Best wordpress wiki plugin? MediaWiki, WP-Wiki vs. BP Group Wiki comparisons?
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Hello all! Thanks to help in this forum, I have successfully installed my first multi-site (MU/MS) WordPress at Verhampshire.com. All I need is an integrated wiki. But a wiki is one thing that I don’t want to have to migrate later. That is serious and the options are seriously confusing. Surfing the wiki tags at WordPress.org as well as WordPress.org forum discussions and Googling, I have come up with three prominent options. However the differences never seem clearly explained…
Please note:
(a) I am skeptical about using a Wiki that might be good but not remain supported. So if anyone suggests a Wiki with fewer than 1,000 downloads, I am open minded but you’ll have to convince me!
(b) I am not very concerned about bells-and-whistles. Mainly looking for a wiki that is efficient, reliable and with long-term support.1. MediaWiki-Wordpress Integration. Pros: Can’t seem to go far wrong with the Wiki used by Wikipedia and WordPress.org. As certain as anything to remain supported. I have done a small contribution to the WordPress Codex and it worked smoothly for me. Cons: even the founder of Wikipedia says MediaWiki is outdated and over-complicated. Probably MediaWiki is topheavy for most needs and I believe it’s good to travel light.
2. WP-Wiki. Well established, lots of downloads. On the surface, seems like “the” wiki for WordPress. But somehow only rates 3 stars, and somehow seems rarely mentioned at Webhostingtalk.com discussions for WordPress Wiki’s. Especially: if WP-Wiki were any good, why did WordPress.org choose MediaWiki…?
3. Buddypress Group Wiki. At Webhostingtalk.com, WordPress wiki discussions seem to assume that Buddypress is needed, i.e., Buddypress Wiki seems the best-known wiki plug-in. Why is this? Most of all… even if I do not need Buddypress, is it perhaps worthwhile to install Buddypress just so that I can use this wiki? Also… Will Buddypress + Groups Wiki perhaps be less topheavy than MediaWiki?
4. Wistful mention. (Not yet available.) VaultWiki is a Vbulletin forum plug-in that is so successful it is branching out to make wiki versions for other CMS’s. Watch for Vaultwiki to be available for WordPress… someday…
(Incidental Notes. I intend later to establish other WordPress group sites, which will definately use BuddyPress and BBpress. “Best forum plugin” for MU sites seems a more simple question than the best wiki. This seems definately BBpress, maintained by WordPress.org itself! Except that one-blog sites might be happier with Simple Forum. And of course, for a super-serious forum emphasis, all the major forum specialists have WordPress bridges, including the up-and-comer Xenforo. Thank you anyone for any other tips or suggestions.)
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