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A great content management solution/website builder for most businesses

Rating: 9 out of 10

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December 10, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our main website is hosted on WordPress, and I've been at several other employers who also used WordPress as their primary CRM. It is used across the company, from customer support, to product development, to sales and to marketing. Marketing owns the WordPress instance and is responsible for maintaining it, ensuring it is kept up to date, etc.

Pros

It is constantly being improved, with new features added, because of the community code-sourcing aspect.
Security vulnerabilities are continually being patched to keep it secure.
It has the best plugin repository, by far. So, anytime you have a needed new feature for your website, there is usually a plugin that already exists to allow you to do what you're wanting.

Cons

Because it is the most-used CMS, there are a lot of hackers targeting it. As such, you need to make sure you're always updating the software and patching plugins to the latest version. Not hard to do, but something you need to be vigilant about.
Plugins are hit and miss. If it is a new plugin without many existing users and reviews, it is truly hard to know if the software package is any good.
Sometimes there are too many options. For example, there are a dozen or so plugins for any given functionality and so you have to sift through to find the right thing.

Likelihood to Recommend

I believe WordPress is well suited for all websites, except those of major corporations. In my estimation, if you have fewer than 500 employees your website should be on WordPress. The other exception to this rule is if you are a one- or two-man shop and have no technical aptitude. In that case you may want to use a competing CMS software package that is easier to learn.

Ben Beck

Director of Marketing in Marketing at Kuali, Inc. (51-200 employees)

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8 years of experience

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Great for Small Business

Rating: 7 out of 10

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December 8, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This is used for the main organization's website. It helps us host and update the website on our own without getting IT involved. It also hosts our blog for us. It can help us schedule posts and save drafts so we can work on something together as a team without posting first.

Pros

It has a lot of blog options.
The pricing is very fair, not too expensive..
Its simple and user friendly.
You don't have to be a computer expert to use this.

Cons

I wish they had more all-inclusive features like an email campaign program or a photo editing program.
There is no drag and drop tool.
I wish there was a place I could call for tech support.

Likelihood to Recommend

Word Press is great for a small organization or business that wants to build and run their own website without too many complications. Its a simple program. Larger companies might want to use something else that can be more customized.

Adam Montgomery

Energy Efficiency Consultant in Engineering at SEMCO (11-50 employees)

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3 years of experience

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Wordpress Quote Request Solutions

Rating: 5 out of 10

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December 7, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Wordpress to manage our internal and external product line. The front end in conjunction with plugins, offer our clients quote request options. The back-end offers sales staff product information not visible on the front-end.

Pros

User management with controlled access privileges.
Simple SEO management.
Simple content WYSIWYG management.

Cons

Custom field with formulas, as standard feature would be very handy.
Reporting similar to Access and Crystal reports would be good.
Backup of sites as standard vs plugin features.

Likelihood to Recommend

Wordpress is generally WYSIWYG and user friendly and this means users with very little technical skill required. If however regular updates are required because of multiple plugins being used, the process can be beyond the basic skills limitations.

Verified User

Team Lead in Product Management (1-10 employees)

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3 years of experience

Wordpress - The only limit is your desire to learn and grow

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 7, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Wordpress is our primary platform for our online courses (including hundreds of videos, community interactions between teachers and students, a paid membership system, and more), our main site (consisting of blog, live event scheduling, and more), our shop (selling a sizable selection of physical goods), and a handful of other offerings.

Pros

Versatility - If you're comfortable learning some computer code, the sky is essentially the limit on what you can do with Wordpress via the thousands of available plugins.
Reliability - Wordpress has proven to be more stable and reliable than other services we've used.
Huge community for support - because of its renown and popularity, the Wordpress community is huge, and you can consequently find ideas and support among peers very easily.

Cons

User-friendliness - As is usually the case, there is an inverse relationship between a software's power/robustness, and its ease of use. Making a functioning site beyond a basic template will require a learning curve, especially as more plugins are introduced to the process.
It's easy to make things ugly - Because Wordpress offers so much freedom of design and function, you have all the power in your hands to make an ugly, dysfunctional site--other services we use have a paradigm against this, and restrict design freedom to prevent you from making something "ugly."
Back-end interface feels dated and cluttered - The back end of Wordpress could use a little streamlining and updating. Controls and menus feel like they haven't had a face lift in a few years.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would say if you're hoping to build a unique, multi-functional, powerful site--and you're beyond the level of a basic storefront or blog you could make with Wix or similar, but don't have the budget/size to justify a professionally-built custom site--Wordpress is an excellent option. You'll be limited only by your willingness to research the best plugins and learn to implement them. That being said, if you are running a smaller/simpler operation and don't need such a robust online platform, your resources may not be well-spent learning the ins and outs of Wordpress.

Brock Ross

Vice Creative Executive in Product Management at BRAVE GIRLS CLUB LLC (1-10 employees)

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6 years of experience

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WordPress is great for nonprofit CMS

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 7, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use WordPress as our CMS for fundraising and event sales, blog writing, and sponsor recognition. Only the marketing department uses the site, but it serves its purpose as a landing page and source of event information!

Pros

Open-source! Being free is important for a non-profit.
Modular! We can create as much custom content as possible through modules and plugins
Well documented! If I have a problem, I'm not usually the only one who has experienced it and can find endless resources online about how to solve it.

Cons

Can be easy to overload, and slow down if you aren't careful.
Is difficult to navigate if you don't know PHP.
Usually requires some paid plugins to execute your ideal site. Luckily there is lots of competition!

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited: E-commerce, non-profit management, full site builds Not well suited: multi language sites, app based sites, heavy custom Javascript implementations

Andrew Murphy

Director of Marketing in Marketing at TEDxStJohns (11-50 employees)

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3 years of experience

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Create web pages professionally and in a short time from any device.

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 5, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our company we use WordPress to keep all our customers up to date through our website. As the company deals with tourism then WordPress is extremely ideal for displaying packages and excursions, as well as having contact forms and subscriptions. WordPress saves us a lot of programming time and we focus on design.

Pros

It is an excellent content manager, you can do almost anything you want, web pages of all kinds of topics.
The amount of topics that can be found on the web is incredible. There are many free themes of great quality and with very accessible prices.
It is very easy to install and use. In addition you can expand its original functionality by installing plugins.

Cons

If you want an original website, you should choose the topics you want to install carefully, since you run the risk of having a website very similar to another one.
Customizing WordPress at your whim is a bit difficult and you must have a lot of knowledge of web programming.
It is risky to install plugins or cracked themes, as they can cause serious security failures.

Likelihood to Recommend

WordPress is ideal for informative pages, I do not see a better option than that, without the need to program as many lines of code. In this sense, WordPress has the entire structure made just for you to focus on the design and personalization of the site. That is why in my company we use it to keep our website up to date.

Patricia Thomas

Freelance Web and Graphic Designer in Marketing at Cartagena Yates (11-50 employees)

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3 years of experience

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Best CMS Platform

Rating: 10 out of 10

August 3, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

WordPress is used by my business to establish a web presence and publish content easily and affordably

Pros

Wordpress is fast
Wordpress is easy to use and setup
Wordpress is cost-effective

Cons

Security

Likelihood to Recommend

Wordpress is well-suited for any small to mid-size business

Stephen Shepard

Principal Attorney in Professional Services at The Law Office of Stephen P. Shepard, LLC (1-10 employees)

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2 years of experience

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Best CMS platform providing a number of features without any knowledge of coding

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 28, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is used by the department to maintain blogs. To make a different type of websites which are describing small and larger business of people. With the help of WordPress number of online stores, websites are being made every day to provide best and stylish experience to the users of the website.

Pros

Wordpress is an open source CMS system that provides plethoras of free features.
There are varieties of plugins by installing them. We can add new functionalities to the website without any knowledge of coding.
Wordpress is the best platform for customization of websites and millions of free themes are there.

Cons

The security of WordPress websites is not up to the mark. This should be improved so that we can overcome the threats and attacks on the websites.
Premium version of plugins is more costly.
Plugins are making websites slow.

Likelihood to Recommend

Wordpress provides tons of free features by installing different plugins and we can add every functionality to the website without any knowledge of coding.
If you are looking for a secure website then WordPress is not providing it by default. However, there is a limit of login attempts to overcome invalid logins

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

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2 years of experience

Wordpress is good for quick and dirty projects

Rating: 6 out of 10

May 25, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

WordPress is being used by various clients for website capabilities. We specifically recommend WordPress for those teams who lack advanced technical proficiency when it comes to content publishing platforms. For the more advanced user, other platforms like Drupal are better.

Pros

Easy-to-use
Customizable with plugins

Cons

Very buggy, especially with more plugins
Small updates can break the entire site

Likelihood to Recommend

WordPress is best for teams wishing to get off the ground ASAP. It is ready to go and very easy to set up. However, for more advanced capabilities and customization, WordPress may have some weaknesses. Plugins can also get complex, especially when constant updating is required.

Verified User

Consultant in Marketing (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

The safest content manager on the market.

Rating: 6 out of 10

Incentivized

May 10, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use WordPress as a content manager to develop the pages of my clients because it is the best way to deliver a complete and fully self-managed website.

Pros

for developments of web pages that need to be delivered quickly.
dynamic websites where information will be constantly loaded. (Manageable Auto)
if you need a secure solution and a development that you can start with a theme or a template.

Cons

is not very good with very elaborate developments as e-commerce, in my opinion, there are more complete alternatives.
free websites because they fill the advertising site.
mobile apps.

Likelihood to Recommend

I recently developed a website for a client with this CMS. and it was quite useful until today the client makes use of this content manager to upload new content every week to his web page.

Richard Molina

Java Software Developer in Professional Services at SOAINT (501-1000 employees)

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2 years of experience

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Wordpress - The only limit is your desire to learn and grow

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 7, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Versatility - If you're comfortable learning some computer code, the sky is essentially the limit on what you can do with Wordpress via the thousands of available plugins.
Reliability - Wordpress has proven to be more stable and reliable than other services we've used.
Huge community for support - because of its renown and popularity, the Wordpress community is huge, and you can consequently find ideas and support among peers very easily.

Cons

User-friendliness - As is usually the case, there is an inverse relationship between a software's power/robustness, and its ease of use. Making a functioning site beyond a basic template will require a learning curve, especially as more plugins are introduced to the process.
It's easy to make things ugly - Because Wordpress offers so much freedom of design and function, you have all the power in your hands to make an ugly, dysfunctional site--other services we use have a paradigm against this, and restrict design freedom to prevent you from making something "ugly."
Back-end interface feels dated and cluttered - The back end of Wordpress could use a little streamlining and updating. Controls and menus feel like they haven't had a face lift in a few years.

Likelihood to Recommend

Brock Ross

Vice Creative Executive in Product Management at BRAVE GIRLS CLUB LLC (1-10 employees)

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6 years of experience

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