WordPress is a very popular platform for website creation, which appeared in 2003 and is growing very quickly from year to year. Approximately 40% of all existing websites are created in WordPress.
Below we have made a list of the advantages and disadvantages of WordPress, to better understand in which cases it is recommended to use this platform for creating websites.
WordPress enjoys huge popularity in the online environment because 40% of all websites existing ones use this platform. Being the most popular website creation platform, all the major companies have WordPress compatible plugins, such as banks, shipping companies, billing and others. They also have a team of the best programmers in the world, who make sure everything works perfectly and who are always improving the platform.
Although in the beginning, WordPress was not a secure platform and was exploited by hackers, this has changed and WordPress has become one of the most secure platforms. The most exploited problem by hackers was to use software to try to log in with random passwords many times, until they found the correct one. The WordPress team is now made up of international security experts and they have solved this problem with the help of plugins that offer a limited number of login attempts. In 2022, many large companies use WordPress, even some government websites use this platform. If the White House website is made in WordPress, we believe that we can trust the security of this platform.
SEO optimization, or where your website ranks on Google, for important keywords for your company. A website without good SEO optimization is useless, because it looks great for nothing if no one enters it from search engines. The costs of promoting a website can be very high, depending on the field of activity, and SEO optimization is an investment that pays for itself in a few months and brings benefits forever. Being the most popular platform, WordPress is liked by Google and websites made with this platform can be more efficient from this point of view. Contact us to discuss your new project.
You may have heard the words "responsive site" many times and wondered what it means. See here a detailed article about What does a 100% responsive website mean?. WordPress is a platform that makes all websites responsive, meaning that the structure of the websites changes depending on the screen resolution, thus making the websites easy to use on mobile phones. In 2022, more than half of the traffic comes from mobile phones, so this is very important for the user experience. It should be mentioned that in 2022, most of the platforms that allow you to create websites are 100% responsive.
After reading how many advantages WordPress offers you, now you know that this platform is free and has no limit on adding products. Unlike other platforms that allow you to create an online store, WooCommerce is free and offers you the possibility to add an unlimited number of products to your online store. Platforms like Shopify charge you a fee of approximately $ 30 per month, or other local platforms charge you fees between 20-50 euros per month. It is not a large amount for an online store, but WordPress offers you the same things for free. It should be mentioned that certain WordPress plugins also have a paid version or only have a paid version, but for the most part you can create a presentation site or an online store with just the free version.
WordPress updates itself a lot and quite often. This is a disadvantage if you are a user who posts a lot on your site. Plugins are also updated often and after a few years problems can appear if they are no longer updated. This can also be an advantage, because it conveys trust among users, seeing that there are people who are constantly working on improving the platform.
If you are a user without much experience with WordPress, you will find it very difficult to change the structure of your site. In other platforms like Shopify, changing the structure is easier for inexperienced users, but WordPress is easy to manage if the site already has the desired structure. If you are not picky, you can make a site in WordPress very easily and quickly. You have to keep in mind that support from those who make themes and plugins is often limited or appears quite late.
If you pay a premium plugin, doesn't mean it;s better in WordPress. On the contrary, it often happens that a paid theme is inferior to a free theme. The most popular free WordPress themes are carefully inspected by the developers on the WordPress team, who ensure that they work without problems. Some premium themes are not compatible with all plugins on the platform and turn out to be just a waste of money. Of course, this is not the case with most themes and plugins, but when you purchase something you have to pay attention to the number of downloads and the reviews provided by other users.
At BRO Media, we believe that WordPress is the best option for most companies in Romania and we always recommend it to our clients. It is the most popular platform because it is secure, easy to manage and effective in terms of SEO optimization. Many people have heard the myth that WordPress is not secure, but they forget that in the online environment no site is secure and even the most "secure" sites in the world (e.g. NASA, Pentagon, Banks, etc.) are hacked many times. The main goal is for a site to not be an easy target for hackers and WordPress is a platform that brilliantly resists most cyber attacks.
WordPress is also free, always keeps up with new technologies and offers all the desired options. Maintenance is easy if the site is well structured and users do not encounter problems when they want to add content to the site.
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