WordPress website design is now a common place with 20% of the web powered by WordPress sites. People often make the mistake of classifying WordPress as just a blogging platform. Although that used to be true in the past, WordPress has evolved through out the years into a versatile content management system (CMS). While you can still use WordPress to create a simple blog, now it also allows you to create fully functional websites and mobile applications.

Is building your website on WordPress the best solution for you?
WordPress is a CMS (content management system) and it improves website design in so many ways. WordPress for web design is popular! It’s estimated that more than 20% of the web is powered by WordPress sites. WordPress as a web design application is used by millions of websites, from small home grown blogs to huge sites like the New York Times blog.

Our clients and I love WordPress for web design because:
1. WordPress website owners save money, as WordPress puts the power of managing your website in your own hands.
2. WordPress offers affordable upgrades and advanced features (incorporate functions such as e-commerce and membership sites)
3. WordPress is Search Engine Friendly – WordPress websites simply get better search results

Save Money
WordPress is “open source” software, and is free to use. Want to blog on your site, or make simple copy changes on pages? With a WordPress website you don’t need to call (or pay) a web designer to make changes for you. You can easily edit your pages yourself. No programming or additional software are required, and changes you make on your website are updated immediately. WordPress is user-friendly for anyone – if you can use Microsoft WORD, you can use WordPress!

Secure
WordPress takes security seriously, offering free updates. Additional security precautions are taken when installing your website.

Backups
WordPress websites can easily be backed up. I back up all of the WordPress sites I build, and provide an easy software solution so that you can quickly make your own backups from with your WordPress dashboard.

SEO Friendly
A WordPress website and blog, with the right theme design attached, is cleanly coded and streamlined. There’s no excess HTML code that makes it difficult for Google to index. If your site is built well, you’re able to customize every page and blog post (with unique page titles and meta descriptions) … saving you money on SEO, and giving you the best opportunity for having those pages and post rank more highly in Google search results.

BLOG = Improved SEO
With your easy ability to add new content to your site, and ‘blog’ on your site, your new pages will attract Google bots and other search engines. Your new pages will get indexed in hours, as each blog post is seen by Google as a newsfeed.

Design Customization
A website built on WordPress can be customized and designed in millions of ways.

Consistent Layout on Pages
Add pages and blog posts, and your page layouts all stay the same. Your WordPress site will look professional, and remain easy to read.

Accessible
You can easily make changes on your WordPress website from anywhere in the world. All you need is access to the internet. No special software required.

Growing Your Website
A WordPress website is easy to grow. When you add blog posts, links are automatically created on your site. Menu/navigation changes are really also also.

Add Media
You can easily add photos, audio, and video to your blog posts and pages without having high tech skills. The toolbar and video tutorials make it easy to learn.

What ways to use WordPress?
WordPress can be used in many different ways. It is open to possibilities. For instance, our site at WebClick (http://webclick.com.ng) is not a blog, it is more of a business resource website, and we are running it on WordPress. In addition to what has been discussed above, you can use WordPress as the following:

Arcade
Blog
Content Management System (CMS)
Gallery
Portfolio
Rating Website
Shopping Store
Video Collection Site
Membership Site

Note that above are just some examples of how you can use WordPress. To see how other top businesses are using WordPress, visit the WordPress Showcase - http://wordpress.org/showcase/

We hope this article answered your question about why you should use WordPress. The best way to experience the true power of WordPress is by using it. Give it a try, and let us know what you think. If you have any question, ask below.

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nice one but can you help me with free nice wp themes that is customizable for company,school,church,newspaper sites?

Nice Write Up

Prospecmarley:
nice one but can you help me with free nice wp themes that is customizable for company,school,church,newspaper sites?

I have a host of those premium themes but I don't have the licence to give it out to others. However, you can join premium theme club membership sites. However, you need to experiment with their design framework before you invest your money.

gidimasters:
Nice Write Up

Thanks. Wordpress is really awesome since it is based on PHP and Mysql thsat power some of the world's best applications.

WebclickNG:

I have a host of those premium themes but I don't have the licence to give it out to others. However, you can join premium theme club membership sites. However, you need to experiment with their design framework before you invest your money.

but cant you list free themes i can search and download in wordpress.org i can use in designing those project

Prospecmarley:
but cant you list free themes i can search and download in wordpress.org i can use in designing those project

Well you can google search for theme in any category of web design. For instance something like "free Wordpress portfolio themes". Mind you though, free theme comes with limitations but there are great free theme there that can work for you.

If you are a true Web Developer and have taken time to go through word press code, you should know by know that it is only behind openncart as the most badly written PHP app on earth.