Joomla and WordPress are two of the major open source web publishing platforms that are in use today. Both have distinct features and advantages that are associated with their use. They are vastly different from other online resources that offer the same services in that they have formed huge communities around themselves that cater to the changing needs and demands and aid in their respective development and advancement. The contributions for the development of Joomla or WordPress from developers and technicians from the world over are loyalty based and not for any monetary benefit.
Joomla is an open source content management systems that is used for web development and website building. It can also help build powerful online applications. Joomla's main advantage is the ease of use associated with it which makes it ideal for extensibility. The fact that it is an open source solution that is available freely also increases its popularity considerably. WordPress is also an open source platform but is not focused on extensibility but rather user friendliness and has been created to be more of a publisher's delight rather than a tool for development. Comparing both these robust resources to see which one of the two, Joomla or WordPress is better is a very tricky task.
Joomla or WordPress, whichever you choose, the one thing that can be guaranteed is that it would be a good choice. While WordPress is the most used blogging software that has been ever created and provides excellent interface for content publishing, Joomla is a software that helps develop a website without having to code using HTML or PHP. The Joomla interface is not as easy as the one that WordPress has but it gives more control and allows for the content to be displayed on different parts of the website. WordPress can be used to make a full fledged website with almost all the functionalities that one would expect. Joomla on the other hand is used for business and corporate websites mostly.
The advantage that both features is that once you have Joomla or WordPress installed on your hosting server, all you need to work on is design and functionality. The common factor with both these applications is that their design files work separately from the programming part. WordPress themes are available as customized and can be stored in the theme folder while for customizing Joomla you have to search for template files and then modify them according to your desire.
While answering the question as to which is best, Joomla or WordPress, from a bloggers perspective, it can be said that WordPress comes ahead in the competition with Joomla by a narrow margin. The thing that turned the tide in favor of WordPress for most users was the varied features and the homepage that WordPress incorporates when compared to Joomla. Ultimately it is for the individual to make his choice and there is so much to both these platforms that the choice invariably is a difficult one.

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