A web developer or an agency often have to present arguments about why they have chosen WordPress as a CMS (Content Management System) and why another would not be better. WordPress convinces many people. But there are always counter-arguments. “Many agencies use Typo 3, Joomla or Drupal.
Why is WordPress so recommended?
WordPress is the popular open-source content management system (CMS), used by about 75 million websites.
WordPress is free to install, deploy and update. Thousands of plugins and templates provide a flexible and simple interface that reduces development costs and deployment time.
The Fresh Consulting team has years of knowledge and resources to create high-quality websites with WordPress.
You may often wonder why WordPress is recommended CMS for creating large corporate websites. WordPress is now very suitable even for non-blog business speeches and medium business speeches with more than 5000 pages.
WordPress has expanded from a simple blogging system in 2003 (The WordPress Story) to professionals’ CMS. The best proof of this is the large companies that successfully use WordPress online as a blogging and publishing system: Ford, Sony, NASA, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal are just a few examples of the professional use of WordPress.
WordPress has a market share of around 60% ahead of content management systems Joomla by approximately 6.8%, Drupal by 5.0% and TYPO3 by 1.6% (source: W³Techs).
Some advantages of the WordPress:
Easy to use: Even novice users can add new content with virtually no training. Anyone who knows how to use Word will immediately feel comfortable with the intuitive WordPress editor.
Search engine friendly CMS: thanks to the plugin system, SEO extensions can be installed quickly and easily, speeding up search engine optimisation.
Social media connection: integration with LinkedIn, Xing, Facebook, Twitter, etc., is possible without any problems.
Customisable design: WordPress is easily extendable to optimise display on mobile devices and TVs.
Plugins: WordPress has an extensive plugins management system that makes it very easy to control and configure the CMS’s operation and makes it scalable with plugins.
User Roles: It also has built-in user management functions. From the administrator with all rights (deleting content, installing updates, etc.) to author, editor, contributor and subscribers.
An active community of developers: WordPress adapts to the Internet’s rapid evolution thanks to constant extensions and improvements.
Conclusion
According to Google, among the CMSs Joomla is vital, but WordPress is the winner. If some agencies still rely on Joomla, Drupal or Typo3, it is not because they are better, but because they are used to them and have always worked with them.
We hope you have found the answer to the question about why you should use WordPress. It is the best way to experience the full power of WordPress is to use it.
Try it, and let us know your opinion about WordPress.