Item: WordPress
Rating: 10
Author: David Fox

Overall Satisfaction with WordPress

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

When I started my company over 5 years ago, I made the decision to only build websites on the WordPress platform. Since then, we have launched over 100 websites. From basic websites to e-commerce, we have had great success with the platform's adaptability to any functionality we need. We have not seen any drop off in SEO effectiveness since making the switch from straight HTML coding. While we mange several HTML sites, we have exclusively built all of our new sites on WordPress. Ease of use and the ability to do whatever we want has made it a no-brainer for our entire agency.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Simple to use with only a basic understanding of web development needed for many tasks.
The availability of plugins means that anything we need to do, there is a plugin for it. For basic things, the plugins are free. For more advanced things, there is a cost but it is affordable in most cases.
Adaptability with third-party resources means that our sites will not conflict negatively with different browsers, devices, and other alternative platforms.
There are an unlimited number of designs and elements and more are being created every day.

Cons

Obviously, security and hacking is always an issue. If it was easier to update templates that would be helpful.
Plugin conflicts are not as much of an issue these days but still can cause problems from time to time.

Return on Investment

Speeds up development time.
Reduces maintenance and troubleshooting time.
Allows less specialized employees to be involved in development and maintenance.

Key Insights

Do you think WordPress delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WordPress's feature set?

Yes

Did WordPress live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WordPress go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WordPress again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Atera

Likelihood to Recommend

In most cases, I would recommend using WordPress for your website. We have used it for a wide range of types, including e-commerce, without any issues. If you need a very complex, very custom design, you might try a platform like Joomla or Drupal, but then you run into the issue of needing a niche programmer to maintain and troubleshoot any issues. With WordPress, anyone can edit and maintain the site, and that is one of the big pluses of using the platform.

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Great Platform! No Reason To Use Anything Else For Web Development!