Many people asked me in my last 5 years of tech career that: Why should I use WordPress? Isn’t my old site good enough? Why do I need to switch to WordPress from another platform? If you’re looking for these question answers, then you’re at the right place.

In this article, I will share some very important reasons why you should use WordPress Platform. I will also cover all the different type of websites you can create with WordPress as well as showcase popular sites that are using WordPress. 

Throughout this text , once I say WordPress, I’m talking about WordPress.org also referred to as self-hosted WordPress. Please don’t confuse this with WordPress.com which may be a hosting service. For details, you can search on google that comparison between WordPress.org vs WordPress.com.

One of the biggest misconception about WordPress is that it’s just a blogging platform that people think. Well, It’s not.

When WordPress start, it was a blogging tool, it’s evolved throughout the years into a strong page builder and a content management system.

The best part about WordPress is that it’s easy to use and versatile enough to make differing kinds of websites . That’s the foremost reason why WordPress has grown such tons in popularity. According to a recent survey, WordPress powers 32.3% of all websites on the web.

For wordpress robust features, worlds most of the known brands use WordPress to power their websites(Time Magazine, Facebook, The New Yorker , Sony, Disney, Target, The NY Times, and more).

Let’s take a look at why you need to use WordPress to make brand website:

WordPress is Completely Free and Open Source: WordPress.org is completely free to use publicly And wordpress.org is a self-hosted version where you control more of your website and take advantage of plugins.

WordPress.org gives great experience for beginners. Also it does also have higher and paid plan for make enterprise or business level money making site. And I recommend it for business site or money making blog.

But, WordPress is free for everyone to download and create website. And wordpress is an open source that been around since 2003.

You Can Make Any Type of Website By using wordpress: One of the common misconception about wordpress is that wordpress is only for creating blog sites.  It actually happened when wordpress was found but that has changed drastically with the various new versions over the years.

Now, WordPress is at an advantage due to its blog roots. You can create any kind of website or solution by using wordpress without any developer. It’s easy and secure.

The list is endless that you can create with wordpress, here I give a taste of types of website that you can createwith wordpress.

  • Blog
  • Business website
  • Newspaper website
  • Forums
  • Single and multivendor Ecommerce Site
  • Ratings website
  • Ratings website
  • Membership website
  • Learning management website
  • Chat room website
  • Job Searching Website
  • Non Profit websites for any organizations
  • Q&A Websites for self-Promotion
  • Business directories
  • Media site like facebook, youtube
  • Auction and coupon Websites etc.

WordPress Supports Numerous Media Types:

Based on my own Experience, I have naver had wordpress tell me that a file is not supported. You can always upload common file like images, documents, Audio, Video .jpg, .png, .gif .pdf, .doc, .pptx, .mp3, .m4a, .mp4, .mov, .wmv, and .avi. Along with that, you won’t have any problems with more obscure file types like .odt, .key, .ogg, and .3gp.

WordPress is Easy to Learn and Has a Huge Community:

As an open-source software, WordPress can be used by anyone. The user base isn’t limited by pricing, premium customer support, or even skill level.

Sure, there are plenty of things to learn about WordPress, but any person could play around with the dashboard for ten minutes and start to absorb how the interface works.

And since there aren’t many roadblocks to gaining access to the software, users have made blogs, forums, online courses, seminars, webinars, and books, all outlining different aspects of the WordPress platform.

Then there’s the more official customer support from WordPress. You can either pay extra money for dedicated support or work through the WordPress forums.

Expand Your Website with Themes and Plugins:

We’ve already discussed how the WordPress themes and plugins make it easy for you to construct a website, but these elements are also essential for scaling up. For a standard blog, you’ll install a theme, adjust the design, then start blogging. The same goes for a business website or portfolio.

It’s common for the themes to serve as the site’s foundation. After that, the design work is minimal besides some color changes, logo additions, and of course, the new pages and blog posts.

Easy SEO Comes First:

WordPress is known for having SEO built into the platform. In fact, WordPress automatically generates title tags and meta descriptions for all of your pages and posts.

This lets search engines know about your content, and it will get you indexed and potentially moved up in the rankings. As with everything in WordPress, there are also more advanced features offered by plugins and online tools. Here are some SEO favorites to consider:

  • Schema
  • Broken Link Checker
  • Rel Nofollow Checkbox

So, Why Use WordPress?

WordPress has strong users and followers all over the world. There are some developers who would rather use other platforms, But that often has to do with learning certain coding languages and throwing themselves in less user-friendly environments.

As a Technical support Engineer and eCommerce professional, I always believe that WordPress is the Right Choice.

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