WordPress gets the job done - and you can't beat the price.
July 20, 2021

WordPress gets the job done - and you can't beat the price.

Gary Gray | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with WordPress

I use WordPress for my corporate website. I needed a website to back up my brand, showcase the services I offer, and function as a showpiece website to show other businesses what I'm capable of for website development.
  • Ease of use
  • Availability of a diverse range of themes, plugins and related services
  • Stable and powerful platform to build a variety of web projects
  • Open source allows you to move it to new hosts as needed (unlike Wix, Squarespace, etc.)
  • Web standard for websites
  • Ability to disable Gutenberg built-in
  • Enhanced security options within WordPress itself
  • It's increased brand awareness
  • Customer acquisition is easier now that they know my business exists.
  • Only negative would be more spam from having a publicly visible email address.
I'm not a fan of being locked into the limitations of a single-use platform like Wix or Squarespace, and greatly prefer the portability of having a WordPress website.

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 recommend WordPress all the time for friends and clients looking to launch their own websites. I'm not a fan of the locked-in dynamic of Six and Squarespace, and feel that WordPress offers the most flexibility for web developers.

I find WordPress, for the most part, easy to use, yet powerful enough to handle whatever design or functionality I've thrown at it.

For general business websites, it can't be beaten, however, for some e-commerce applications, a dedicated e-commerce platform like Shopify is likely preferable to running WooCommerce on WordPress.

WordPress Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
5
Code quality / cleanliness
7
Admin section
8
Page templates
5
Library of website themes
10
Mobile optimization / responsive design
5
Publishing workflow
9
Content taxonomy
8
SEO support
7
Bulk management
8
Availability / breadth of extensions
10
Community / comment management
10
API
7
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
8