WordPress in the classroom... a winner!
July 18, 2021

WordPress in the classroom... a winner!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with WordPress

I use [WordPress] in the classroom to assist students with becoming familiar with the platform and sharing their ideas. The class is an AP Computer Science Principles class and we try to expose the students to a wide variety of technologies and platforms. I like [WordPress] because we can lock it down and have their posts visible only to the teacher and other students in the class without exposing their information to the world at large.
  • GUI is easy to use
  • Security is easy to implement
  • Mobile and browser-based platforms improve accessibility
  • Themes and other creative elements are an excellent way for students to express themselves
  • A bit more scrutiny on extensions would be helpful, especially where there are multiple vendors with similar products
  • A clearer delineation between free and premium ($$) features/extensions (I need to keep everything free for students in the classroom)

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

I am not only likely to recommend [WordPress], I have done so. It's a reach for many teachers to extend the classroom in non-traditional ways (though that changed dramatically with COVID-19) and [WordPress] is a fairly easy (and securable) way to accomplish this. It allows students to be creative and yet still comply with a set rubric.

WordPress Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
9
Code quality / cleanliness
Not Rated
Admin section
7
Page templates
9
Library of website themes
10
Mobile optimization / responsive design
10
Publishing workflow
10
Form generator
Not Rated
Content taxonomy
8
SEO support
Not Rated
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
10
Community / comment management
10
API
Not Rated
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
10