What the difference between zend framework and Wordpress as framework?

Question

I only know Wordpress and have started to seek another alternative framework, Zend. I have heard hearsay that Zend is better than other frameworks. If you are "a serious coder", or try to act like one, you need to use it for building your web app.

Some say Zend is better but it is subjective. It is fast and secure but nobody has given a reason or at least compared it with with Wordpress.

Ultimate question : Does Zend have themes or plugins just like Wordpress ?

Any hint will be helpful

edit. maybe it's stupid, but it's a question. if you don't like it, or you feel it's offensive then down-vote. I don't mind ;). No hard feelings

Answer 1

You're comparing apples and oranges. Wordpress is not a framework, it's a publishing tool. The only thing you can do with Wordpress is make blogs.

A framework is a set of code that provides you with tools to build things. Zend Framework is a web framework that lets you build web applications. In fact, you could build Wordpress using Zend Framework (and it would probably be way better than its current sad design). You could build any other kind of site with Zend Framework. What Zend doesn't do is provide you with a bunch of pre-built web pages and templates and content management systems... those are all publishing tools (which you could build with a framework).

In short, you can't build a web app with Wordpress, since it's not a framework, and Zend doesn't have themes because it's a coding tool.

Answer 2

You are asking the difference between Ferrari and the tomato. Both are red, but…

• Zend Framework is a Framework
• Wordpress is a Blog software

You may write app like Wordpress using ZF, but not vice versa.