While Joomla and Drupal are vying for second position in
the popularity list of CMS’ WordPress is definitely the runaway leader. Many
webmasters of UK shift to WordPress once they have used it. One of the first
reasons for the widespread popularity of WordPress is its ease of use. It seems
WordPress gives priority to make the CMS as simple as possible for even the
least technical webmasters. There are many other reasons for the popularity of WordPress which are mentioned below:
- Menus:
The latest version of WordPress i.e. WordPress 3.0 comes with custom
menus. The interface comes with drag and drop interface which gives
greater control of the site’s navigation. Prior to this version, all the
pages would appear together. So, they had to be separated manually which
could be time taking and laborious. The custom menus have taken care that
navigation of site does not take up much time of the webmasters.
- Authorizations:
Latest versions of WordPress have options to set roles and capabilities of
various users. This means the privileges and restrictions of the users can
be set. It means that many team members can work on various areas of a
website, yet their areas are restricted by the webmasters. This enhances
the security of a website.
- Plugins:
The joy of using WordPress lies in the abundance of plugins that are
available. There are thousands of plugins existing. Whatever feature you
need to apply at the website all you have to do is find a plugin for it.
- SEO
Friendly: Every webmaster wants to be seen
in the Search Engine relevant searches. As a result SEO becomes an
important aspect. WordPress websites aid in the SEO tasks as they are
friendly to SEO. There are many plugins and widgets that would help you
track visitors, their sources and keyword searches to reach your website.
These help the SEO professionals come up with custom plans.
- Templates:
There are thousands of beautiful WordPress template designs. There are
free as well as paid templates. With the use of these templates you can
start off a website right now.
These are some of the common reasons, out of the many, to
choose WordPress over other
CMS’.
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