WordPress is currently the world’s most popular and in fact the most used content management system on the Internet. It has gone beyond being just software for blogging to being used for all sorts of web related assets.
According to venturebeat.com, WordPress powers at least 19 per cent of the Web. You will appreciate how huge WordPress really is when you analyse this statement against the fact that there are over a billion websites.
Why WordPress?
WordPress comes in two variants. The first option comes as WordPress.com and the second is WordPress.org. The former is hosted on your behalf by Automattic Inc while you are expected to host the latter. My focus today is on the self-hosted option only.
One major reason WordPress has done exceptionally well is because it is an open source software. This means that you are free to use, modify according to requirements and of course distribute as pleased.
The WordPress community is made up of a growing number of highly passionate professionals made up of hard-core developers, user interface experts, graphic designers, social media experts etc bound by a common goal to keep improving the most popular content management system in the history of the Internet. — Continue Reading
