<\/strong>World\u2019s Most Popular CMS<\/h3>\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to content management systems (CMS), WordPress is in a league of its own. Of the estimated 1.7 billion active websites worldwide, 42 percent are powered by WordPress.<\/strong> What\u2019s even more impressive is that out of the websites that use CMS, about 60 percent use WordPress. It\u2019s followed by Joomla, Drupal, and Magento, whose combined market share is only about 14 percent. This is indicative of how reliable WordPress is both as a website builder and as a CMS platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2. SEO-Friendly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
With WordPress, search engine optimization (SEO) efforts are likely to get good results. This is because the WordPress CMS framework makes it a lot easier for search engines to crawl the site and its pages. There are built-in tools and SEO plugins that can help us optimize the website by making it much easier to follow SEO best practices and thereby meet technical SEO standards. The more SEO-friendly the site is, the more likely it will rank high in the search results, which means more organic traffic to the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Secure and Safe Platform<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
There is this notion that being an open-source CMS, WordPress is vulnerable to hacking and security attacks. Being the most popular website builder and CMS platform on the planet, it\u2019s not a surprise that it\u2019s a frequent target of hackers looking for security exploits. Fortunately, there is a WordPress security team consisting of developers, security experts, researchers, and contributors that maintain the security and safety of the platform. WordPress implements security measures and develops new technologies to minimize threats. It identifies bugs and releases corresponding patches to fix them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The WordPress security team is not responsible for the security of the themes and plugins that are used on the website. Updates of plugins and themes are the responsibility of their respective developers. A paid plugin or theme typically has a team that maintains it regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Mobile-Friendly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
More people are using their smartphones to surf the net, use social media, watch videos, and shop online, so having a mobile-friendly website important now more than ever. By using WordPress, you don\u2019t need to do a major overhaul of your website to make it mobile-friendly. Most of the themes available through WordPress are designed to be responsive so those who visit your site using a mobile device will have a great user experience. It\u2019s also worth mentioning that mobile-friendly websites are likely to do better in Google search results ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Big brands use WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Big-name brands from different industries use WordPress to build and develop their websites. Websites of extremely popular brands typically get millions of page views every single day. What this signifies is that big brands such as Microsoft, Reuters, UPS, Uber, PlayStation, Zillow, IBM, and Sony Music trust the platform. It says a lot about WordPress\u2019 stability, security, and reliability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. Simple to use and manage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Before WordPress became the CMS powerhouse that it is today, it was a simple blogging software for hobby bloggers who are not very tech-savvy. So the user interface is intuitive and easy-to-use. Even when new features and functions were added, the platform is still simple to use and manage. Sites can be customized and modified without heavy coding. It makes scaling up the website easy with plugins and themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. More than just a blog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s great about WordPress is that it gives me the flexibility to make a website as complex or as simple as I want it to be. WordPress is a great platform to build a blog. At its very basic function, WordPress is used to publish blog posts and articles. Its functionality expands by using widgets, plugins, and other third-party applications. So if I have a business website, I can add e-commerce functionality and social media integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress is more than just a blogging platform. Because of the powerful features and capabilities of its content management system, I can transform a simple website into a business website, a news portal, or an online store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. Not committed to one hosting provider<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Using WordPress requires us to self-host the website so we have to find a web hosting company that provides fast load speeds and guarantees high uptime. However, we might end up with a web hosting company that doesn\u2019t deliver on its promises. As most web hosting providers offer WordPress CMS, I can easily switch to a more stable hosting without any difficulty. WordPress makes it easy to migrate to a new server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Multi-user Capability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
WordPress allows multiple user roles, with the \u201cAdministrator\u201d having the most powerful role. If I\u2019m managing a website and I want authors, editors, contributors, and content creators to have access to the CMS, I can assign different roles to each of them. These roles can have different access levels. For example, writers can publish their own posts while editors can approve or reject a post written by a writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress\u2019s multi-user capability also enables subscribers to access and edit their profiles and leave comments on any of the posts. They typically have limited access but it\u2019s really up to the administrator to assign roles and capabilities to specific users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Great support from different sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Being an open source CMS and the most popular platform in the world, there is no short supply of information, tutorials, guides, and resources. If I encounter a problem and can\u2019t find a solution, I can get help directly from the WordPress support page where we can get all sorts of information about WordPress installation, administration, maintenance, customization, security, and troubleshooting. If the support page can\u2019t provide the specific answers, the community-based WordPress Support Forums will definitely provide me with solutions to my WordPress problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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