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ExpressionEngine

Score8.1 out of 10

88 Reviews and Ratings

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What is ExpressionEngine?

ExpressionEngine is a content management system from EllisLab in 2002, a successor to pMachine Pro, a blogging system, which is written in object-oriented PHP and uses MySQL for data storage. ExpressionEngine is their flagship Content Delivery Platform.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features ExpressionEngine has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 88 ratings of ExpressionEngine's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Role-based user permissions

    Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Code quality / cleanliness

    Code generated by WYSIWYG editor is clean and validates according to W3C standards.

    Category average: 8

  • Content taxonomy

    Users can create multiple levels and types of content categories including tags.

    Category average: 7.9

Areas for Improvement

  • Page templates

    The CMS has standard webpage templates or types of web pages (e.g. homepage, article page, interior page, blog page, etc.); users can also build custom templates.

    Category average: 7.9

  • Availability / breadth of extensions

    There is a broad library of extensions, plug-ins, modules or add-ons that allow users to easily customize their websites without building custom code.

    Category average: 7.5

  • Library of website themes

    A library of website frameworks or themes is available as a starting point for building a website.

    Category average: 7.2