WordPress Reviews

Pros

What i like most about WordPress is its Versatility. WordPress has thousands of plugins such as Yoast that is an SEO plugin and WooCommerce that is an Ecommerce Plugin. The plugins come in handy if a person wants to sell products on their site and monitor the site visits. Additionally, WordPress can be used to create medium sized to large-scale websites thereby offering unapparelled scalability options from small content creators to large companies. Furthermore, it has a drag and drop feature that allows new users to create pages and layouts without writing code making the whole process simple and interactive.

Cons

WordPress is a great website builder. Its friendly user interface, numerous plugins make it super efficient thereby there is nothing i do not like about the software.

Pros

I have used WordPress mainly for creating a blog and a website, and it serves well in that. The free version got so many limitations, and as i wanted to have my own domain name, i chose the smallest possible package as service. There's enough of storage for my need, and the site has been available constantly, no loading issues. Service is very flexible, and you can create almost any kind of website using WordPress.

Cons

My biggest con is the need of technical skills. In case you want to get something fancy or specific thing on your site, you need to find a proper plug-in. And there are all too many of them! And i have started my first website at the time it was all built up from a scratch, by writing code! And I still find it too difficult to find all the details, and create exactly I want.

Alternatives Considered

Wix

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

It seemed to be better platform for my type of website (a blog)

Pros

they are modified with artificial inteligence make it easier for us to develop sites

Cons

the premium plugins are need with additional purchase

Pros

One of the standout features of WordPress is the vast array of free and paid plugins available. These tools can significantly enhance your website's functionality, allowing you to customize it to meet your specific needs. The support community is another great asset; there are countless resources and forums where you can find help and inspiration.

Cons

That said, navigating the support community can sometimes be a challenge. With so much information available, it can feel overwhelming to find the right solution to your problem. Additionally, while WordPress is free, certain themes and plugins can come with costs that add up if you’re not careful.

Alternatives Considered

Wix

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

We found Wordpress to be ideal as we wanted extensive customization options and more control over our website than Wix offered.

Pros

Wordpress is flexible and allows to build websites of any type, from the most simple to the more complex.

Cons

Begin so open and flexibile comes with a lot of complication that build up as the website grows, allowing for slowing down and cybersecurity threats

Alternatives Considered

Wix, Builderall and Shopify

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

On WordPress you are the owner of your site, even using paid plugins you can always find alternative and/or hire a dev that can customize them or make them for you on other platforms the company owns everything the moment you don't pay you are out.

Pros

The ability to customize the platform and their repository of plugins, and the support community.

Cons

Their partnerships with other under-performing companies.

Alternatives Considered

Wix and Squarespace

Reasons for Choosing WordPress

Better functionality and bang for the buck.

Switched From

Weebly

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

To much money for functionality for the other platforms.

Pros

It’s easy to set up and highly customizable, making it great for both personal and professional projects.

Cons

It’s resource-heavy, with an overwhelming number of plugins and extensions that can be distracting. Some complex theming plugins add unnecessary frustration.

Pros

What I like most about using WordPress for my website is that it gives infinite possibilities for customization.

Cons

What I like least about WordPress is that there is a pretty big learning curve when you don't know anything about building a website yet. It could possibly be one of the least intuitive software out there.

Alternatives Considered

Wix, Webflow, Squarespace, Showit and Shopify

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

A WordPress course was included in a course I took when I first started my business. I spend a lot of time and energy building my website on WordPress so I don't want to move it now.

Pros

It’s so versatile. There’s literally nothing you can’t do on the platform with a plugin and some code. It’s definitely the the most popular web platform for a reason.

Cons

It can be a bit overwhelming if you’re not much of a techie person. And you really need to be on it with keeping the site updated .

Pros

Our entire team can be a part of our web presence.

Cons

Occasionally there is an issue with updates that require a webmaster to fix.

Alternatives Considered

Joomla

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

Joomla was more difficult to use and our team couldn’t integrate easily

Pros

WordPress is a universal platform They also have many apps and plugins that you can use with the system there's a slight learning curve with WordPress it's more for advanced users but they do have plugins that allow it even newbies to get started so I love this.

Cons

I wish WordPress was a little easier to use for newbies but through their plugins system they have pretty much solved this problem.

Alternatives Considered

Shopify

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

Well I actually use both products WordPress and Shopify as both are great products and they actually work together as well as Shopify can be integrated into WordPress so this is a bonus as well They both go together hand in hand.

Pros

I like how easy it is to use, once you understand the platform. I started using WordPress in 2014 when I switched from Wix initially. I now use both platforms for different purposes.

Cons

It can be frustrating and somewhat overwhelming for someone who is new to the platform.

Pros

Very easy to deploy and configure. Thousands of themes and plugins available. Wide ranging support.

Cons

Some plugins are suspect and/or not actively supported, so you have to be picky.

Pros

WordPress gives me the most freedom out of every other website builder I have tried. There are so many ways you can make your website your own and there is so much documentation if you need support.

Cons

A knowledge of some coding is hugely helpful with WordPress. Not necessarily required, but sometimes there is some WordPress troubleshooting that can be solved easier when you know the code in the background.

Alternatives Considered

Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy Website Builder and Shopify

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

WordPress allowed for the highest degree of customizations and was the most user friendly.

Pros

I LOVE the ability to customize and add a variety of added features without being nickeled and dimed for every additional thing. Unlike some other "easier to use" platforms out there, WP offers a lot of customization and many plugins, themes, and extra cost nothing to implement.

Cons

There is a learning curve and it's not beginner-friendly if you know nothing about installing it, etc.

Alternatives Considered

Wix, Squarespace and GoDaddy Website Builder

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

I choose WP because of the ability to customize and truly control my website. I also choose it because the other platforms charge for things already included, or easily added, in Wordpress

Pros

WordPress makes it fairly easy to build your website according to your own wishes.

Cons

WordPress is sometimes too quick to implement new developments - old beloved features (such as automatic blocks) are then hard to find.

Alternatives Considered

Wix

Reasons for Choosing WordPress

We wanted to grow our website, and Wix had serious drawbacks.

Switched From

Wix

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

Seemed the better option - we are now quite happy with our choice.

Pros

I use WP with Divi - a template website builder. WP seems to me to be robust, kept uptodate and its dashboard is intuitive to use. Whilst some website design knowledge is necessary to use this well, an enthusiastic novice would get by.

Cons

I sometimes struggle with adding blog posts - it seems to be more clunky than it needs to be - but maybe there are quicker ways and I haven't found them yet.

Alternatives Considered

Squarespace

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

I used Squarespace to build a site for someone else - I prefer WP for my own site.

Pros

Great features, and great integrations for a very good price.

Cons

Sometimes, it feels a bit clunky to operate. Too many integrations. Sometimes the integrations don't work properly and you have to reach out to support.

Pros

WordPress is an economical host for smaller businesses. It's pretty simple to use and features many helpful integrations. Although the interface appears dated, me as a first time user was able to create blog posts pretty easily with some practice.

Cons

I have difficulty inputting text using copy/paste methods without interrupting the formatting in place. It would be helpful if this small adjustment could be made.I also enjoy the options for customization, however believe they could expand on this part.

Alternatives Considered

Hostinger

Reasons for Switching to WordPress

Ease of deployment, cost, familiarity amongst team members.

Pros

WordPress is so easy to use, even for beginners. I love all of the different customization options that are provided for designing your website along with all of the different blocks to choose from when writing on WordPress and another thing I love about using WordPress is the ability to schedule posts which comes in handy for articles that are written in the middle of the night, I can schedule them for the next morning when more people will see them.

Cons

I can't really think of any cons with WordPress off the top of my head.

Pros

The things I like at WordPress are the plugins and themes. I have added complex functions with some plugins transforming my website into a powerful online platform. The design is another important feature as you can easily build any design with different drag and drop builder or buy an already made theme. Fining a developer to improve the website is very easy as is widely used. On page SEO management for an WordPress based website is easy to made with different witch is a big thing that is worth mentioning.

Cons

I have to be careful with themes and plugins used as it can get slow if not setup correctly.

Pros

I like that its open source and allows dor endless customizations, if you dream it you can host it

Cons

Wordpress isnt newbie friendly, amd should be something you really dedicate yourself to, because you have to learn your way around the software/systems

Pros

WP makes it super easy to set up a professional website. It's not like back in the "old days" when you needed to learn HTML or pay a ton of money to get website set up for your business.

Cons

From time to time there are security concerns and it's important to do the updates so your site is not vulnerable to hackers.

Pros

WordPress has two major "Pros", themes and plugins. To deploy an WordPress setup is a easy task, every hosting company has a WordPress installer that makes this in under 1 minute. Themes are available in large numbers, free or premium witch can transform a simple WordPress setup into a powerful shop, or everything you want. Plugins are another important features that WordPress offers, with these you can increase website, speed, functionalities and SEO.

Cons

If you want your website to be fast you will need a powerful hosting or VPS.

Pros

The most important feature to mention for WordPress are the themes and plugins. As a content management system WordPress is the best, is fast and secure, being updated frequently. For the design, there are a lot of free themes to choose from or for more complex ones there are a lot of markets to buy from. Plugins helps extend all the functionalities of the website in the way I need without any programming skills.

Cons

The price for a complete WordPress setup can get quite high, depends on the theme and plugins you need.