Knowing your WordPress ecosystem (and how it maps to the Drupal CMS)
For successful Drupal to WordPress migration, it’s important to understand the WordPress ecosystem and how it compares to the Drupal CMS.
Understand the nomenclature differences between WordPress and Drupal
Drupal and WordPress have different terminologies for their functionalities and front-end user elements. Here’s how Drupal’s components map to those from WordPress:
| Drupal | WordPress |
| Nodes | Post and Pages |
| Content types | Custom post types |
| Terms | Tag |
| Vocabularies | Categories |
| Custom Vocabularies | Custom Taxonomies |
| Fields | Custom Fields |
| Blocks | Widgets |
A significant challenge that arises when migrating from Drupal to WordPress is restructuring content within the WordPress taxonomy.
Familiarizing yourself with the differences in terminologies will assist you in this process.
Comparing Drupal and WordPress user roles
When migrating from Drupal to WordPress, it’s important to consider how user roles and permissions will change.
Drupal has three main roles by default: Master Administrator, Logged-in, and Anonymous.
WordPress offers a more detailed user roles by default:
- Administrators: Have full control over the website, including managing settings, plugins, themes, and user accounts. This is equivalent to the Master Administrator role in Drupal.
- Editors: Can publish and manage their own posts and comments, as well as those created by others. This gives them significant control over content.
- Authors: Can create and publish their own posts, but they don’t have the authority to manage others’ content.
- Contributors: Can create and manage their own posts, but they cannot publish them. This role is typically used for content creators who need to draft and edit posts before they’re ready to be published.
- Subscribers: Can only manage their own profile information. This is the most basic user role.
Due to the differences in user roles, it’s crucial to carefully assign new roles during the migration process. This roles can be customized as per your business requirements.
Because of the differences in user roles, you must carefully assign new roles during the migration process. You can also customize these roles.
