Django vs WordPress

Django can be understood as a web framework which is based on Python. It is a free web framework that’s why it is becoming popular. It is open-source and is used in building many famous web applications like Instagram, Pinterest etc. Initially, it was released in 2005 and its stable release was in 2022. It’s author is Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison. It is written in Python and has a 3 clause BSD license.

WordPress can be understood as a content management system which was built by Matt Mullenweg in 2003. It is built using the PHP programming language. The development credit for this platform goes to WordPress Foundation. It is a free and open-source platform which was initially released in May 2003 and a stable version was released in 2022. It has a special feature of customizable plugins for building web applications. It uses HTML, CSS and JavaScript for building interactive web applications. It uses MySQL as its database for storing data.

Below is a table of differentiation between Django and WordPress:

	Django	WordPress
1.	It is a web framework which is used to create web applications by writing codes.	It is a content management platform for building websites and web applications.
2.	Python knowledge is required to build websites and web applications.	No programming knowledge is required to develop websites and web applications.
3.	In built web server facility is given for running applications.	It provides hosting services separately to run applications.
4.	It does not have any pre-built template so user need to code accordingly.	It has a number of available themes which can be used directly.
5.	It is less popular compared to WordPress.	WordPress is more popular compared to Django.
6.	Application building is tough as compared to WordPress.	Application development is easy due to drag and drop functionality.
7.	It requires very little maintenance.	The maintenance of websites is high.
8.	It does not provide SEO functionality.	It is SEO functionality for the applications.