- It’s the most popular CMS in the world. Can more than 75 million websites really be wrong?
- It’s free.
- You can create almost any type of website – from ecommerce to membership-based – WordPress offers the necessary templates and tools.
- More than 50,000 (also free) plugins to help you customize your site.
- Easy to use. WordPress was designed for bloggers who are not tech-savvy, and uses WYSIWYG editor.
- WordPress is older than Facebook and Twitter – and it’s not going away any time soon. That’s right – WordPress was released in May 2003.
- WordPress is not owned by a company and does not have a CEO. The WordPress Foundation is a non-profit that protects the freedoms offered by its open source license. WordPress is run by developers all over the world and not a single person.
- It offers SEO tools so you don’t have to be an SEO expert. WordPress also offers SEO plugins to make your site even better.
- Easy integration into all of your social media platforms.
- It connects to most third-party tools, like email and payment gateways.
- Even the federal government uses WordPress for some of their websites.
- WordPress is available in 68 languages.
- Free community-based support from developers all over the world.
- WordPress automatically makes necessary updates.
- All WordPress releases are named after Jazz artists like Miles Davis and Pepper Adams.
- Your site is automatically responsive, meaning it looks great on mobile devices.
- It allows creating different roles for users for website such as admin, author, editor and contributor.
My website and blog are built in WordPress, and it’s what most of my clients use as well. I’d be happy to answer any questions about WordPress, or help you get your own website/blog started!
