WordPress
WordPress
109 reviews
WH Score
9.0

WordPress Overview

What is WordPress?

While Wordpress is known largely as a blogging and hosting platform, the Wordpress core also offers a comprehensive content management system that can be used to manage and curate content for individuals and businesses. This is easier to understand once you realize that all data put into Wordpress is considered a post; clicking publish, or defining information as a page, simply changes the post’s organizational type to something that is able to be seen by the public.   

With that in mind, consider that any type of content can be uploaded to Wordpress’ system, and organized into certain “post” types. Wordpress creates a library of video, audio, and image content, as well as utilizes templates to make uploading and managing content even easier. Content can be structured hierarchically, such as in “pages”, or in collections that are grouped by tags or categories. Wordpress’ system offers one of the largest libraries of free add-ons and third-party plug-ins in the world, all of which can be utilized to add features to your content management system.

One of the key features of Wordpress that move it from the realm of a blogging host to a content management system is the custom field feature. Below each post, users can define their own data fields; usually used for metadata and SEO keywords, companies can use this field for prices, serial numbers, warranty information, and any other information they need to keep attached to a piece of content.

Wordpress allows for multiple “authors”, or users, and each author has their own archive to track their work within the system. Wordpress can be accessed from mobile apps, on desktop computers, and on tablets and other devices; everything is web-based, and all changes are automatically updated across all devices. Finally, the Wordpress dashboard can be used to plan, schedule, and manage workflows with better accuracy as your content grows.  


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WordPress Recent Reviews


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Amanda
Reviewed on 18 October 2023

Mediocre Hosting Choice with Limited Flexibility

My experience with this mid-range web hosting service has been less than spectacular, to say the least. While it gets the job done, there are notable drawbacks that make it less than ideal.

Pros
  • Budget-friendly.
Cons
  • It's not the most user-friendly platform, this hosting service falls into the "meh" category

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Lawrence
Reviewed on 22 April 2023

Best CMS ever!

WordPress is an incredible tool that has empowered our website development and content creation business since 2003

Pros
  • One of the best things about WordPress is that it's free, yet provides excellent functionality
  • It's incredibly easy to set up and integrate with your website, giving you full control over your content
  • This means you can easily move your site if needed.
Cons
  • The only potential downside is that manual updates are required, unless a managed WordPress hosting service is used.

WordPress Pricing


Free
Free
per user / per month
WordPress Pricing Details

WordPress Key Features


Content Management

  • Content Gating
  • Website/App Development
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Supported Content Types

  • Blogs
  • Webpages

Reminders/Alerts

  • RSS Feed Triggers
WordPress Features Details

WordPress Media


WordPress Videos

WordPress Wheelhouse Score

9.0
What is this?

The Average Wheelhouse score for the Content Management System (CMS) category is 7.8

WordPress User Scores

  • Ease of Use
    8.4
  • Meets Requirements
    8.4
  • Learning Curve
    7.7
  • Setup & Support
    7.7
  • Quality of Support
    7.7
  • Ease of Admin
    7.6

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