WordPress is a free and open-source blog publishing platform that gives website owners and bloggers full control over their site without needing to know coding.".
"What is WordPress?" has been one of the top
questions I get on my message board on Quora. As was mentioned in the title,
this is a question asked by people who are interested in learning how to start
blogging with WP, but just want an introduction into what happens when they
start their blog. This question has also been asked by people who have never
heard of WP before, so I am going to give you some brief information about it
before continuing any further down this article with practical advice for beginners.
WordPress is a blogging software that works on a PHP-based
platform. This means that WP is a program that is able to run on the web just
as any website does. What makes it different from other types of aggregators
and content management systems is that it has been built using popular coding
languages such as HTML, XML and CSS, making it easy to use and modify, even for
those who aren’t proficient with coding.
A specific feature of WordPress is its ability to look at
past entries and make their publication date according to the time frame of the
most recent post; this means that new articles will be posted according to date
and order, creating a timeline effect for each category. To help with this
feature, WordPress uses a system called “categories”, which are used by the
website to define the type of text that is posted in each category. In this
way, articles that have been published earlier will appear higher in the
listings when it comes to chronological order.
WP is also able to include other features to enhance its
user experience when it comes to blogging activities. These include a user role
editor that allows users to set permissions for themselves and other users so
they can only see the posts they have chosen themselves or allow them access in
order for them to even read a post at all if they so choose. A specific feature
of WP is its “shortcodes”, which basically means that every published post on a
blog has a code that looks like a series of small tags around a post. This code
allows for users to add additional text after the first sentence of the
article. Lastly, WP also has an SEO feature that allows you to keep track of
how many people have visited your blog and to see who your readers are. This
can be useful when it comes to performing outreach and PR activities with your
readership.
Advantages of WordPress
Advantages of using WordPress are plenty, for example: Not
having to worry about server maintenance, extensive customization
possibilities, user or admin area flexibility and countless other features.
This is why it's used by over 30% of the entire internet. It allows you to
manage your website in a simple way, through an easy-to-use interface over your
website hosting provider.
Disadvantages of WordPress
Disadvantages of using WordPress are countless, they
include: the fact that you have to commit a free account to a web host
provider, expansive website loading time, inability to customized your theme
layout and also tons of ads that may glue all over your webpage. This happens
when people don’t know what they’re doing or don’t invest in professional or
plugins to prevent this from happening. This is why it's used by over 30% of
the entire internet.
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