WordPress is a great option for our company & client needs
July 15, 2021
WordPress is a great option for our company & client needs
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with WordPress
We recommend [WordPress] as a platform to many our clients since it's a CMS that can be optimized for speed and performance which is critical for the type of digital marketing services we offer our clients. We also own a cannabis and CBD lifestyle publication that is built on WordPress.
- Speed and performance (depending on the theme)
- It's been around so long that there are plugins for just about everything
- It's widely used so most developers are familiar with it
- The flip side of most of the previous question - so if the wrong theme is used, sites can be very slow and perform poorly
- Many times you wind up with a ton of plugins of questionable value from different people adding them over time, which can slow the site down
- It can be slow going to figure out how to input content depending on how devs have configured the backend
- We don't have a web dev on our team currently, but we've referred many clients to a WP developer we partner with and have earned commissions off of those referrals
- Faster sites have campaigns that perform better, leading to higher lifetime customer value
- We use affiliate marketing tools on our site as well
- Wix and Squarespace
I have never been a huge fan of platforms like Squarespace because a lot of the code is hidden behind locked doors, so from a speed and performance perspective, there's only so much you can do in order to optimize. On page speed insights, I haven't seen a Squarespace site do better than a score of 40, so I much prefer CMS platforms like Wix and Wordpress for my clients.
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