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Published August 28th, 2017 by

Magento vs. WordPress: Difference between two CMS

When it comes to content management system or CMS incorporated with ecommerce website, it does has many benefits  for the users. Using CMS, the user can control the site’s content quite easily and fast, and can also update the inventory on the fly as well as can do basic administrative tasks like optimizing SEO. The user can also integrate payment options which can be handled without having extensive knowledge of programming.

Magento is better than WordPress

Magento is better than WordPress

Here, we will discuss two platforms on the complex side of CMS spectrum, i.e., Magento and WordPress

Here, we will discuss two important platforms on CMS spectrum: WordPress and Magento. However, these two platforms are in separate leagues. In case of WordPress, plugins like Woo Commerce and EasyCart are lightweight which can be added on a WordPress site, while Magento is a completely stand-alone platform comprised of complex architecture. So, for most Magento development services, these characteristics make it ideal for a complex e-commerce website development with CMS.

Mentioned below are the main advantages of Magento and WordPress along with their differences.

Advantages of Magento

  • It provides great experience for users during browsing by the means of reviews and many other features. It also comes with great feature of product filtering.
  • With discounts and promotions on the table, Magento provides impeccable services with its Marketing add-ons. It also provides good SEO support which improves the searchability of the store.
  • The customers can also go through review section, track their orders as well as shipments, and check order history too.

Advantages of WordPress

  • Almost all third-party add-on which you require can be found in a plugin of WordPress. Few of them are the best SEO present in the market. WordPress is well crafted which in turn makes its SEO plugins perform well whenever they are used in conjunction.
  • When it comes to the upgrading of the code and databases, they can be done seamlessly in the background. It is quite easier and cheaper than Magento which is both costlier and problematic. This can be quite tricky for any Magento development company which wishes to bring down the project cost as well as the complexity of it.

Magento vs. WordPress

Whenever you start the development process, the obvious contrast between Magento and WordPress will appear. Those who have worked on WordPress will find Magentocomplex to learn owing to terminology used and the applications.

Few of these differences are mentioned below

  1. Intuitive Dashboard –

Magento’s UI/UX remains to be the major source of client complaints and some have found that it requires constant help from the developer. However, in the case of WordPress, it is quite user-friendly, and the user will hardly require any support. It is important for magento ecommerce developer to get used to of this dashboard in order to create custom applications for better visibility and usability for the client.

  1. Templates –

When we talk about WordPress, it is formed of multiple pages as well as posts. With the use of a fixed set of functions coupled with loops, the template files can be developed in order to call upon both the post as well as page content.

Magento does have similar hand functions, but where actions can be taken via few clicks in WordPress, the same actions can be performed in better programmatic fashion with the help of Magento best practices. Magento development services can base their applications on these templates for creating better applications.

  1. CMS Static Blocks

When it comes to Magneto, in terms of CMS Static Blocks, they function similar toamalgation of both posts as well as widgets present in WordPress. They are quite an important requirement for placing text and images on any CMS page or a template. It is in tandem with widgets present WordPress, managing both the structural elements as well as design in any template.

The important distinction is that the programming within WordPress is entirely structured on a group of PHP scripts whereas Magento is based on an object-oriented concept which involves numerous files as well as folders. In Magento, several files, as well as folders, have a similar name while in WordPress, it has a unique naming convention and almost all files are contained in the same folder. So, it is easier for Magento ecommerce developer to organize the files and folders when compared to the developer using WordPress.

Conclusion –

So, when it comes to drawing comparison between these two platforms, it comes down to two important aspects: the skill level of the user and the size and complexity of the store. WordPress is easier to technologically easy to learn and use. Magento does have a learning curve which is relatively steep. However, it comes with amazing features in order to handle more complex stores.

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