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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
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Comments: WordPress helps me to maintain a nice & smooth web design experience and enables me to remain responsive as per meeting up with our client's project expectations. It's really a nice CMS and I highly recommend it to every web design aspirant.
Pros:
WordPress is the most flexible and easy-to-work-with CMS I've used so far. I tried out other alternatives like Drupal and others, but WordPress makes the entire web-building experience easy.The tool is beginner friendly and supports a lot of third-party plugins which broadens its functionality, making my designs look great.There are many documents (provided by wordpress.org) for beginners who are just getting started and kin of help to minimize the apprenticeship process.I can't emphasize enough the flexibility I have when working on my projects (and clients') with WordPress. As a matter of, it's a tool I can't do without.
Cons:
One major problem with WordPress is that there is no live support--the only place to get the support it's the community forum which isn't guaranteed (as support is provided by random users).
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First time user.
Pros:
Pretty easy to use. I highly reccomend watching YouTube videos. There are a lot of great tools to implement with the product.
Cons:
I Don’t like how much space is between headers and widgets. I wish you could reduce it.
Great tool but you better know coding
Comments: I’ve worked on websites created by others on Wordpress. I have been able to update things and create blogs. I was not able to make changes because of coding limitations.
Pros:
Comprehensive website platform with many plug-ins and a large community of users to learn from
Cons:
You need to know coding in order to use it.
Why I choose WordPress for my business and my clients
Comments:
Love it.
Love to hate it!
Best Hosting platform out there!
Pros:
Overall best web hosting platform. Access to plugins for every solution. Lots of public documentation to learn from/use. Lots of developers out there. Lots of features with baseline product.
Cons:
Needs a plugin for everything. It can be very difficult to reach peak design & functionality. Very easy to set up basic site.
My Experience with WordPress
Comments: My overall experience with WordPress is great. I have 3 blog active sites with them currently.
Pros:
I like how easy it is to use, once you understand the platform. I started using WordPress in 2014 when I switched from Wix initially. I now use both platforms for different purposes.
Cons:
It can be frustrating and somewhat overwhelming for someone who is new to the platform.