There are a lot of people who think that WordPress is just blogging software, but it’s much more than that. It can be a website’s entire content management system (CMS).
Here are 31 reasons why WordPress works as a CMS.
- Simple to install.
- There is a WordPress plugin to add almost any functionality you want.
- Can setup multiple users with multiple levels of control on the site.
- It’s SEO friendly.
- Easy to theme.
- Easy to customize design and add widgets.
- One piece of software can run both the website and blog.
- Comes with pages and posts to separate the blog from the website.
- Post and page revisions so you have a history of changes to content.
- RSS feeds included with no setup.
- Built in media area for images, documents and so much more.
- Flexible theming structure that allows you to create multiple different layouts and easily apply them to any post or any section of the site.
- Built in link manager makes it easy to add a resources section to your site.
- Thousands of powerful WordPress functions allow developers to pull all sorts of information into any part of the site.
- No property code to learn. It’s all PHP.
- You don’t have to know code to use it. Upload the files, follow the on screen instructions and never look at the code.
- Clean and customizable URLs.
- W3C standard compliant.
- Most web hosts support WordPress. Lots even have it available as a one-click install.
- Posts updates and design changes take effect immediately, no waiting for anything to re-publish.
- Can allow for a members only area of the site.
- Can create password protected areas for privacy.
- It’s easy and quick to upgrade.
- Works in all browsers on all platforms.
- Can create drafts so you can start work on a page now, and finish it later.
- Lightweight and user intuitive admin side.
- It’s available in your browser or on your mobile device; such as the iPhone.
- It’s free.
- You can create an entire site in less than an hour.
- You have control over just about everything.
- There are over 15 million WordPress publishers: 6 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com plus 9 million active installations of the WordPress.org software. So you know it’s good stuff.
Can you come up with any more?
I use WP as my CMS and love it! I am not technically inclined in any way and I find it exceptionally easy to use!
Great article! I've been using Blogger but after ready this I'm gonna look at WordPress
I agree, WordPress is great! Works well for my site and is easy to use.
I have been using twitter as a CMS for a couple of websites and I think itis great because it is so easy to use compared to any CMS UI have tried before.
WP is indeed a good choice. I've used it before and actually find that other than the lack fo CMS related themes, it's pretty solid.
Twitter? 😉
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This is great! I recently signed up for WordPress and been playing around with the plug-ins and what not and it's been great! I can see why individuals like this and now I have a place to blog
Woops 😛 don’t know what I was on when I left that comment! Obviously I meant WordPress.
WordPress is one of the best cms, very simple, easy and has many plugins that enables the beginner blogger