The Many Applications of WordPress

The Many Applications Of WordPress It is no secret that I like and regularly recommend WordPress to clients. Not because it is the popular software although that carries some weight. As a developer WordPress is easy to understand and easy to get your hands dirty with.

One of the biggest frustrations for any developer is having a client who uses proprietary or lesser known technology and the client expects you to ‘fix it’ to do what they want.

Problem is, because the technology is proprietary, or is lesser known, you are either limited to what you can do with it or there just isn’t enough documentation on it for you to take it further. Sure, the developer can spend time understanding it but guess who’s picking up the tab?

Another reason that closely hinges on the first – user community. A more popular software has a larger user base, more knowledgeable developers who work on it and understand it than a less popular software. So even though the technology is open source, you get to tap into a large knowledge base pool. Don’t believe me? Just ask a question about WordPress on Twitter. You’ll probably get tons of responses.

From of this large community, there naturally comes a large number of plugins. These plugins, along with some creative thinking and a skilled WordPress designer makes the system highly customizable, allowing you to literally mold it and power all kinds of web sites, not just blogs.

I was asked how many ways a small business can use WordPress. When I listed them out, I came up with close to 40 uses. There’s probably more. I’ve fleshed out the first 10 of them and packaged them as a downloadable PDF for you. You can download it here.

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I really enjoyed this post, especially the “examples in this post” portion which made it really easy for me to SEE what you were talking about without even having to leave the article. Thanks

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Omair

nobody can stop me from loving Wordpress. Agree with Sonal that it all comes free of cost. Wordpress is the only reason why i started blogging =)

Lynette Chandler

I agree Sonal. Thanks for taking the time to write.

Sonal Sinha

WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.

Regards,

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Yes totally agree. Wordpress is an excellent tool and I will be using it to make all of my web sites in the future. The plugins are great and the number of themes available to purchase make a site look even better.

The Blogger Source

It truly is the best blogging platform. Very easy to use, most especially 2.7, a never ending amount of plugins and themes.

Internet Marketing Strategies

Wordpress is an extraordinary platform and I cannot imagine why anyone would use ant other for blog development.
Thanks Lynette
JR

Hey all,

I came from the same direction as Barry. I started using CMS's when everyone was still publishing on FrontPage. The problem was and still is, a lot of them are bloated and takes some technical knowledge just to work it the way you want. WP was a nice fresh direction.

Of course not every single site works best on WordPress but for small business web presence, it definitely is one of the best choice.

Jessica W

Totally agree with you. Wordpress i great blog/site platform that can be used even by small business firms, because it has small learning curve and it very to customize it and upgrade features with different plugins.

Technology, Business &amp; Internet News - Barry Wheel

Well, being new to WordPress, I am quickly falling in love with this piece of software. So much easier to use and so friendly. I was a Joomla Junkie up until these last few weeks, and now can't wait to learn everything I can about WordPress.

I've designed in Joomla pretty much from the getgo, and WordPress is by far easier.

Pinny Cohen

Lynette,

My sentiments exactly. I like using wordpress for clients when possible because it's fairly secure, it's got tons of plugins to save the client costs, and it's very well supported.

Hi Noobpreneur, how's the New Year going for you? I think Wp is easier and faster too. I've used Joomla before but found it can get complicated/confusing quick.

Noobpreneur

You're right - Wordpress has evolved into more than a 'mere' blogging platform. It is a CMS now, that can handle any type of website you can think of.

I used Joomla! in the past, but IMO, Wordpress is easier (and faster) to use.

Cheers!