If you’re looking to update or start a website it would be well worth considering using WordPress due to it’s powerful features and popularity. We have put together a list of reasons why WordPress is the CMS (content management system) of choice.<\/p>\n
WordPress is Open Source software meaning it is free to use and modify, both personally and commercially.<\/p>\n
WordPress makes it very easy to publish content on the web. It offers a powerful visual editor where you can format and add text as well as embedding images into pages.<\/p>\n
The look of a WordPress site depends on what theme you use and there are 1000s of free themes to choose from and a massive supply of paid themes. Another great benefit of using themes is they can easily be interchanged without affecting the main content of your site.<\/p>\n
Plugins are quick and easy bolt-ons to your website \u2013 for example if you needed to add a slide show to your site or sell items online there are plenty of plugins that can help. There are currently just under 20,000 free plugins available from WordPress.org and many more commercially covering a wide range of online needs.<\/p>\n
There is a great community support for WordPress which helps from basic installation questions to advanced coding problems \u2013 the more popular WordPress gets, the better the support.<\/p>\n
If you have multiple people that need to update a website WordPress offers an easy user management that allows you to control the level of access each user has \u2013 for example you might want someone to write for your site but you might want to review and authorise this before it goes live.<\/p>\n
The majority of free themes have been created with SEO (Search engine optimisation) in mind. Also due to how easy it is to add content you are more likely to add articles more often \u2013 in turn increasing your site’s awareness on the web.<\/p>\n
WordPress comes with a great comment system so visitors can comment on your posts and start discussions \u2013 don’t worry you have the choice to vet these comments before they appear on the site.<\/p>\n
If you’re thinking of creating a WordPress site here are some helpful links to get you started.<\/p>\n
New to WordPress<\/a> – via WordPress.org<\/p>\n WordPress lessons <\/a> – via WordPress.org<\/p>\n Community Support<\/a> – via WordPress.org<\/p>\n Free Themes<\/a> – via WordPres.org<\/p>\n Free plugins<\/a> – via WordPress.org<\/p>\n Plugin, Theme and general WordPress advice<\/a> – via wplift.com<\/p>\n