Joomla vs Wordpress.com VIP comparison

Joomla and Wordpress are both solutions in the Web Content Management category. Joomla is ranked #14, while Wordpress is ranked #21. Joomla holds a 2.1% mindshare in WCM, compared to Wordpress’s 1.9% mindshare. Additionally, 77% of Joomla users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Wordpress users who would recommend it.

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Read 9 Joomla reviews

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77% willing to recommend

Wordpress.com VIP

Read 6 Wordpress.com VIP reviews

232 Views
230 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Joomla and Wordpress.com VIP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Web Content Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Joomla vs. Wordpress.com VIP Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Joomla vs. Wordpress.com VIP

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Categories and Ranking

Joomla

Ranking in Web Content Management

14th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Wordpress.com VIP

Ranking in Web Content Management

21st

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Web Content Management category, the mindshare of Joomla is 2.1%, up from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Wordpress.com VIP is 1.9%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Web Content Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Joomla	2.1%
Wordpress.com VIP	1.9%
Other	96.0%

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Featured Reviews

Sinesio Bittencourt

Suporte avançado - Linux System Administrator L1 at HostGator Brasil

Creating new pages is easy.

Categories, Components and the ease in creating new pages are the most valuable features Easy creation of new components and easy maintenance saves time and money. Optimization of systems I have been using it for more than nine years. Customizing components is not so easy. We have not…

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Daniel Morris

CTO at eScribers

It provides flexibility in building and adding plug-ins, but the plug-in interface is not object-oriented.

Not really anything, but the plug-in interface into the system is not object-oriented. It's diffuse, and you feel like you're dropping bits into many places. They're called plug-ins, but you don't feel like you're plugging in your code, but just reaching in with a hundred tentacles. Lastly, the process doesn't feel encapsulated.

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Small Business	9

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Overview

Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.

Joomla

Wordpress.com VIP is the world's most elegant publishing platform and also its most loved. More sites are powered by WordPress than any other Content Management System (CMS) combined.

Wordpress

Sample Customers

Artisan Web and Print, HLVC Design, Media A-Team Inc, Holdingbay - Tristan Bailey, Molehill Web Works, Sysgen Media, Pappy Productions, Inc., Turn To The ProsPB Web Development, LC Publishing - LambCottage Foundation

Gigaom, Re/code, Grantland, National Post, TIME.com, National Post, LIN Media, NFL Blogs, Tim Ferriss, NextDraft, Metro UK, USA Today, Foreign Policy, NBC

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