When WordPress is the right choice for your website design

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In this post we discuss when WordPress is the right choice for your website design.

WordPress is a content management system.

A content management system (CMS) is an application that is used to manage content, allowing multiple contributors to create, edit and publish. Content in a CMS is typically stored in a database and displayed in a presentation layer based on a set of templates like a website.

Here at Web Growth we develop and design website using different methods such as HTML and CSS, Joomla, HTML and the bootstrap framework and most commonly, WordPress.

WordPress Content Management System

WordPress is a web content management system. It was originally created as a tool to publish blogs but has evolved to support publishing other web content, including more traditional websites, mailing lists and Internet forum, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems, and online shops.

While companies such as WIX, Go Daddy and Shopify provide their own website builders, WordPress is exceptionally popular:

WordPress has the biggest CMS market share.
Out of all the websites that use a known CMS, 43.2% of those sites use WordPress.
WordPress had a 63.1% share of the global CMS market in 2023.
It is estimated there are 38,000,000 live WordPress websites.
When we look at the top 1 million sites based on traffic, 29.13% of those sites use WordPress open-source software.
28.41% of the top 100 thousand websites use WordPress and 27.79% of the top 10 thousand sites run on WordPress.
WordPress is used by big brands like NASA, Time Magazine, Microsoft News, Taylor Swift, and more.
The WordPress CMS market share grew from 55.3%-63.1% between 2011 and 2023, which is a 7.8% increase.

When to choose WordPress for your website

Because of its popularity, WordPress is well served by an active community of developers. Forums and how to websites. Therefore, it can be used for most websites.

There are some very simple brochure websites that may not change very often or company personnel are comfortable with editing HTML web pages where the choice of static HTML can be considered – see our Dial a Cab Rugby website or Doepke website for examples.

We recommend WordPress for websites where the content needs to kept up-to-date or updated regularly or there are specific required features such as e-commerce, membership or news. See these examples:

Personal blogs. WordPress has its roots in personal blogging, and people across the web use it for that purpose to this day.
Corporate blogs.
Business portfolios.
Business sites.
Ecommerce stores.
Charities.
Club websites.
News websites.
Podcasts.
Online CVs.
Online directories.
Advice and support websites.
Information websites.
Event websites.
Link in bio pages.

Because it is open source, many excellent free or premium plugins are available to create specific features and WordPress can also be customized for bespoke features or functionality.

If you do opt for a WordPress website then you also need to factor in resource for keeping it updated and regular maintenance whether it’s monthly, quarterly or annually.

WordPress is an excellent choice for website design.

Get in touch with Dinesh on 07941 686113 or contact us if you need help on web design, web hosting, SEO services or domain names.