WordPress, that accounts for over millions of websites
worldwide, has successfully evolved from a blogging platform to an open source
CMS owing to its over thousands of plugins. Even though many new players have
emerged such as Drupal, WordPress continues to be a preferred CMS due to its
simplicity and ease of creation.
A content management system or CMS allows the users to
manage the content of the website easily and efficiently despite nil or minimum
technical knowledge. Even though there are options of Custom Website
Development, CMS website development continues to be a cost effective way of
owning a website that you can manage according to your specifications.
In this article, we
will weigh the pros and cons of utilizing WordPress for developing a functional
CMS for your business. Starting with advantages, WordPress offers the following
upsides.
·
Easy to
learn and operate.
You don't have adequate knowledge regarding HTML or PHP?
Good news is that you can still work on WordPress and create stunning functional
websites unlike Drupal and Joomla that require working knowledge of these
programming languages. As a beginner, you can easily create a website using
pre-installed plugins and templates and bask in the glory of having created a
functional website.
·
Community
Support
Even though WordPress does not offer technical support to
its users, it has a wide user community to assist you in case of roadblocks and
glitches. Not so effective as the technical support offered by Drupal, we would
say something is better than nothing.
·
Plugins
Over 40,000 plugins, a majority of which are available for
free, increase the functionality of your website and highlights the CMS nature
of WordPress.
·
Templates
Thousands of templates for web graphics are available on the
homepage in both free and paid versions. Even though free version is fine, paid
versions are way more advanced than free ones.
·
Effective
Menu Management
It is easy to modify menus which makes addition or reduction
of categories, inclusion of pages and subpages, additional labeling, adding
descriptions etc, a piece of cake.
As there always two sides of a coin, there are some
downsides regarding WordPress usage if you are sticking primarily to the basic
functions and not moving up the ladder to its advanced offerings.
·
Modifications.
Modifications such as removing a data field in a WordPress
CMS require working knowledge of PHP. Even graphic modifications require HTML
and CSS knowledge so that your website can have a unique look.
·
Choosing
the right plugin.
From a larger pool, choosing the right plugins is important
for optimal functionality of your website. There are many plugins available for
a single function which can add to confusion. Also, compatibility of plugins
matter.
There are many other shortcomings that come with using the
basic features only such as compromised security of content, difficulty in
modifying tables and complex SQL Queries.
In order to overcome these hurdles, it is important to avail
services of a professional web development studio well acquainted with
programming languages such as PHP, HTML and CSS. Enterprise Web Cloud based in
Brampton is a leading Web Development and Designing Studio that holds expertise
in Custom CMS development with additional technical support that hands over the
complete control of website over to you after its creation. By keeping these
pointers in mind, you can make the best of WordPress for your business.
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