Now here at redsauce.com we love WordPress – there’s no doubt about it! The original blogging platform has evolved dramatically since its first release and is now widely regarded as one of the best free open source Web software options on the net.

WordPress is used by hundreds of thousands of bloggers worldwide and has just celebrated its one hundredth million plug in download. Despite its current champion status, it seems the WordPress dream could be about to come crashing down.

WordPress has new competition in the form of Posterous. The blogging site has already claimed Blogger and Twitpic but now has WordPress firmly in its sights and there’s a good chance Posterous could also dominate this blog platform too.

From this week, users will be able to import their WordPress blogs and move to Posterous. The advantages? Posterous simplifies the whole posting process. Unlike WordPress, Posterous places an emphasis on real time content, much like Twitter, and allows bloggers to post content via their e-mail. In essence, this eliminates the need to log-in from a desktop.

Other plus points to the latest offering from Posterous include a less bloated back end, an elimination of annoying spam comments and an ultra-efficient service. If you do decide to switch then it couldn’t be easier. Simply add your WordPress URL to Posterous and they’ll go and grab all your content for you!

“After a few months of adding features like standalone pages, better photo management tools, SEO improvements, autopost upgrades (you can now autopost to 25+ different sites), we feel we have the best platform and want to remove all barriers to trial – and re-trial by folks who just thought we were a micro blog,” bragged Posterous.

The downside? It seems Posterous haven’t quite fine-tuned the new system yet. According to The Guardian, the photo and video compression isn’t quite up to scratch and it could take a bit of getting used to.

If Posterous do succeed in taking WordPress’ users it could mark a sad day for WordPress. Used to riding at the top of the blogging pile, WordPress could be about to come back to earth with a very heavy bump. But don’t worry WordPress – we still love you!

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