AN INTRODUCTION TO WORDPRESS AND ITS BENEFITS

WordPress is a very popular CMS (Content Management System), which is free and is utilized as an open source blogging tool. This platform is based on PHP and MySQL, which runs on web hosting service. WordPress was introduced on May 27, 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little and since then it has been gaining popularity YOY (year on year).

As per current statistics (2013), more than 18.9% of the top 10 million websites are made in WordPress. And the WordPress blog is being used at more than 60 million websites. The prominent feature included in a WordPress platform is the plug-in architecture and a template system. These figures automatically tell that WordPress development is going at a good rate and for serving this platform there are so many WordPress development companies available in India and outside.

Developer Features in WordPress

Plugin System: With the help of APIs, various plugins can be created. Once the plugins are created, a lugin repository is also available.

Theme System: There are various themes that you can create in a WordPress for your clients. These themes can be given to clients in theme repository.

Application Framework: An application can also be build at WordPress. There are many features supported and provided by the WordPress in order to build an application.

The Prominent Benefits of WordPress

·         Easy to Use: WordPress has got a very intuitive interface which makes a person very comfortable in using this platform. Pages, posts, blogs or images can be added or edited very easily here.

·         Since WordPress is browser based, the user can login from anywhere via internet connectivity. This makes the task reachable from anywhere.

·         The best part about WordPress is that, there is no HTML editing or FTP software required like Adobe Contribute or Dreamweaver.

·         The other USP of a WordPress website is that, it is SEO friendly in nature.

·         The entire design of a WordPress website is customizable and thus it is able to achieve every requirement of the user.

·         Since a WordPress website comes with a dedicated back end. Now you do not need to wait for any developer/designer to implement the changes, indeed you yourself can do the same.

·         WordPress Blog: The WordPress blog consists of each and everything that a basic blog requires.

·         Unlimited Plugins: The WordPress website always have an options of adding various plugins as per requirement of the client.

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