ll shut-up, but comparing (non-hosted) WordPress and Typepad just doesn’t make sense.
Most of the features you highlight as missing from Typepad *do* appear in Movabletype (extensive plugin resources, one-click style changes etc) and if you’ve taken the trouble to install and configure your own server to test WP, you should do the same for MT.
All the best,
Dug
Must agree with Dug, you are comparing things that are not comparable.
WordPress may be more powerful & flexible but TypePad, and the other hosted services, mean more people can spend their time creating content without worrying about “systems”. The trade off is limitations vs simplicity but its the difference between me bothering to have a Blog, or not having a Blog so TypePad wins.
I use TypePad + BlogJet to create content and have added Google search, Feedburner and Sitemeter.
did you ever see this?#
http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/archives/001310.html
Hi There,
I am a total newbie but want to start on blog on starting a business. I actually have a web site (ecard, emovie business) but my web desgner is charging $2500 to post a blog on my site-no thanks will start on my own. So I’ll get a domain name but then what? do I go to word press site and download? I am totally clueless..
Help Please!!!
Pam
here is one thing I liked about Typepad over wordpress: Yahoo News picked my articles up. Hasn’t happened since I moved over to WP on 2/19/06, and I rarely see anyone else who uses WP on Blogs Beta at yahoo news.
Still, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better then Typepad.
Emily,
I use WP for most of my blogs and I like what’s capable of. I do also agree that this applies to the full-version of WP when installed on to a hosting server.
I use godaddy.com ‘s cheapest hosting which costs me $4 a month with own domain to add flexibility.
But when I used Typepad, I had to buy the premium service to get what I wanted to add onto my blog and it cost … $15 a month I think.
So for my own use, I prefer WP over Typepad…
PS I love your blog.
Hello,
I am new at this and was wondering what is the best thing for my site moving it to WP or Typepad.
I have no clue what all these RSS feeds.
How do I get people to read my blog?
Do you offer services to help make a blog more appealing and get more traffic?
You could e-mail me @ drfeelgood.rocco@gmail.com
Either this post is way out of date or much of the information is simply wrong. As of the publication date of this post Typepad had pagination for well over a year, I know, I was using it. Typepad has no problem wih spam at all since early this year. Typepad allows the user to set a Featured post which remains on the front page until re set and allows for specific categories only to show on the front page as you like. Typepad is good to go with RSS and Typepad has a fast growing number of easy to install widgets which include various Search engines. Typepad has very limited number of themes but is fully customizable and the photo albums are a fantastic feature that make off site image services redundant. Typepad is not free, but what in life that is worth while is? Wordpad is free, woo hoo, all you need to pay for now is your hosting fee so you can load the WP platform on it and use it. My guess is your going to pay at least 15 bucks a month for that.
However, power to the WP fans et cetera because there is a blog platform out there for everyone, you just need to find the one that works for you and in the mean time, make fair and up to date assessments when comparing. Your info is out of date for sure.
yes, but wordpress doesnt have lifeblog. so it’s useless for mobile people. 360Fashion.net
I have been thinking of moving from Blogger to WordPress. Has anyone done this recently, and if so, do you have an advice?
My main reason is that I am planning to rebuild my website and I think that word press’s URLs will be more compatable, as Blogger uses the website/blog/date/date/blog-title which seems to mess things up for my php plans…..
Someone else below asked this already about antispam scripts.
I am getting nailed with Spam on my website mails and in our blog website – now its offline too
much spam. Is there anyway to stop this? If not, there really isn’t any point in leaving it up
and active. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for help, Keep up the good work. Greetings from Poland
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Great post. I actually prefer typepad for it’s ease of use and overall friendly functions. WordPress can be nice with the customization and open-source support it offers.
I completely agree typepad is so easy to use and there are some awesome designs out there.
Hello,
As an opensource fan,i’m glad free is starting to win.
Thanks for the post btw,everyone likes free things
Great Post. I prefer typepad because it is simple to use, easy functionality. WordPress doesn’t have a life blog its useless for mobile phone.Software Testing Services
Extremely useful and informative article. I wish i can do all of that in a short period of time. But for sure doing those will produce results. I will try to spread your words through my blog and link it back to you. Thanks a lot for those tips.
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