Why WordPress is the Best Website Building Software

Many computer users are moving their entire digital lives on the web. With the increased consumption of pictures, videos, blogs and more, computer users are becoming increasingly more active online. I have found that the open source platform WordPress is the best website building software for the average computer user. WordPress is web based software that is easy to create professional looking websites and blogs. It is a great solution for building quick and easy websites. WordPress has built in templates that do all the work for you and leave very little customization necessary. This takes out a lot of the work for users who are not familiar with complex HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL. WordPress is also a downloadable install making it compatible on both macs and PC’s.

Using WordPress is free and simple to install from your provided web host. Web hosting is the only cost inferred when using WordPress and prices and plans vary depending on the given host. Longer commitments will feature more attractive pricing. I personal have always used Bluehost and find them reliable and easy to setup. Many web hosting companies including Bluehost have an automatic one click install of WordPress and leave no work for the user. Additional costs are not necessary but upgrades to templates and plugins are available to be purchased. With hundred of templates available, it is easily possible to setup the site at no cost at all.

I have personally built two different sites using WordPress and found it very easy to use, setup and configure. Once it is initially setup, maintaining the site is as easy as logging into the WordPress admin site and adding your content. I was initially very surprised by the ease of the setup to get my sites up and running. I was able to get the site online and running on a customer domain within 15 minutes. This was a welcome surprise to me the fist time I used WordPress.

While WordPress sites are not as simple as drag and drop configuration for the novice computer user, average users will find it easy to edit text and add content using the built in templates. The price is possibly the most attractive feature of WordPress. The word free will often attract users but the usability and ease of the software is what will make users stick with the platform. After building two sites on WordPress, I would strongly recommend it and will surely use it for my future website building projects.


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