Eight great reasons to use WordPress for your business website.

1. WordPress powers 35% of the web.

That’s a lot. Think about that for a second. 35% of the internet is built on the backbone of a single website solution. The main reason for this is because WordPress is an extremely flexible platform that has been able to adapt to the constant best practices for website design.

2. WordPress is free.

FREE. Yes! We said it. FREE. You will have to buy a domain name and pay for hosting your website, but the actual WordPress software is free. You can install WordPress, find a theme, and start building a website without spending a dime.

3. Hosting Platforms Love WordPress

Many of the top hosting platforms will install WordPress for you. Siteground and Bluehost make it easy to maintain and host multiple WordPress websites in their customer interface. There are also many hosting platforms that offer WordPress exclusive hosting that are optimized to work better with WordPress for faster load times..

4. WordPress is flexible and cost effective.4

WordPress started as a blog-centric platform. Yet over time, with the vast database of themes, website builders such as Divi and Elementor, and free e-commerce solutions such as WooCommerce, you can build just about any type of website imaginable without spending a ton of money on add-ons. Plugins are generally free to inexpensive, many times offering both free and pro versions.

5. It's E-commerce friendly.

WordPress has become an e-commerce engine. Out of the box, WooCommerce dominates the WordPress market due to its free cost and multitude of free add-on plugins. There is also a huge repository of themes built with WooCommerce and e-commerce in mind. If WooCommerce is not your thing, there are other amazing e-commerce plugins for BigCommerce and Shopify as well.

6. Search Engines Love WordPress.

SearceEngineJournal.com praised WordPress as the best content management system for SEO, and we agree. Many search engines, including Google, make WordPress websites a priority. This is because the site structure built into WordPress is so search engine friendly. Add plugins like RankMath or Yoast and you can make your website an SEO powerhouse.

7. Huge Support Community

The amazing thing about WordPress is the community. There is no shortage of answers, tips, walkthroughs, or videos on how to use plugins, themes, or WordPress itself. You can find plugins for almost any situation in the WordPress repository. Find solutions for almost any problem by searching Google or visiting Github. The WordPress community makes it easier than ever to build your website and is one of the major contributing factors to the sustainability of the platform.

8. It's only getting better.

WordPress and the community are only getting better with age. Every year new and better themes emerge. The core system itself responds and adapts to the changing landscape of web design. The community helps broaden the support and power of WordPress. WordPress’ flexibility has made it one of the most powerful and flexible tools for creating websites.

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