Why I Love Wordpress
When people hear Wordpress, majority of them (if they even know what it is) think blogging software. I love Wordpress. Blogging to me is the best way to serve up daily, weekly or any kind of regular content. But, I love Wordpress for more than that, it is quickly becoming a very powerful content management system or CMS. In fact, almost all sites I build for clients today are built on Wordpress.
Here are just some of the advantages to using Wordpress other than a traditional CMS
- Quick and Easy install
- W3C valid css and xhtml
- Open Source with no licensing fees (savings passed on to clients)
- Modular feature design via plugins
- Best spamblocking utilitiy ever (Akismet)
- Can be used on almost any hosting plan
- Easy to use Administration
I could go on and on forever, but to majority of the people reading this blog, that list doesn’t mean much so let me explain it is more accessible way. Wordpress is free to use, there are no licensing fees, you’re not tied to any one hosting plan, it’s built correctly and will help you in search engine rank, and it’s easy to use.
The biggest gripe about using wordpress as a CMS is that the site will still look like a blog. I just have the laugh when I hear this. Here are some examples of websites built on Wordpress either by me, or someone who has stated it was built on wordpress.
Derekkawakami.com – I built this site for Derek this year with Wordpress.
Hawaiiskindiver.com – This site was built by Giddymachine for HSD using wordpress
Revision3.com – This site was built by their team on wordpress.
As you can see these don’t look or function like blog sites, yet they are all running on a “blogging software”. Wordpress will get the job done for 90% of clients. There will always be a few who require custom applications, but the plugin database is growing daily and I wouldn’t be surprised within the next 5 years that Wordpress is the king of content management.
Tags: Blogging, CMS, Content Management System, Design, Development, Web, Wordpress
January 11th, 2010 at 2:54 am
So true bra. WordPress is so good I just may be using it for every blog I set up from now on till the end of my life. There will always be those who want a software to read their mind and configure itself – as a developer this is the mindset that makes me want to punch people in the face.
So many features from the plugins to the templates etc. make WP worth way more than the $0 price. Even the upgrade process is spot on – I recently went 9 major revisions up in like 20 minutes. Wrote a blog post about the process too @ http://www.iswapyou.com/blog/2010/01/09/newly-upg...
Cheers bra, your blog is solid as usual.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:54 am
So true bra. WordPress is so good I just may be using it for every blog I set up from now on till the end of my life. There will always be those who want a software to read their mind and configure itself – as a developer this is the mindset that makes me want to punch people in the face.
So many features from the plugins to the templates etc. make WP worth way more than the $0 price. Even the upgrade process is spot on – I recently went 9 major revisions up in like 20 minutes. Wrote a blog post about the process too @ http://www.iswapyou.com/blog/2010/01/09/newly-upg...
Cheers bra, your blog is solid as usual.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:54 am
So true bra. WordPress is so good I just may be using it for every blog I set up from now on till the end of my life. There will always be those who want a software to read their mind and configure itself – as a developer this is the mindset that makes me want to punch people in the face.
So many features from the plugins to the templates etc. make WP worth way more than the $0 price. Even the upgrade process is spot on – I recently went 9 major revisions up in like 20 minutes. Wrote a blog post about the process too @ http://www.iswapyou.com/blog/2010/01/09/newly-upg...
Cheers bra, your blog is solid as usual.