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Five Reasons Why Ghost is Better Than WordPress

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Supun Kavinda
Five Reasons Why Ghost is Better Than WordPress

Among the present content management systems (CMS), WordPress and Ghost are the most famous systems. Both systems are open-source. Therefore, developers can customize the default behavior of the systems or contribute to the main project on Github. In this article, I'll explain five reasons why Ghost CMS is better than WordPress.

1. Better Dashboard

The dashboard of Ghost is more visually appealing and easy to navigate.

Image result for ghost.org dashboardImage result for wordpress dashboard

2. Better Editor

Compared to old WordPress editor, Gutenberg has new, extremely useful features. However, the editor of Ghost blogs in version 2.0 is much better than even Gutenberg.

The main reason is that Ghost primarily focuses on "Blogging". Ghost was originally branded as WordPress alternative just for bloggers.

3. Better Customizability

Ghost runs on Node.js while WordPress runs on PHP. Both languages are famous server-side programming languages. WordPress uses raw PHP for templates while Ghost uses template files, which is more customizable.

For example, adding comments to ghost is simple. It's just customizing the theme. However, in WordPress you'll need to use a plugin or WordPress hooks (You need PHP knowledge to do that).

4. Better for Developers

Ghost is a better platform for developers for several reasons.

  • It runs on Node.js
  • It's easy to install Ghost using the command line (self-hosting)
  • You can create and edit Ghost themes.

5. Ghost is Faster than WordPress

WordPress can never beat Ghost in speed. Because of the better design in Ghost, it's super fast. To reach that speed in WordPress, you'll need to do many customizations.

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Conclusion

This article outlined 5 reasons why Ghost is better than WordPress. However, that doesn't mean that Ghost is always better than WordPress. It completely depends on your needs. If you are primarily looking for blogging, Ghost is a better choice than WordPress - to avoid many headaches.

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