Which is more future proof? Wordpress or Drupal?

You are creating a false choice. It's not either wordpress or drupal. It's about the right tool for the job. If the job would best be served by wordpress, then by all means use it. But drupal is far more flexible and powerful-- there are sites you can build with drupal without writing a single line of code that you simply can't do with anything else. In those cases, use drupal.

It's somewhat like asking if you should use illustrator or photoshop. Yes, there's a lot of overlap between the two tools these days, but they are fundamentally aimed at different tasks. You use whatever is appropriate to the task at hand.

Wordpress certainly has a prettier administrative dashboard. It is also easier to upgrade. With Drupal, you will probably need to overhaul your site in order to upgrade - it's more of a "forklift".

It depends what kinds of jobs you are working on. In my experience, Wordpress is fine for "Brochureware" - sites with a few static pages and a blog. A small business perhaps, or a campaign.

However, Drupal is geared toward more substantial sites, like magazines and corporate sites for companies/NGOs. You'd choose Drupal because you have an assortment of different kinds of content, and a lot of it, which needs to be authored, ordered and presented in a variety of ways.

both of them have a future as they continue to serve two different markets/types of users. How long a future for any one major version is a different question altogether.

I'd venture with confidence that one can build any already existing wordpress site with Drupal. While the reverse cannot be stated with confidence.

Do you know why so many people are moving to Drupal from Wordpress? I work with an SMS marketing company that provides a lot of content for our uses. Our blog is huge piece our contributions and are wondering if we are on the right platform. Thoughts?

I would say at this point Drupal 8 is at least on-par with WordPress, if not ahead of the game, as far as being future-proof. More info on this blog post by Dries: http://buytaert.net/making-drupal-upgrades-easy-forever

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It depends.But rightnow i think Drupal with new version(drupal 8) is nailing the concept of future scope , it is more flexible,extendable,scalable,secure etc.

Drupal 8 takes Drupal to heights for users, marketers, and developers which changes the WordPress vs. Drupal debate. There’s a seriously sharp focus on user-friendliness, content presentation, new ways to create data structures, build APIs, multilingual capabilities, and the delivery of mobile accessibility out of the box. It’s the collective work of over 3,000 individual contributors from all over the world. But most importantly, with Drupal 8 there's more for users, marketers, and developers. Drupal 8 Features have taken provisions to the next level.

With more flexibility in theme customization through its backend interface, Drupal 8 doubles down on its commitment to being open to more customization and change. Drupal's advanced customization and flexibility, offers more for users, marketers, and developers.

More for end users: Drupal 8 migrations offer Mobile First, Global Ready Features to users. Having a responsive design means having a website that automatically looks good no matter your user device’s viewport size. The way we search the internet has changed and Drupal accounts for it. This version is a preemptive, forward step, a step away from the dangers of "one size fits all."

And it's faster. Now that Drupal 8 caches all entities and only loads JavaScript when needed. When a page is viewed, its content doesn’t need to be reloaded again. And with Big Pipe included in core, developers can further optimize the site load performance for the end-user's benefit.

Much more for marketers: we're looking at a Simpler, More Flexible Drupal. While previous versions have been viewed as too challenging for marketers, Drupal 8 has changed that. Now content authoring is easier than ever. Content managers can navigate the site smoothly and use the new on page editor quickly and with ease. Drupal 8 features bring unprecedented power into the hands of the Content Editor, with WYSIWYG editor CKEditor now in core.

The updated platform also offers users more modules that monitor activity and track analytics. It’s also able to produce automatically Customizable Meta Tags or create title based URL nodes for a website. Tools like Yoast and Goalgorilla can now be incorporated to develop SEO in all aspects. Drupal 8 also Supports RDF and integrates easily with Google Analytics.

And more for developers: Drupal announced REST API’s that allow each to expand beyond that of traditional web publishing applications. This enables Headless Drupal Site Launches. Drupal 8 is also PHP 7 ready, which is A Big Deal For Drupalers. Although PHP 7 was launched just after two weeks of Drupal 8 official release, that didn’t stop the Drupal community from supporting that which significantly increases performance.

It's also now possible to use Drupal as a data source—developers can output content as JSON or XML. They can even post data back from the front end. Hypertext Application Language (HAL) is implemented in Drupal 8 and makes exploitation of web service capabilities less painful. JaveScript (JS) automated testing is also now possible with Drupal 8.1. This means Quality Assurance testers can work the JavaScript front-end automatically, saving time and making integration easier.

And usability? Because this has been one of the highlights of the WordPress vs. Drupal showdown, we should mention something. Drupal 8 is easier for everyone. Descriptive text is now included for extra help. Users can click and then take the tour. There's no longer a reason to be intimidated.

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