WordPress is a strong place to put a business online, and the reasons are practical. From our Pittsburgh base, we show up at the office, the venue, or the town where your people are. People who build sites can move quickly in it, and a business can use it to publish, to explain itself, and to be found. It is not the only platform. It is the one many companies choose because the benefits stack.
It is free to start
Anyone can download WordPress and install it, including on a local setup where you can learn the site before it is public. A new company, or an existing one that wants a presence without a large bill on day one, can begin there. The software itself does not charge you to get a working site underway, and the path from install to a real page is short.
You can change the code
WordPress is open source. You can use the public code and the documentation to add functions and to change how the site looks. You are allowed to manage that code and shape the platform around the business, instead of waiting for a vendor to permit the change.
People who are not developers can use it
The interface is built so technical and non-technical people can both work in it. That is a large part of the demand. Pages, widgets, posts, and media can be created and looked after without a developer in the chair for every sentence. When you do need a developer, they are not fighting the tool.
Themes cover a lot of starting points
An online presence needs a design that fits the business. WordPress has a wide library of themes, sorted by the kind of site you are building. You pick one that is close, then customize it. Free themes and paid themes both exist, and you can also bring a theme in from elsewhere. Installing one is straightforward. Living with it is easier when it can be changed to match the brand.
Plugins add the features
Adding a feature by hand can be slow. Plugins exist so you do not have to build every function from nothing. As with themes, some are free and some are paid. You install the one that does the job and leave the rest alone.
Search is not an afterthought
A site that nobody can find does not create a presence. WordPress has a range of SEO plugins that help you see what is wrong and fix it: the structure, the basics search engines expect, the issues that keep a page from being understood. Following sound search habits is still your job. The plugins make that job visible.
WordPress is not reserved for large companies. Newer businesses use it for the same reasons: a low cost to begin, room to customize, and a library of themes and plugins that keep the first version from being a dead end.
If WordPress is the right platform and you want it built with care, our website design and development team can do that with you.
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Where to go from here
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