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Nazmul
Education Management, 501 - 1,000 employees
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed April 2024
WordPress Review: Wordpress Platform is Easy for Beginners!
Luke
Verified reviewer
Graphic Design, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2022
Wordpress is by far the best website platform and is highly customisable
I love Wordpress and there is no other platform like it!
PROSI have used Wordpress for myself and my clients for the past 10 years. It's my preferred platform to build websites on due to the amount of customisation I can make, unlike other platforms such as Shopify which is a lot more difficult and costly. Wordpress feels like a platform where there are no limits to what you can do.
CONSWoocommerce can be a bit expensive with plugins, but I can make customisations myself unlike Shopify. The dashboard could also do with a refresh to make it more friendly for clients to use. I have had a few websites that have been hacked over the years so I would like to see better security on Wordpress.
Reason for choosing WordPress
Better customisations and page builder options. Cheaper in terms of plugins too.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
With every project, I need to choose whether it will be Wordpress or Shopify for e-commerce. I love shopify's interface, but the customisations can be difficult to make so I will choose Wordpress on occasions.
Andrés
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2023
Empowering and versatile plattform for entrepreneurs
My experience has been positive. As someone who values both functionality and aesthetics in a website, this is my go-to plattform.
PROS+ User friendly interface+ SEO: it prioritizes search engine optimization+ Active community and support
CONS+ Regular updates and maintenance: it is common to have some breaks on your websites+ Learning curve for advanced customization
Reason for choosing WordPress
Wordpress has more credibility and integration with other apps
Lea
Writing and Editing, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2024
Quality worth the expense
My experience has been positive, I will stay with WordPress.
PROSCustomizable and generally easy to use.
CONSThere is a learning curve to WordPress. You have to be ready to study if you use WordPress.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
WordPress is better for SEO and for bloggers.
philipp
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed October 2023
All these good reviews have something in commen. Most people reviewing this have only ever used WP
In the end WP is a blogging platform and should NOT be used for your big corporate website. It has to many flaws for a that.Using any of the DIY theme builders you will create a good looking website that will become a maintenance, security and SEO nightmare. The amount of hours you will spend trying to fix stuff could have been spent on a system that works well. You will create a monster with 1000 plugins that will break the site as soon as there is a php update.Horrible, then more maintenance and money spend. WP is not a good idea unless it for a small DIY website for self or a small business
PROSIts easy to install and get up and running. There are TONS of plugins.Great as a blog
CONSTons of plugins make the website a nightmare. Every day something stops working.You get attacked all the time so security needs to be on point at all times.Bad choice for a multi website CMS
Reason for choosing WordPress
Had to use it because of clients wishes
Jessica
Internet, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2020
Wordpress, NOT for Complete Beginners
Although Wordpress is a fairly fast and easy way to get website up and running relatively fast, it requires a lot of upkeep, maintenance, and constant monitoring and continuous configuring of code updates and settings to keep running smoothly and safely in the long run. Do not reccomend to complete beginners or novices. Highly recommend to business owners who have a budget for proper upkeep and maintenance.
PROSHighly customizable with extensive knowledge and experience
CONSDoesn't work out the box, needs a lot of customization and configuring in order to work properly, not for Complete beginners.
Reason for choosing WordPress
They all fell short in one way or another.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
LightCMS was too Proprietary making it too hard to customize and had the same learning curve as Wordpress, just with too many customization restrictions, so it made sense for me to switch.
Filip
Higher Education, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Most versatile platform for web design
Crating and publishing content on WordPress is straight forward and easy to learn even if you don't have background in CMS.
PROSWordpress is best content management system for small and medium businesses. With open source philosophy plugin options and templates are endless.
CONSSafety concerns are present because of constant treats but you can minimize it by following security best practices.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
More plugins available and better templates for design of website.
Mike
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2024
Easily setup and manage your website
It's a very robust platform with many years backing up its technology. For everyone seeking to create a nice looking website quite easily, it's definitely worth your time to learn how to use WordPress. There are tons of plugins that help you easily setup different parts of your website with just a few clicks.
CONSNot as easy as some of its competitors, especially if you're looking into a very basic website without future content management etc.
Teri
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2024
Long time Wordpress User
I have used Wordpress for over 10 years. It has facilitated me building over 150 websites over the years and had got better and better over the years. With the right theme and plugins the options are endless.
PROSThere are plugins for almost everything, the best ones are paid ones but sometimes you can find a free one that does the job. The fact that it is largely open source means that it moves with the community using it and gets upgraded and checked more than most. Once you know how to use it it is fully customiseable, the options are endless and its easy to deploy and give your users access to it with some training.
CONSThe back end interface can be tricky to teach others how to use. Sometimes solutions that you'd think would be buyilt into the core arent and you have to find a plugin to do it. free plugins arent always as secure as they could be and support can be dropped so i always end up going with Paid options from bigger companies.
Joseph
Construction, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2024
Nganga’s WordPress Insight
WordPress makes it a breeze to create and design websites. Content publishing and blog posting are other crucial aspects.
CONSI acquire everything I yearn for on a daily basis.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2023
WordPress: Best for your work
Wordpress has made a position through its own ability and I think it is best and comfortable for user.
PROSWordPress provides unlimited pages facility and it is user friendly software.
CONSIt’s security features which I like least. Authority should work more on it.
Janet
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2024
Quantum leap
The evolution of Blocks format has brought WordPress up to the expectations set out early in my experience: great looking websites with ease of use. The functionality is there without need to purchase templates for a non-coder (though basic coding skill is very helpful).
CONSEarly in my use of WordPress, training was very piecemeal, and I missed some important factors that would have prevented security problems.
Jeremy
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
Wordpress is the best platform for startups
Houston Web design - Jeremy McGilvrey have more then 1000+ happy customers and all are using wordpress
PROSWe are Huston Web Design- Jeremy McGilvrey and we recommend wordpress to all our new users. Its is easy and best for all new users.
CONSPlugins - We have to install plugins for all functions like SEO, security, speed, location etc. It makes website's speed littlebit slow.
Jake
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
The Best CMS Out There
I would choose no other platform for my website. I've built and managed sites on Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, and more. WordPress is by far the best CSM out there, especially for SEO. That's all our agency uses for our clients' sites. And if they're not on WordPress, we encourage them to migrate.
PROSThe best thing about WordPress is the amount of functionality and control it offers over your website. There's nothing you can't do with it. Since their CMS is an OpenSource platform and the most widely used CMS, just about every host out there can host your WordPress site. On the note of it being OpenSource, you're not bound to the first party features of the CMS like you would be with Wix or Squarespace. You can find a 3rd-party plugin for literally anything you need your site to do without having to have any website development background.
CONSThere is a learning curve to getting started, I'll admit. It takes anyone a decent amount of time to get going on the platform and really understand what they're doing. With that being said, there are tons of resources out there. All it takes is a little time investment to master your WordPress site. If you don't have anyone teach you how to operate the backend of the site, it can seem not very intuitive.
Reason for choosing WordPress
Squarespace is a good platform. But it isn't scalable like WordPress and isn't the end goal. If I was going to switch from a lesser platform, I might as well get on the best platform and not settle for something of lower quality.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
When I first started this marketing agency, I wasn't sure how to get a WordPress site started. As I said, it's not intuitive for newcomers. I knew how to edit and manage a WP site, but I had trouble getting it started. For a quick site launch, I started with Wix. It was a mistake. The responsive elements were terrible and the SEO was worse. Not to mention that Wix sites have trouble getting crawled by third-party crawlers. WordPress was the obvious answer and within 3 months, I made the switch.
Whitney
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2019
Making a Website That You Control Has Never Been Easier
I have been very happy with WordPress. I taught myself how to navigate the platform and there are so many great resources out there for people to learn.
PROSHow quickly and easily I can set up a site for someone and teach them to manage it on their own. I hate in my industry that may developers sometimes hold sites for ransom more or less.
CONSThere is a learning curve to it but once you learn the basics you are set! I love that they offer so many plug-ins as well. You can do things that used to take a fortune to get coded all yourself.
Reason for choosing WordPress
I just didn't like how the sites looked when they were done. In honesty, I am sure that I just touched the tip of the iceberg but for the money and time, WordPress seemed like a better option for us.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
Ease of use for sure. I also didn't like the options that were available in GoDaddy and WordPress has so many more.
Brad
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2019
Blog + Application Framework + Content Management System
Using WordPress, we were able to rebuild our public facing website and our staff intranet simultaneously on one installation. And we were about to roll out features and updates at a pace that suited us. In the title, I mentioned Application Framework - WordPress is so extensible and flexible that you can treat it as a framework either apart from or in conjunction with the content management system and blogging engine.
PROSFor starters, the price can't be beat. WordPress is open source, so it's free to use in pretty much any way you need. With most free software, there's no support, but the WordPress community is so massive that you can find help for nearly anything WordPress related. If you're a developer, it's incredibly easy to add and customize features by writing plugins. If you're a designer, you have total control over the appearance of your site with the WordPress templating system.
CONSThere's not much to dislike about WordPress. As a developer, I find some of the older APIs to be a bit unwieldy, but most of those are being deprecated in favor of new methods as updates roll out. The new block editor isn't my favorite thing in the world, but it can be disabled if you need.
Reason for choosing WordPress
Once we decided to move away from Joomla, we didn't even consider anything else.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
We found Joomla to be too dated, both under the hood and visually. The extensibility and community support we need just isn't there with Joomla like it is with WordPress.
Anonymous
1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2020
The Best Free Website Builder
I love Word Press. I would recommend anyone who wants to start a website to use word press because of the plugins. Also once you learn how to operate the customization features of the site you can do so much for such a small upfront investment. WordPress is great for coaches, marketers, and freelance writer.
PROSI like that wordpress is compatible with so many amazing plugins. Yoast SEO has saved me hours on keyword research and making sure my article has a good chance to rank in the google search index. And the editor that Wordpress comes with for blogging allows me to easily organize my thoughts into sentences because of how clean it looks.
CONSThe themes that come with the free version of WordPress are not to my liking. I have seen some nice premium themes but the stock ones look very childish and don't feel like a website when I visit my site from another device. When I get some more money I will be sure to invest in some more full looking themes.
Reason for choosing WordPress
I chose WordPress because it has the most flexibility and the best plugins to help me manage my website and get it ranking in google.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
I switched to WordPress because I heard it was the best option for people who want flexibility with their website. I saw some YouTubers who also had some deals with web hosting that was compatible with WordPress for a good price.
Chirag
Insurance, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
WordPress improved our web presence with little effort
We love WordPress. In one of our companies, a staff member took upon them to set up their website to save on cost. Web development companies are expensive. I set up WordPress for them. They were able to set up a website and go live within days at a fraction of the cost they would have otherwise paid to marketing agencies. SEO has worked great. Forms have worked well. We have enjoyed moving all of our sites to WordPress.
PROSWordPress is easy! Within 20 minutes, we had our website up and running. With a 30 minute training session, staff was able to post blogs, create pages, create menus and set up forms. Prior to WordPress, setting up a website was a project. With WordPress, website management is a breeze.
CONSWhen automatic updates break something, it's not easy to debug. For those users who don't host WordPress themselves, this would be less of an issue. We host WordPress sites ourselves and enable automated updates. Once in a while updates break our site and we have to debug it by logging on to our servers.
Reason for choosing WordPress
WordPress was very easy compared to other alternatives. The plugin ecosystem was very convenient and we had local developers who could helps move our aspirations forward with WordPress.
Reasons for switching to WordPress
It was hard to find ColdFusion developers and to manage ColdFusion server to support our website. The look and feel was antiquated. It would have cost us significant money and time to bring our old ColdFusion-based site to a reasonable look and feel. So, we switched to WordPress.
Simone
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
Best choice for a Content Management System nowadays
If used properly, as a classic CMS able to handle "classic" websites, news websites, simple ecommerce websites, Wordpress is the right choice. When things get harder, you would probably prefer to switch to other solutions.
PROSWordpress is broadly used. A massive amount of websites nowadays are based on Wordpress platform. This means you will always find someone able to use its CMS, develop new features for a WP based website, assess issues, etc. This is not true for any other available CMS. The availability of a massive amount of plugins, and the ability to write your own pretty easily is a plus.
CONSYou can't rely solely on Wordpress for complex web projects. Trying to fit a complex web project in a Wordpress platform just because you want to use WP is a very bad choice (and unfortunately it happens quite often). Documentation for developers is not always super clear.
Reason for choosing WordPress
Ease of use, availability of technical resources
Reasons for switching to WordPress
Ease of use, availability of technical resources
Luke
Verified reviewer
Research, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2018
If you want it to do something you can make it do that something
It is important to understand that there are two primary versions of WordPress: publicly hosted (WordPress.com) and privately hosted (WordPress.org). The public one can be used for free and has a subscription option to get things like ad removal from your site, custom domain names, etc. the free version by default has ads on your site, limited customization, and your domain name will end with .wordpress.com. The privately hosted version of WordPress is completely free, however you will have to purchase your own hosting subscription and domain name. This version however, gives you 100% control over every aspect of your site. With the correct know how, you can make it do anything! Some people have built very lucrative businesses by setting up these sites for their customers, as I had done for a few years. I can honestly say that WordPress is my preferred Content Management Software by a long shot, and this is the version that I base my review on.
PROSAs one of the worlds most popular platforms for building a website, WordPress comes with an extremely vibrant and active support community. As a result, there is very little needed direct customer support. I have been able to either go to the WordPress forums, documentation pages, or even simply use Google to search for the issue or idea that I have and within minutes I usually have the answer that I'm looking for. WordPress is an extremely flexible platform: if you have an idea, you can do it. If you can't figure out how to, there's almost always a plugin for that, many of which are free. WordPress sites also tend to look great right out of the box. Every year the WordPress development team publish a new theme that comes pre-shipped in the installation (along with past years iterations), and they always look great! After that, there is a ridiculously large database of free themes. After all that, there's an excessive amount of plugins available, many of which are free, or have free versions available. if you want a calendar page on your site, there's some awesome plugins for that, or even simply embed your Google calendar. If you want to sell products on your site, WooCommerce is the fastest way to getting a very nice looking and efficient web shop up and running. And finally, if that's not enough, if you are familiar with a bit of coding (HTML, CSS, and PHP being the most relevant), then the sky is the limit.
CONSEven with the tremendous amount of customization (and more so with knowledge), sites based on WordPress tend to start to feel all alike, to the extant that more experienced visitors to a WordPress site can instantly few when a site is based on this. Unless you have a notable grasp of programming, you will eventually feel limited by what you can do, and not everyone is willing or has the time to learn programming to compensate for this. For those who have stepped up and have the capacity to pick apart the code and make it do what you want, it's not uncommon to have to drop a few hours trying to find out where you went wrong after it's been broken. This isn't unusual when it comes to any kind of programming, but it seems like it's a bit more convoluted under the hood and difficult to pinpoint where exactly you went wrong - especially if you're using a custom theme purchased from someone online.
Dianne
Public Relations and Communications, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2018
Wordpress is perfect for your first website
Overall, I am going to put a lot more effort into learning in-depth learning of module development, and custom field design and display. I am also excited about the Gutenberg new connection, and perhaps because I don't have a lot of old Wordpress site, it will be easier for me to take advantage of this new direction.
PROSI returned to Wordpress after a break of about 10 years, and was pleasantly surprised to see just how far the software had come. The early "blog" has evolved into a framework that I can build smaller sites quickly and easily, with all the sophisticated graphics and mobile-friendly design features that take hours to programme manually. In particular the choice of themes is impressive, and the top themes have free versions that are more than adequate for many small entrepreneurs. The page builders allows some sophisticated designs, especially for one-page websites. Probably the most important benefit is how easy the initial installation is, and how easy one can migrate form a production server to the final host. This is not easy on most frameworks, as there is often a change of platform.
CONSThe constant updating of plugins is tiring, although well handled. I have had a few issues with the sites not switching out of maintenance mode (you have to check every time). I find hunting down the right plugin a nuisance - so many are weak and it is only after installing them you realise. Some leave behind "junk" files and database entries, that are then carried over forever. I would like to have a little more reporting and display flexibility, without having to use Pods (very manual) or a paid plugin for database fields. Perhaps the most irritating thing that would be VERY easy to change - on the plugin downloads page, when you do a search the items don't have an order - it would be nice to be able to get the most popular downloads first - I keep getting offered plugins that are brand new or almost unused first. Finally after 3 pages I find one of the most popular plugins for doing this particular task.
humberto
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2021
excellent wordpress use is amazing websites in minutes
La velocidad para construcción de landing pages rápidas y simples es una gran ventaja para la publicidad que utiliza la empresa, en conjunto con plugins de terceros para la inspección de seo y posicionamiento en buscadores excelente
PROSLa facilidad de instalar plantilla prediseñada y adaptarlas al contenido que se va a utilizar, fantástico poder instalar complementos para facilitar la conexión con redes sociales y publicidad por ejemplo, pixel de Facebook ADS y Google ads, se integran de maravilla, además la integración con WooCommerce y para tiendas en línea, esto aunado con complementos de terceros para hacer aún más impactantes los sitios web, no dejando atrás su integración con blogs y la facilidad para la construccion
CONSEl panel de administrador es algo confuso al principio debe acostumbrarse a su uso y ubicar cada una de las herramientas, los plugins en algunos casos tardan demasiado o trae una herramienta gratuita para optimizar el caché de carga, y una herramienta para convertir las imágenes de formatos pesados como JPG o PNG en formatos más comprimidos y de mayor velocidad en su carga como wep
Reason for choosing WordPress
Por su facilidad de instalación en servidores y su administración, la rapidez para integrar constructores visuales, y la rapidez en la carga de archivos
Rogelio
Verified reviewer
Online Media, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed September 2021
Plugins!! plugins everywhere
Super easy to deploy and have a really pretty website published in a few hours. The bad part, as I said, are the constant update that you have to make to keep your site up without risks of being hacked.
PROSWordpress is really easy to deploy and have a site running in less than 2 hours. It aims to this "integration" that excels other CMSs like Joomla. Wherever you go, there's a Wordpress integration as simple as some clicks. That's really useful. One of the best and simple things that I like from this is the separation of posts and pages. You can make sure that everything you have on posts are news items, articles, blog posts, etc. and leave the pages for the structure of the website
CONSThe bad part of this is that there are some basic features like photos on a category or even some of the simplest things you might expect to have there, you need a plugin for this. In the end of the day, you'll have a pretty website with something like 20 plugins doing basic stuff that Joomla has by default. In the end, you have to keep your site updated frequently and you shouldn't lose that from sight or you might have a security gap and have your site pwnd (hacked).
Reason for choosing WordPress
I didn't chose it over Joomla. I use it for different puroposes than Joomla. Having this clear, I use this for shopping carts and websites that require some more people writing posts and not having them messing with the structure of the site.
Ashley
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed December 2018
Not a fan of WordPress
It isn't my favorite website building tool. I will work with it if that is what the client wants or what they already have, but if I am building from scratch I try to point my client toward sites with higher levels of security or functions they need already built in.
PROSBecause the platform is open source, people can build plugins and templates for the platform. You can purchase templates to make your website look nice and it does have a lot of features - that you can add on, typically with an additional fee. I think it is fantastic for certain types of websites, but if you need advanced functionalities, I would recommend going with a platform that already has those tools, especially if it is eCommerce.
CONSDon't get me wrong, WordPress is a very popular and easy tool to use - with the right plugins or if you are experienced in coding. However, WordPress is a platform that is very very easy to mess up if you don't know what you are doing. Additionally, I have found WordPress to be an insecure and easy to hack platform for a few reasons. 1) The updates to the platform itself happen frequently but without much warning to plugin developers, so a plugin can break your site if the platform itself updates. 2) Because it is open source, it is a very popular platform for SQL injection and hacking attacks. Nearly every WordPress website that I currently manage had an experience with hacking, malware, SQL injection and more prior to becoming a client. You need special plugins to keep your site safe. They don't automatically come with it 3) Many newbies at web design don't know that in order for your SEO plugins (the ones that Google likes) to work properly, you actually have to put information in them. They don't work automatically so just having it on the site isn't enough. 4) One bad designer can cause a lot of problems that are not so easy to fix, especially if they mess with things they shouldn't.
Paul
Internet, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2019
The best option for any web development project
I personally prefer WordPress.org for all my web development needs. Not only is the installation quick and painless, but the level of control is exactly what I like to ave (and what my web development clients like to take with them). WordPress installations are also easily migrated, so it's easy to develop a website in a test environment before launching it publicly on a live domain. Overall, the amount of time saved compared to hand-coding an entire website is invaluable!
PROSWordPress.com offers a simple setup process and allows you to focus on your website's contents; without having to worry at all about managing a host server, performing regular backups and maintenance, implementing and monitoring security measures, etc. WordPress handles all the technical heavy lifting for you for peace of mind. For the most tech savvy, WordPress.org offers an independent installation of the content management system so you can implement it on your own custom domain and web hosting account/server. While offering a much more powerful implementation that also allows for in-depth customization by the user(s), there are "easy install" options offered on many hosting providers to allow for a speedier installation process of the WordPress.org platform. Various free and pay-for third party plugins are available for just about any feature or capability you wish to add or improve to your WordPress installation (front-end or back-end). A limited set of plugins and themes are available to WordPress.com users, but the entire catalog of plugins and themes is available to WordPress.org users and all are easy to install and maintain (though usability may vary in ease of use).
CONSWordPress.com does not allow for full control by the user(s). However, this is done for reliable uptime and security of your website. WordPress.org does require a higher level of comfortability using a cloud-based resources. With that said though, posting/editing posts and pages is no more difficult than using a local installation of Microsoft Word on your computer, or a cloud based word processing tool like G Suite/Google Docs. I do recommend at least one user have somewhat of a deeper understanding of web development, web hosting, HTML/CSS, etc. While these skills are not necessary, they can be very beneficial in certain circumstances.