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WordPress
What Is WordPress?
Open source software that is free to use for creating blogs and websites.
Who Uses WordPress?
Anyone creating or requiring a modern web presence.
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Reviews of WordPress
The only provider of its type to use!!!
Comments: Wordpress is the main reason my business exists. We moved from pure HTML to Wordpress in 2008 and have never looked back.
Pros:
Wordpress is so intuitive and I understand its logic. It is really easy to use - for people of all levels of knowledge. I usually set it all up then train a client so they can add/edit content themselves.
Cons:
I can't list any cons because I don't see any!!!
It's free, easy-to-use and ideal for building great websites
Comments: WordPress helps me to design websites for my customers on Fiverr and in my location easily. It's a time-saver.
Pros:
WordPress as per my experience offers the best website content management solutions for individuals and large businesses to set up professional websites even with no skills in PHP, CSS, or Javascript. It's easy to use and very flexible too. It's fully translated into more than 60 international languages among which English and French are my primary languages. With its multi-language support, I can easily work on websites for clients in English & French-speaking zones.WordPress strives to provide quality and a great speed performance experience to users which makes it a reliable platform for large websites like eCommerce stores.WordPress also offers a comprehensive repository of great plugins and themes that are one-click ready to install and customize. It's not perfect but, I prefer it over a few others.
Cons:
There is not enough support for users (other than answers from the WP forum itself).
Alternatives Considered:
Too many plugins and hacks to make it fit my needs.
Comments: It didn't fit my needs for photography portfolios well. I found it challenging to update and then would have plugins stop working or aspects break with an update.
Pros:
I like that WordPress is part of an opensource community and is free to use.
Cons:
I don't like dealing with it's plugins and template systems for making small changes.
WordPress is a great open source tool to start your website almost for free
Comments: WordPress is a great system and solution for everyone who wants to create a high-level website without any code skills, give it a try it takes some time to control it but it's worth it.
Pros:
-Free open-source tool with a big community and it continues to evolve.-Designed to make your website responsive to Desktop, Mobile, and Tablet-Its have a huge market of plugins for every need some are for free and some not-It's very flexible for modifications.-It's not very hard to move your site to another host.-Basically, you can create with it any website you want like an online store, blog, landing pages, or online courses.-If you are out of time to design your site there are a lot of ready themes to use.-A comfortable dashboard to control your site and monitor it.
Cons:
-Sometimes you will meet some options or elements hard to delete or modify which will require some code use.-There is no official support if you get stuck, most of the solutions will be found online from the community posts or youtube but it's not a real problem.
My Honest WordPress Review
Comments: Our experience is generally positive because WordPress makes it easy to build professional websites within a very short time. It offers many themes and plugins to customize a website to meet clients expectations. The clean design that makes it easy for inexperienced individuals to get started without asking too much training.
Pros:
I like its clean dashboard that allows me to choose theme, install relevant plugins, and manage content. I also like the compatibility with many apps and plugins we use to customize websites for our clients. Whether we want to enhance SEO, create contact forms, integrate with social media platforms, or enhance appearance, WordPress makes everything easy, especially for someone like me who learned web design on the job.
Cons:
Sometimes you need to use too many plugins to meet the needs of the client since some clients request a website with very specific features. This can be time consuming and overwhelming. Some of our clients expressed concerns about WordPress security believing it could be targeted by hackers. However, I have not experienced any security challenges for time I've used it.
