Why Choose WordPress? By Harry Melia 1

What is WordPress?  WordPress is ultimately an online Content Management System(CMS)  Publish  Edit  Delete  It is free to use  Allows users to make their own personal/public website  Open Sourced  Dubbed by many as – “the easiest and most powerful blogging website in existence today” 2

A Brief History of WordPress(WP)  Founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, released WP in May 2003  Written in PHP  Aimed to be a well-structured easy-to-use CMS for everyone  As of August 2015, WP is on version

Statistics  WordPress currently runs more than 66 million websites  Nearly 20,000 people make money using WordPress every day  More than 29,000 WordPress plugins are available, and have been downloaded over 285 million times  The going rate of a WordPress designer project is around $60 per hour  40 Translations of WordPress 4

WordPress can be used for anything… Examples of the types of functions and websites WordPress can use or help you create:  E-Commerce  Wiki’s  Portfolios  Review Site  Timeline 5

Features  Responsive Design  Social Sharing Features  Multiple Page Styles  Auto Upgrade  Widget compatibility  Theme Customization  SEO 6

Some of the most respected companies and people use WP… 7

Costs  WordPress is completely free  There are extra themes and plugins  Bigger Companies can employ web-developers  Personal domain names cost around £15 a year 8

Advantages of WPDisadvantages of WP Its Open Sourced Simple and easy to use Fast installation and development Plugins(SEO) Price Open sourced Designed for smaller sites Updates Set themes WordPress is perfect for small business with a low budget as it does not require any specific skills. Pros and Cons 9

To summarise…  I recommend WordPress for:  Small businesses or for a small purpose like a portfolio  Low budget companies  Getting a business recognised online  Bigger businesses should invest in there own unique site  I recommend some of the following plugins and themes;  Any social media widgets  Word Fence  WP e-commerce 10