Five Reasons Why You Should Be Using WordPress

Mon, Jun 1, 2009

Wordpress

WordPress is the most popular web blogging software because it provides ease of use. WordPress is suitable for just about anybody – from the absolute novice to the advanced programmer.  WordPress has a feature-rich interface, a rich text editor with advanced multimedia support and is endlessly expandable. WordPress’s community distributes a large number of modules for almost any popular website feature, is Open Source and is updated regularly.  In a nut-shell, WordPress is free to install, endlessly expandable with thousands of themes and plugins, has a large support community is easy to use.

The five reasons why you should be using WordPress are:

  1. WordPress is Free (as in beer).
  2. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of free themes available.
  3. Just like themes, there are literally thousands of plugins available.
  4. WordPress is Open Source and has a large support community behind it.
  5. WordPress is simple and easy to use once properly installed and configured.

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Chris Pugh - has written 27 posts.

I live in Mendocino County and do work for a small non-profit. Outside of work I'm a Social media nerd, drinker of tea and maker of beer. I sometimes do side-work for companies and individuals in the Lake & Mendocino County areas.

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  • @Leah I believe the advantages of WordPress is that it's so simple and easy to use. Plus it's FREE for the most part. To get started all you need is an idea and the right Web hosting provider. I've working with other platforms, and some are paid and some are just overwhelming.

    All in all, I believe WordPress is so popular because it was one of the first free publishing platforms, and because of the people hopped on the bandwagon. And now with those early adopters and the new adopters it's becoming the premiere publishing platform.

    IMO, this also adds other advantages and tremendous value by using WordPress because there are so many people working night and day to make WordPress more secure, and easier to use and manage.

    There's plenty of blogs, books, and people who work with WordPress, which I feel is another great advantage of using WordPress

    -Dhane Diesil
  • You're right, there are a lot of reasons to use Wordpress. But, what is the advantages compared to other blog providers?
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