Why do so many businesses build on WordPress? The video covers its main advantages; here they are with a few honest limits.
Advantages
- Easy to update: change text, images and blog posts without a developer.
- Flexible: thousands of themes and plugins for almost any feature.
- SEO-friendly: clean URLs, SEO plugins and easy control of titles and descriptions. Write better ones with our meta description generator.
- Cost-effective: the software is free; you pay for hosting, themes and development.
- Scales with you: start with a few pages and add a blog, store or booking system later.
- Ownership: your content and data are yours, and you can change hosts.
- Large community: plenty of developers, tutorials and support.
- Mobile-friendly themes are the norm.
Limits to know
- Needs regular updates and backups.
- Too many plugins or heavy themes slow it down.
- Popular platforms attract hackers, so security matters.
Is it right for you?
For most small and medium business websites, yes. Very custom web applications may need other technology. See what a WordPress site might cost with our website cost calculator.
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