WordPress is becoming very popular and according to their official website powers over 17% of the web from blogs to simple websites to portals and enterprise websites.
The main benefits of WordPress is simplicity but there are many others, for example:
Flexibility – You can create any type of website, it’s just limited by your imagination.
Easy Theme System – You get two default, but you can create thousands from the theme directory.
Plugins – There are thousands of Plugins to choose from, so you can simply enhance the functionality of your site.
Search Engine Optimisation – According to their official website 80-90% of the work is done for you, not checked this out completely but many of the boxes are ticked.
Easy Publishing – Very quick and easy to add a post and publish in minutes. Use your PC, MAC, tablet or phone.
Multilingual – Publish in over 70 languages.
Media Management – Uploading images and video is child’s play. Want to embed a uTube video, just cut and paste the code.
Installation and Upgrades – Just one click installation and upgrading
Full Standards Compliance – You know that your site will be web compliant as set by W3C.
Own Your Data – No one else has access to your data, it’s yours.
Developer Features
There are lots of advanced features so that developers can get under the hood with, such as:
Plugins – Create and develop your own
Theme System – Create WordPress themes for customers by using the WordPress API to create themes as simple or as complex as you like.
Application Framework – Build an application with help from WordPress with translations, user management, HTTP requests, databases, URL routing.
Custom Content Types – For more flexibility you can add a few lines of code to create your own custom post types, taxonomies, and metadata.
Latest Libraries – WordPress has the latest script libraries. Including jQuery, Plupload, Underscore.js and Backbone.js.
Your hosting provider should provide a one click install from your control panel for WordPress.