WordPress is a simple an easy website-creation tool that requires no programming and zero technical knowledge to use. It is a CMS (Content Management System), which means that it makes managing the main aspects of your website easier and very simple. Ever since the release of WordPress in 2003, WordPress has become the #1 choice for websites across the world. Surprisingly, 40% of the web is built on WordPress! WordPress allows you to make a full-fledged website, while only using your web browser. All you need to get started is a WordPress hosting plan and a domain. WordPress is powered by it’s very powerful drag-and-drop website builder named Gutenberg.

What Can WordPress Do?

WordPress can be used to make just about any type of website, ranging from an E-Commerce website to a blog. But in 2003, WordPress was solely intended for use in blogs.

Competitors Of WordPress

Lots of companies try to compete with WordPress, often making their products similar to WordPress, but removing the flaws that a lot of people have with WordPress. Here are a few competitors to WordPress:

  • Wix

Wix is a very popular website builder already used by millions of people all over the world. It is very popular as it comes with predesigned templates that the user just has to drag and drop.

  • Web.com

Web.com is a very affordable website builder, stating at just $1.95. It comes with a free domain, a free business email address, website security, SEO tools, and much more. Lots of these things can only be implemented in WordPress by using plugins, and some things you might even have to pay for.

  • Constant Contact Website Builder

Constant Contact is a good choice for people who want to build E-Commerce websites and blogs. It is A.I. powered and comes with a free image library.

  • Gator by HostGator

This is a HostGator-hosted website builder built by HostGator. It is very suitable for small businesses as all of it’s plans come with a free domain and a free SSL certificate.

  • Google Sites

Google Sites is a free website-builder that is simple to use and is fully-hosted on Google’s platform. It is also completely free and has lots of features such as sharing the site with other google accounts to edit with them.

  • Shopify

Shopify is a very famous and simple tool to make your website. It is very simple to use, but it’s plans are slightly expensive.

  • Webflow

Webflow is a free-to-use website builder which can be exported to HTML, CSS and JS. It also has hosting plans if you want to host your Webflow websites with them. This is recommended for people to just want to design a website and have programming knowledge.

  • Weebly

Weebly is a free to-use tool that is good for people who do not want to add their own custom domain. It’s free and paid plans all come with free SSL, but you need to buy a paid plan if you want to use your custom domain.

  • Ghost

Unlike WordPress, Ghost was created for the sole intention of drag-and-drop blogging. Ghost is free and open-source just like WordPress.

  • Joomla

Joomla is a CMS that is very similar to WordPress, in that it can be used to make almost any type of website. Similar WordPress plugins and themes, Joomla comes with templates and extensions.

  • Blogger

Similar to Ghost, Blogger is a free blog builder from Google. Similar to Google Sites, it provides a simple drag-and-drop tool to make blogs and it can be shared with other members.

Pros and Cons or WordPress

WordPress has a lot of advantages, but it also has a lot of disadvantages. The pros and cons of WordPress are listed below:

Pros:

  • Simple to use and learn
  • Gives you full control over your website
  • WordPress hosting is very cheap
  • Awesome for E-Commerce Sites
  • Comes built in with lots of themes

Cons:

  • You need lots of Plugins to introduce relatively common functionalities
  • Poor Search Engine Optimization
  • Pages load slowly
  • Can be easily targeted by hackers & malware if not updates regularly
  • Needs lots of maintenance

Ending:

WordPress is a very popular option to build any type of website. Even though it might have some cons, WordPress is perfect of all websites if you regularly update and check your website. The official Whitehouse website, the official Microsoft Blog, and the website for Sony Music are all powered by WordPress.