Nine reasons to use WordPress for an online business

Here, we explore why WordPress could be the right content management system for your small business.

Most business people have websites for their businesses or are considering creating websites for their businesses. When it comes to building a business website, there are many options available in the market. However, you want to have the best for your website. WordPress is a reputable content management system most business use to run their websites. You might have heard about it but are not sure if it is the right solution for you. There are many reasons you should use WordPress for your business. These include:

1. WordPress is easy to set up, update and manage

All you need is have an internet connection and browser and you can create your site. It is the best starting point for any small business. When you need to expand your website and customise it, you can easily upgrade to a web hosting account. Furthermore, joining is free and you only need to pay very little to host your domain name there.

2. You can use WordPress to manage your entire website since it is a full web content management system. If you want your website to be exclusively for blogs, you can still use it.

Thousands of themes

3. There are thousands of themes available that you can use to customise your website and most of them are free. It cuts down on the cost of having to hire a professional web designer to customise your site.

4. If you want to add functionality to your site, you do not need to hire a coder. There are plugins that can be used for everything. One plugin you can use is the WordPress Mailing Plugin that is a useful tool for email marketing.

5. Having your website on WordPress will solve a lot of SEO issues as the platform is search engine friendly. Also, if you get the Yoast plugin, your website will be more recognisable on the search engine.

6. WordPress is also popular. The availability of thousands of themes and plugin you can choose from makes it popular among website owners.

A large community at hand

7. There is a large WordPress community available to provide support and guidance. The community is also there to exchange ideas and you can connect with them on the WordPress forum. It gives you an opportunity to learn how you can use the platform to make your website even better.

8. Most people are looking at sites using their mobile phones. WordPress has already adapted to that and will make your website mobile-friendly. Most themes and the WordPress dashboard is designed to work well on smartphones.

9. WordPress is not a new kid on the block. It has been tried and tested and any kinks have been removed. In the evolution and maturing process, it has turned into one of the best publishing systems in the world.

10. WordPress is free from any limitations or commercial restrictions. You can use all the features regardless of where you are without fearing that any changes made by other business will affect your site.

By choosing to use WordPress, you ensure you have complete control of your online business which is the biggest reason to choose it.

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Ben Lobel

Ben Lobel

Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR.

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