As you know, WordPress is the world’s most popular CMS. WordPress is also very popular in beginnings as a blogging engine because it have most popular website creation tools. Here are some major advantages and disadvantages of WordPress CMS.

1. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS
CMS?

2. ADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS CMS
 Easy in use
Cheaper to build
Large developer community creating
themes and plugins
 Open Source
 Search Engine Optimization Tools
 E-commerce options is available on
WordPress

3. EASY IN USE
Using WordPress basic sites can be set up with
easy access to all on page text and images.
 Beyond that, with a little upfront technical work,
there are many ways to set up custom modules and
text areas which, once implemented, can easily be
accessed and edited by anyone with rudimentary
computer skills.
WordPress does not require PHP nor HTML
knowledge unlink Drupal or Joomla.
A preinstalled plugin and template function allows
them to be installed very easily. All you need to do
is to choose a plugin or a template and click on it to
install.

4. CHEAPER TO BUILD
 Cheaper to build – WordPress offers a huge
variety of themes which can be used to build
the website. When you begin with a theme,
you cut down significantly on the amount of
time it takes to build a website.
 The cost of purchasing and installing a
commercial WordPress theme is much
cheaper.
 The cost and time for developing a WordPress
site is considerably lesser than creating a
custom built website.

5. LARGE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY CREATING
THEMES AND PLUGINS
 WordPress offers more paid and unpaid themes
and plugins than any other Content Management
Systems.
 This means that when you want a feature added
to your website, there is a good chance that you
will be able to find a plugin that exists for it.

6. OPEN SOURCE
 WordPress, and many of the themes and plugins
for WordPress, are freely available as Open Source
code under the GPLv2 license.
 It means you can use there without paying any cost.

7. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
 WordPress offers several great search engine
optimization tools that make doing your own on-
site SEO simple.

8. E-COMMERCE OPTIONS IS AVAILABLE ON
WORDPRESS
 There are suitable e-commerce integrations for
nearly any size site or application, and many basic
plug-ins are free.
 Woocommerce is extremely effective in doing all this
along with offering great reports features.

9. DISADVANTAGES OF WORDPRESS CMS
Easy for hackers to find security holes
WordPress needs to be updated regularly
PHP language is must for modification
CSS and HTML are must for graphics modification
Speed Issue

10. EASY FOR HACKERS TO FIND SECURITY HOLES
 As you know WordPress theme and plugins are
freely available on internet as Open Source code
under the GPLv2 license.
 So it is easy for hackers to find security holes.

11. WORDPRESS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED REGULARLY
WordPress needs to be updated regularly because
various updates and patches get released every year
to combat pirates and hackers as well as to provide
improvements to code and themes.

12. PHP LANGUAGE IS MUST FOR MODIFICATION
 Operations like creating widget, removing a date field
from theme and customize plugins require some
understanding of PHP language.

13. CSS AND HTML ARE MUST FOR GRAPHICS
MODIFICATION
 If you want to change the look of home page of
website, CSS and HTML are must for
modification.

14. SPEED ISSUE
 If we build website in WordPress, there are speed
issues because WordPress websites contain lots of
generic code unnecessary for every specific
website.

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