Expression Engine pros/cons
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Apples and oranges really.
EE is often more flexible and scales better IMO. Seems easier to solve odd or unexpected client requests in EE than in WP. Plugin community is really tight and well integrated.
EE is generally more secure and stable (handled/handles Obama's site). Also no themes, just straight forward templates and tags.
First thing with EE though is not trying to approach it like WP, from how content is stored to how URLs are formed. There is no forced hierarchy of what content is attached to the presentation layer, you dictate whatever you want in the template layer.
WP of course has a much larger community. That is a double-edged sword though... from trying to stand out professionally to weeding through the crap themes and plugins.
One of my biggest beefs with EE is the lack of a date hierarchy option for URLS (2012/02/) etc. out of the box (with exception to using the limited 'archive' tag pair), despite EE starting out as a blog platform like WP.
- Apples and oranges? They are both PHP based CMS aimed at small to medium sized sites. Apples to apples, I'd say:)qoob
- Really, you have experience with both? Some things they handle very differently.ETM
- There are hundreds of PHP-based CMS's that are no way a direct comparison. PHP is a tool.ETM
- As well, EE is aimed at larger sites. Would be a waste on a small site.That's why they created MojoMotor.ETM