At Suffix Digital, one of the questions that we often get to hear is why WordPress is in comparison to all other CMS. And if you are also looking for the answer to the same question then you have landed on the correct page.
After developing WordPress websites for more than a decade, today, in this article, we shall describe reasons to use WordPress CMS. We will cover different types of websites that can be developed using WordPress.
To begin with, WordPress is just not a blogging platform, it is much more than that. While WordPress emerged as a blogging platform over some time, it has evolved into a powerful website builder and content management system. One of the main reasons for WordPress to gain immense popularity is because of the flexibility it offers.
Many top brands use WordPress CMS to develop their website and let’s take a dig into why you should also consider WordPress CMS to develop your website.
1. An open-source platform
WordPress is open-source software. This simply means you can download, install, and customize it as per your need. You just need a domain name and hosting to install it. A domain name is the address of your website on the internet that the user uses to access your website whereas hosting is like a house for your website files.
2. Easy to use
WordPress is quite easy for beginners. It comes with a simple admin panel with different options listed on the left sidebar that gives you ease to add blogs, pages, a navigation menu, and a lot more. WordPress regularly releases core WordPress updates that you can install with a click. Similarly, the updates from the theme and plugins can also be installed easily.
For backup purposes, WordPress offers excellent backup plugins. Some of them are even free and they help you take backups automatically at regular intervals. Besides, WordPress also offers the best security plugins to enhance the security of your website. You may find all this overwhelming at first, but we can confidently assure you that you will be able to find a workaround.
If you still need any help, feel free to get in touch.
3. Easy to customize
For a non-technical person, WordPress is best as it offers thousands of free and premium themes that you can choose from. Whether you are a blogger, a service site, or an eCommerce business, WordPress provides themes for almost all business domains. These themes are easy to customize; a majority of them allow you to change color, upload your brand logo, edit text, etc without writing a single line of code.
Additionally, you can also add custom functionality to your website by adding a plugin. It may be difficult for you to choose from the thousands of plugins available so here is a list of WordPress plugins that we recommend.
- Contact form plugin: To allow visitors to easily reach out to you
- Analytic plugin: To keep track of the visitors
- Search engine optimization: To generate traffic from Google
If you need any help, feel free to get in touch with us.
4. SEO friendly
The best website doesn’t guarantee traffic on the website. Luckily, WordPress is built by keeping search engine traffic in mind which means Google and other search engines love WordPress. Thus, WordPress websites tend to rank higher in search engines.
5. It is safe & Secure
WordPress is developed by keeping security in mind. However, WordPress offers additional plugins to make your website safe and secure from hacker and malware attacks. Here at Suffix Digital, we recommend using Sucuri to protect the website from s brute force attacks and malware.
6. WordPress is going to stay forever
Website builders come and go. However, Open source software, on the other, is much more likely to be around for a longer period. As WordPress is one such platform, it is not being managed by a company or a person. Just in case, if WordPress disappears anyone can simply code and launch it under a different name.WordPress is maintained by a non-profit organization and its goal is to continuously grow WordPress.
There are tons of developers, users, and businesses behind WordPress and as a community, all of them ensure that WordPress stays forever.
