5 Reasons why you should use WordPress as a CMS

Being a web developer, it is so much fun customizing a WordPress theme. For those of you who don’t know what customizing a WordPress theme is, it is basically taking the default WordPress installation and modifying the CSS and other images so that it looks like the way you want it.

I have had the chance of tweaking many WordPress sites over the past few years and let me tell you, I have learned a lot of things. I have even modified and tweaked WordPress to use as a content management system (CMS). If you have ever used WordPress as a content management system, you would know what I mean. Here are the top 5 reasons why you should use WordPress as a CMS:

1) WordPress has plenty of support
WordPress has a lot of online resources. If you ever get stuck on something, just search for the problem using your favourite search engine and most likely someone else has got the same problem before and is able to provide a solution. If that doesn’t work, you can try visiting the WordPress support forum.

2) WordPress has many plug-ins, widgets and themes
If you want to have a unique theme, a unique widget, a unique feature, or something else for your WordPress site, chances are that there is a plug-in, a widget, or a theme that does it. All you have to do is search for it, download it, install it, and then activate it.

3) WordPress is highly customizable
Because WordPress is an Open Source project, you have the ability to “get inside” the code and modify it to do what you want it to do. You can even get your WordPress site to have the same look and feel as any website. Obviously, you would have to know how to program in order to do this.

4) WordPress is very dynamic
Just remember that WordPress is PHP driven and is very dynamic. There are a lot of common files that allow you to make global changes quickly and easily. But there is a downside to that so be careful! If you modify some PHP code in your theme, make sure that the changes in your code does not “break” the other pages of your WordPress theme.

5) WordPress is easy to migrate, import, and export
I have had the chance to import and export a WordPress database from one web hosting company to another using phpMyAdmin. The process was pretty easy. I was also able to import all posts and comments from Blogger to WordPress using the tools provided within WordPress itself.

Those are the top 5 reasons why I believe you should use WordPress as a CMS system. If you would like more information on how to use WordPress as a content management system, feel free to drop a comment. Or better yet, if you want me to create a content management for you using WordPress, just let me know.