Nowadays, more and more people are depending on Content Management Systems (CMS) to create and maintain websites. It is one of the best alternatives mainly because you do not need to possess great skills in HTML or other web coding languages in order to use it. CMS has a graphical user interface wherein you won’t need to deal with the codes or have minimal involvement in coding. You can simply click on some options in order to create the various components of your website. Creating an article, adding another page or altering the content of your website can now be done in a matter of minutes if you know your way around the CMS software that you are currently using. Even themes for your website can now be readily downloaded. In this blog, I will discuss one of the most popular CMS software which is WordPress.
WordPress is one of the fastest growing Content Management Systems today. Initially, WordPress was associated with blogs because its main objective was to provide a quick and easy blogging experience. If you are a blogger, then most likely, you have heard about WordPress. As time went by, the developers noticed that more and more people started using the software thus fueling their aspiration for software expansion. As the functionalities expanded, it grew into a CMS catering to the creation of more complex websites. With its user-friendly interface, it is considered as one of the most easy to use CMS which resulted to even more users. If you want to extend the functionalities of WordPress, it offers a wide variety of plugins for the other functions you might need in building your site. Each plugin offers custom functions and features in order to provide for your specific needs. You can also choose and install different themes for your website within minutes without having to code or alter the content of the site. There are a thousand different themes available for WordPress and most of them are free although some are for sale at reasonable prices. WordPress is also available in 40 languages so if English is not your first language, then you can simply choose another language that you are most comfortable working with. If your language is not yet available, don’t worry because the WordPress team is constantly updating their versions for different languages. With its simple and easy to use features, it’s not hard to believe that there are over 74 million sites depending on WordPress. And there are over 46 million downloads of WordPress.org.
When choosing a CMS software, one of the best options for you would be WordPress. All you need to do is to read articles about the basics of using WordPress and explore how you can use other features to build your own website.
