Features of WordPress:
- Basics
- Open Source CMS
- No cost to use
- Do need to pay for domain, hosting, premium themes and plug-ins
- WYSIWIG feel
- No coding experience required
- Design & Editing
- Templates
- 100’s of customizable designer templates
- Can change/adjust templates anytime
- Advanced user editing ability
- Drag and drop block editing
- Pre-built block designs to add to pages
- Media uploads (Supports 4K Videos)
- Templates
- Reliability
- 24/7 support
- Unlimited site visitor traffic
- Marketing
- Social media and search engine tools
- Utilize WordPress newsletter to send posts
- Extensibility
- 50,000+ plug-ins
- Spam protection
- Staging sites available
- eCommerce Features
- Supports eCommerce functions/collect payments
- Create premium content for paid users
- Performance
- Managed hosting
- Editor can be a performance drain
- Security
- Malware scanning
- Built in site protection
- Two-factor authentication
- Mobile App Exists
History of WordPress:
- Created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little
- Released May 27, 2003
- Used by 43.1% of the top 10 million websites as of Dec 2023 – Wikipedia