WordPress is a worthy CMS and blogging platform
December 13, 2019
WordPress is a worthy CMS and blogging platform
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with WordPress
WordPress is a pretty malleable platform. It can be used as a simple website, blog, or you can extend it with a variety of plugins to morph it into almost anything else. I have deployed this as both a website and a blog in multiple instances. I've also used plugins to secure the site as well as add additional features such as file sharing and media. It's free software that can be quickly deployed and is relatively simple to run. Low cost and overhead make this a great tool.
- Static web pages provide basic functionality that any CMS should.
- Dynamic content such as blog entries extends this functionality.
- Plugin security can be difficult as they are supplied by vendors of varying quality.
- There is a slight learning curve to developing new themes for WordPress.
- WordPress allowed us to move from an older platform to something more modern.
- Quick deployment of new content makes this platform an instant win.
Drupal is a much more complex beast. While simple sites can be created with Drupal, it has a larger learning curve. Additionally, upgrading to newer versions of Drupal is wrought with difficulty. There has been no clear upgrade path for the last 4 or 5 versions, often requiring code changes and a complete redesign of content. This is supposedly changing with newer versions, but I haven't seen this in practice yet. WordPress upgrades are simple and straightforward. Themes and plugins are often compatible with newer versions, except in well-known circumstances. Overall, the learning curve and daily care and feeding of WordPress are much lower.