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Both softwares are doing the regular bloging jobs, comparison below is here mainly to show differences between movableType and WordPress, so missing common features means its available for both blog tools.
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MovableType
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WordPress
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Blog Software
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Page generation
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Stores static pages that can be loaded very quickly but can slow down when you make a change that ripples throughout the site
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Generates each page on-demand (at the moment someone requests it), which allows more flexibility in design and upkeep, at the cost of a slight delay in page loading.
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Update/Rebuilds
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Blog must be rebuilt for changes to take effect.
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No rebuild needed, posts can be directly posted.
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Multiple Blog
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One installation generate multiple blogs, each can be run from separate folder, subdomain, secondary domain, ..etc
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Every blog requires separate WordPress installation and separate MySQL data base.
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License
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Commercial license
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Open source
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2mHost support
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Including installation, live time upgrades and full tech. support with direct help from sixapart.com
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2mHost offer installer, upgrade and limited tech. support.
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Posting features
'No' below means not available by default, but available as plugin
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Post by email
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No
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Yes
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Moblog
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No
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No
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Protected Posts
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No
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Yes
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RSS Feeds
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RSS feed for posts
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RSS feed for posts and comments is available
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WYSIWYG editor
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No
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Available by default, but poor, better available as plugin.
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Search engine friendly
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SE friendly URLs
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Ready by default
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Ready by default via built in mod_rewrite rules.
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'Nofollow' attribute
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Added as preinstalled plugin
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Added by default
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Home page / blog hosting
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