WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that allows you to create your own site quite easily. In addition to its ease of use, it has many other advantages. So here is my Ode to WordPress ...
WordPress is Free, and Customizable
CMS
or content management systems make it easy to create and then manage a blog or
a website. WordPress is a free and open-source system. As a reminder,
installing and using WordPress doesn't involve any registration or subscription
costs.
As
a reminder, be careful not to confuse WordPress.com and WordPress.org!
There are hundreds of themes available, and many can also be used for free. Everyone is going to be ready to find their style, their universe, and choose a topic that will perfectly suit their activity. And addition to finding an ingenious template among the hundreds available, it's also possible to customize the template, for instance by changing colors, fonts, or plugins.
There are also hundreds of WordPress plugins, with very regular new additions. It is therefore a really economical thanks to creating an internet site while having the ability to calculate a result that's both personalized and professional.
WordPress Simplicity
WordPress is extremely easy to use. It is often configured very quickly and its ergonomics are particularly intuitive. The management of pages, themes, links, media, and plugins is completed in a very fluid and simplified way. It is not necessary to have notions in HTML language or in site creation nor to have a particular knack for computers or graphics.
The interface simply prompts you to add text, images, menus, and other gadgets with just a few clicks. It classifies the content into sections and sub-sections and makes it possible to easily manage the rights of the different users.
In addition, WordPress has become a global benchmark for building sites, so it is very easy to find self-help and support forums. The platform is so widespread that you can often even find the answer to a problem by entering it into some search engine.
Optimized SEO
Good use of tags also boosts SEO. There are multiple kinds of SEO plugins that we can use specially designed for WordPress. Some of them are quite formidable while remaining free in their basic version, which is taken into account sufficient for many users.
Some
basic techniques in web writing and good mastery of social networks will
complete the job to ensure optimal SEO and therefore regular traffic on the
various articles and on the pages of the site.
Use a Responsive interface
When
you see the dramatic increase in the use of mobile phones and tablets for
surfing the Internet, it is obvious that sites that do not adapt to them will
lose a lot in traffic and efficiency. Positive point: WordPress technology doesn't
integrate flash elements, which are difficult to read on tablets and
smartphones. It uses the "jquery" which facilitates interactions but
also operates on mobile devices.
More
and more WordPress themes, even free ones, also integrate fully responsive technology,
that's to mention perfectly suited to all or any sorts of receivers: computers,
smartphones, and tablets. The responsive design actually allows different
displays and ergonomics depending on the size of the screen used. It,
therefore, doesn't postpone any user and facilitates navigation on the location
.
For
industry professionals, creating a site in 2013 without responsive technology
is heresy given the current and expected growth in the use of mobile devices.
The use of WordPress is, therefore, an asset in this area.
Boost your site
While
WordPress is certainly the best CMS currently developed and the one that offers
the most possibilities for extensions, it can have a certain downside: heavy
and slow loading. However, we all know that a slow display discourages Internet
users and has repercussions on SEO since Google now takes under consideration
the response speed of an internet site to define its positioning.
However,
there are effective solutions to boost WordPress. The first of these is
choosing a quality web host. Industry professionals advise investing a few
euros more for a quality host, rather than in a premium theme that will have no
impact on the speed of display and therefore SEO. To be effective, hosting
should include at least 1 GB of RAM, 1 GB of disk space, and the ability to
install a recent version of PHP / MySQL.
Also,
choose a theme with recognized performance in terms of speed and SEO. You can test
these WordPress websites like
GTmetrix.com or Pagespeed by Google. Use a cache plugin (WP Rocket, W3 Total
Cache, or WP Super Cache) and a CDN which will take the strain off the server.
Clean up your database with the WP-Optimize extension and don't overuse
plugins, which add cumbersome to the site.
Use WordPress to do what?
If
originally it was mainly used in blogs, it must be recognized that today its
possibilities give it a whole new dimension. Small bulk list of what you can do
with:
- a Blog, a Showcase Site, an e-Commerce
- a Forum, a Classified Ads site
- an online magazine
- an exchange platform
- a Directory, a WiKi
- a Social Network, an Intranet
see
examples of WordPress sites
You
got it right, this list is long and growing from version to update. All of this
is made possible by the very large community of developers and because
WordPress is Open Source. WordPress now allows optimal flexibility and offers
the end-user the ability to make updates or changes, publish News, manage
Newsletters with ease. So whatever your website project, study WordPress well,
it could be right for you ...
WordPress flaws
Besides
the possible cumbersome issues associated with plugin abuse, WordPress has a
few other flaws. The search within the website isn't really optimized. However,
it is possible to add a search extension to compensate for this lack, if
necessary. The contact form is non-existent in the basic version. User and
media management could / should be improved.
WordPress
is also sometimes accused of being sluggish, in most cases it is poor WP usage
coupled with poor hosting which together cause slowdowns on the site.
These
flaws are not, however, obstacles to the use of CMS. Indeed, there are always
ways to optimize WordPress, plugins, modules, and external possibilities to
overcome these shortcomings. A real trainer / WordPress expert will be able to
guide you to existing solutions for each type of problem and advise you on
effective plugins.