Judging by web surveys, WordPress and Joomla are among the favourite open source CMS solutions, so before developing a web page one is often faced with the challenge of which of the two to use. In the past Joomla was often held to be the better choice for developing advanced web pages, and WordPress as a solution for simpler ones and blogs. This is no longer true and WordPress’s growing market share has made it a serious alternative to Joomla.

In this lecture we will use practical examples to demonstrate the key advantages of the WordPress system which boasts simple management and maintenance as well as numerous options for extending web pages’ functionality.

As a freelancer, Marko Lampret (Lampret.net) is involved with the development of web pages using open source CMS solutions, especially Joomla and WordPress.  Over the past decade he has often been responsible for the technical aspect of Slovenian schools’, kindergartens’ and libraries’ web pages in cooperation with ARNES.