WP is the choice for serious web projects
May 13, 2021
WP is the choice for serious web projects
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with WordPress
Our nonprofit mental health center has a WordPress site. I use our site and update it for Public Information purposes and employees from across the organization also access the site for a variety of purposes (HR, IT, etc.). Our use is fairly basic; About Us, Contact Info, Job Openings, information about services, and a few interactive forms. It covers all the basics you would expect from a typical company website.
- It's extremely customizable, given a little patience and/or some basic programming knowledge. I have some of the former and none of the latter.
- Lots of templates to choose from to fit the vibe you need.
- Once all the hard work of creating a website is finished, it's very simple to make tweaks and updates.
- Many plug-ins are available to add functionality to our chosen template.
- I think the block system of page-building is not very intuitive and can take quite a bit of trial-and-error to figure out how to make the page look the way you want.
- Within the block system, I think word processing is not as straightforward as it could be. It seems easy to lose your toolbars and then not always know where to look for the desired word processing functions (font, alignment, etc.). I'm more of a word guy than a tech guy, so sometimes I wish this were simpler, or that I could better compartmentalize the content writing from the blocking.
- A strong website is a good online hub for your business. It's a publishing platform that you can easily share and link to. You just kinda need one these days and WP seems like the ideal platform.
- Given the nature of our organization, ROI is a little beside the point, but the site does help us to disseminate information and serve as an online brochure.
- WP is easily accessible for employees in many areas of our company, so it's an important tool that houses HR, IT, public information and other functions.
I have pretty limited experience with WP competitors, but I've used WP both personally and professionally for a long time now. The competitors you see ads for on TV sell themselves on ease of use. That is attractive, especially knowing the learning curve that comes with WP, but I can't shake the feeling that WP is the "pro" choice, or the "serious choice."
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?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of WordPress go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy WordPress again?
Yes