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Overview

What is WordPress?

Wordpress is an open-source publishing platform popular with bloggers, and a content management system, known for its simplicity and modifiability. Websites may host their own blogging communities, controlling and moderating content from a single dashboard.

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Video Reviews

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User Review: WordPress Maintains Ease of Use While Providing a Variety of Content Management Tools
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Content Manager Recommends WordPress for Growing Platforms: User Review
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User Review: WordPress Steps Up Blogger's Game With Its Professional Display Styles
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Pricing

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Personal

$4

Cloud
per month 6 GB storage

Premium

$8

Cloud
per month 13 GB storage

Business

$25

Cloud
per month 50 GB storage

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $3 per month 6 GB storage
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Product Demos

WordPress. Troubleshooter. Site Header Menu Missing Or Does Not Look Like Demo Header Menu

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How to make your website look like WordPress theme demo

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WordPress [#18] How to Install WordPress theme | Theme Demo Import | How to Reset WordPress Website

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Popup Maker Demo & Review | Plugin for Wordpress

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Revolution Slider for WordPress Full Demo

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WordPress Theme 1-Click Demo Import Explained

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Features

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

8.2
Avg 8.0

Platform & Infrastructure

Features related to platform-wide settings and structure, such as permissions, languages, integrations, customizations, etc.

7.8
Avg 7.6

Web Content Creation

Features that support the creation of website content.

8.1
Avg 7.7

Web Content Management

Features for managing website content

8.2
Avg 7.3
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Product Details

What is WordPress?

Wordpress is an open-source publishing platform popular with bloggers and a content management system. The appearance of a Wordpress site and many of its functions are managed through themes, and further customizable through altering code, though altering code is not required; templates and plugins to expand its capabilities are plentiful. Wordpress features integrated link management, and a search-engine friendly permalink structure. WordPress now allows multiple blogs to exist within one installation. Websites may host their own blogging communities, controlling and moderating content from a single dashboard.

Wordpress is popular due to its simplicity and modifiability. Furthermore implementing Wordpress costs only time. Two paid versions exist. The $99 premium plan allows a user an ad free custom domain with 13GB of space and advanced customization. The $299 Business plan allows unlimited space and supports eCommerce as well.

WordPress Video

How to use WordPress, a step by step tutorial. Learn to when to use WordPress, how to install a theme, and how to use each of the program's tools.

WordPress Competitors

WordPress Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Wordpress is an open-source publishing platform popular with bloggers, and a content management system, known for its simplicity and modifiability. Websites may host their own blogging communities, controlling and moderating content from a single dashboard.

WordPress starts at $3.

LiveJournal and Populr are common alternatives for WordPress.

Reviewers rate Availability / breadth of extensions highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of WordPress are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

(1-5 of 200)

Wordpress is my first choice for sites

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 22, 2021
Wordpress is being used for our site across the board. It is very versatile in that there are plugins for almost any function you can think of and if there isn't one, it's easy for a developer to create and add to the site. With Wordpress you have maximum control over site functionality and design.
  • There are many plugins ready to add to your site.
  • You have full creative control over how you develop your site.
  • There are many people out there with extensive blogs to help troubleshoot issues.
Cons
  • If you are after a simple drag and drop type site then wordpress may be too difficult for you.
Wordpress is free to use, which is great. You only need to pay for the services you add to your site or for plugins that others have developed. With so many tutorials and guides on the web, it is usually easy enough to find help if you get stuck with anything.

WordPress makes creating sites easy, even for amateurs!

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 04, 2020
AM
Vetted Review
Verified User
WordPress
1 year of experience
We are using WordPress to create internal training and information sites. It's become a critical part of our training programs both internally and externally with clients.
  • Easy to learn and train on - very intuitive.
  • Easy to create easy to navigate and professional-looking sites.
  • It can be shared easily internally and externally.
Cons
  • I found it challenging to find support documents while I was in the training process on how to create a site.
  • Save and publish can be confusing to some users.
Very easy to create professional-looking sites that can be shared internally and externally. You don't need to be a designer to create the sites and have them look "nice" - which frees up creative staff for other more complex projects. Sites can be developed both for internal and external use, which is important as we have over 70 clients. It can be a bit challenging to learn if you haven't used it before or don't understand publishing sites.

Even for novice Internet users can get a Wordpress site up and running in 1 day

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 26, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
WordPress
15 years of experience
I've used Wordpress for more than a decade at various organizations and in my own personal life. I've used it largely for blogging, sharing our news and content with my organizations' audiences. Due to its nature as a blog, it allows for a more casual tone and a more direct way to speak directly with our users.
  • Ease of use
  • Robust features
  • Variety of attractive themes
Cons
  • Has been slower to keep up with competitors in overall look and design
  • Limited options for use other than a traditional blog
I think Wordpress works great at a blog platform or as a very limited website. It would not be a great option for those interested in trying to use it as a traditional website.

I would recommend WordPress for spinning up a site quickly

Rating: 7 out of 10
July 07, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
WordPress
3 years of experience
I have used WordPress across a couple different organizations for marketing sites. It was able to be utilized by less technical people, which is a win. It allows a business to spin up a site quickly.
  • Spin up a site quickly
  • Less technical people can use
  • Has plugins that you can utilize
Cons
  • It is more difficult to build custom functionality
  • We have found when we built out custom sites, we got better load times
  • I think it could have better documentation for its plugins
I would recommend WordPress if you want to spin up a site quickly and it is being utilized by less technical people, however if you want to scale over time, you may want to consider other options.

If you want a robust site that is built to impress, then go with WordPress!

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 14, 2021
RK
Vetted Review
Verified User
WordPress
8 years of experience
WordPress is simply one of the best and easiest content management systems to use. It is simple enough for first-time users to learn, yet robust enough for experienced users to get the full functionality out of a CMS if needed. It's my platform of choice when putting up a website and there is no lack of developers, themes, and plugins to help you get stuff done. When compared to other platforms, this can't be beaten for its functionality, freedom, and speed. What is solves is the ability to put up a good quality website at a low cost and with tons of functionality.
  • Content management system for blog
  • Functionality for SEO and ease of use and customization
  • Speed, speed, speed. You can make this CMS blazing fast with the right optimization and hosting.
Cons
  • The only thing I could gripe about is not having a fully fluid builder like Showit but that is it. There are similar builders like it but not that flexible.
[WordPress is well suited when] making a business website, personal website, or maybe even if you were transferring over from another inferior CMS. I also recommend growing businesses that want to have more visibility online and more control over the hosting and speed of their site.
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