Compare Concrete5 vs. WordPress

Concrete 5 is a long running content management system. It is known for it's user friendly interface and with it's recent iterations has moved to adopt Symfony components.

WordPress is not a very modern PHP CMS and does not use Symfony or other components. It is very popular and earns it's position in the listing of Symfony CMSes.

• Ease of use
• Extensions marketplace
• Reasonably sized community

• Very popular
• Good usability
• Vibrant community

• Product versioning can be confusing
• Not many examples for complex implementations
• Multilingual architecture not top notch

• Shoddy code quality
• Relies on 3rd party plugins a lot
• A weak security trackrecord, partly due to plugins