In a nutshell, Tumblr is a peeled away, more societal construction of WordPress. There are upsides to using both services but I'll go into detail a bit more and let you make an informed decision. I myself have been using WordPress for a handful of years and have had the chance to test out Tumblr for about a year. WordPress is a blogging platform that has been around sense 2003 and has really sparked and affirmed itself to be the most popular blog service with a large variety of WordPress themes and plugins willed by a very dedicated and enthusiastic community. Tumblr is a new project originally began by two men out of New York City, with the aid of several investors, Tumblr aims to be the easiest and quickest way to have a nice looking personal blog as well as to make participating and connecting easier than ever. Tumblr has narrowed features but offers a more social platform as well as unique tumblr themes.
Lets start by talking a little about WordPress. WordPress has a few years on Tumblr so of course it is a much more developed product. WordPress features a fully functional admin panel and offers the ability to be hosted or self-hosted on any server. WordPress.org is the community site that houses all information, ideas, issues, discussion, addons, plugins, and themes. It really is the meat and potatoes of the platform. Users can setup a WordPress.com account in a matter of seconds as well as install the stand-along version on numerous servers within a couple of minutes or less depending on their host's features.
Even though WordPress is a blog service, with it's plugin database, WordPress transforms into whatever you want it to be: an ecommerce site, a review site, whatever your aim may be, there is a good chance that both free and paid plugins can get you there. The only thing that may prevent someone from deciding to use WP is the admin panel. Newcomers tend to take a step back when they see the admin panel. This is where Tumblr shines.
Tumblr strips away all the complexity, which does effect it's extent of features, but offers ease of use and socialization to improv for those lack of features. Signing up for Tumblr takes about 7 seconds and making your first post takes less then that. Tumblr offers countless Tumblr themes in their theme garden. Something different about tumblr from a web design aspect is the use of shortcode and one-page layouts making designing tumblr themes a cinch. Tumblr offers the capacity to follow and like other Tumblr user's blog posts. When you follow a user you will see posts by them in the dashboard. From there you can comment, like or reblog posts that come in. This is the simple and unique features of Tumblr that set it apart from other blog services.
Both Tumblr and WordPress propose different features and it's up to your personal wants and needs to decide what is the best way to go. If you want something that is fast and just works then Tumblr is your best choice. If you are looking to create a website for your business or just to have more features to work with then WordPress would work best.
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