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Top 7 Reasons Why WordPress is The Best Blogging Platform

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Initially, blogging was nothing more than a personal weblog; nevertheless, in time, it has evolved so much that nowadays blogs are used by individuals trying to make money online, companies, marketing agencies, etc. Since anyone can create a blog, from housewives to programmers, the main trait of a blogging platform should be – simplicity. Launched in 2003 – a simple content management system that has in time evolved to support things far beyond blogging. Nowadays, WordPress runs 20% of websites on the internet, it is used by many major businesses and some of the best online blogs.

If that’s not enough here are 7 reasons why you should consider WordPress.

Free

Wordpress free

Yes, it is completely free – no strings attached. WordPress is released under the GPLv2 (or later) license from the Free Software Foundation. All you need to get your website up and running are hosting (you can get free or a paid one, but the latter is better and gives you more freedom) and a domain name. Though there might be some costs involved – such as the purchase of a theme or a plugin, those are not necessary.

Also, see: How To Setup Your WordPress Website In 1 Hour

Ease of use

Seeing how anyone can have a blog you can understand why ease of use is a top priority. Not everyone is tech savvy, and this is why WordPress’s simplicity beats anything out there hands down. WordPress is famous for its 5-minute setup – it really takes 5 minutes or even less if you have Softaculous in your Control Panel.

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After WordPress is installed and you login into your dashboard, you will need to go to appearance > themes and choose the theme for your website. Once that is over, it is all about adding pages and eventually posts to your blog.

Themes

 

Wordpress Theme

People usually think that in order to create a website a person has to have good knowledge of HTML and CSS. However, with WordPress, this is not necessary. Given its popularity, many developers are constantly working on providing new design templates for it – so-called themes. These can be either free or paid and can be attained directly from within the WordPress dashboard or from third party vendors such as Envato.

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When picking a theme it is important that you pay close attention to update frequency. WordPress is regularly updated with new functions and security patches and in order for your website to be up to date, it’s best you get a theme that has good support and fairly regular update cycle.

Plugins

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WordPress comes barebone out of the box. It has options for adding pages and posts, but any further than that you would need coding skills to increase functionality. Luckily, you don’t need coding skills. WordPress has a repository of over 40,000 plugins that add all kinds of functions to it – security, SEO, image sliders and galleries, performance, contact forms, etc.

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Though a website with a lot of functions is a great thing, have in mind that each one of these plugins adds weight to the website. Just one too many and your website’s performance will degrade. As with themes, WordPress developers and small business web design experts from Sydney recommend considering only those plugins from trusted suppliers and with a regular update cycle, since a bad plugin can create a security issue on the website.

Support

As a novice blogger what you need to have in mind when choosing a blogging platform is the availability of support for the platform. And WordPress is an absolute champion when it comes to support. Aside from their own support resource – WordPress Codex, WP’s community is one of the most active and friendly out there. Likewise, since WordPress is so popular there are resources available literally everywhere on the net, all you need is to google a query and choose the best answer.

SEO

Wordpress SEO

Search Engine Optimization or SEO is a process of optimizing your website and its content for better visibility on search engines such as Google. Bloggers that plan on monetizing their website should pay special attention to this since without search engine presence the chances of earning even a dime from the website are more than slim. On itself, WordPress will fill in the basic details about the page such as meta description and title. But, for anything more advanced than that you’ll need an SEO plugin. Many people recommend Yoast SEO, but, All-in-One SEO Pack is also quite good.

Also, See: Top 10 Tips How to Write SEO Optimized Content in 2017

With these plugins, you’ll have on-page optimization covered.

Mobile friendly

Wordpress Mobile Friendly
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In the last couple of years, we witnessed a major pressure from Google on webmasters to optimize their websites for mobile devices. The reason is more than obvious, since 2016 the number of internet consumers on mobile devices has surpassed those visiting the web from desktop computers. That is why WordPress is completely mobile friendly, as well as most of its themes.

Also, See: 7 Reasons Why You Should Use WordPress For Your Business Website

Some people may argue that platforms such as Wix, Weebly, Ucraft, Squarespace, and others, are a much better solution for novice bloggers. That is simply not true. WordPress is as accessible as any other platform plus its list of functions is incomparable to such website builders.

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