Planning to learn website design? Not a bad idea! It can really save you thousands of dollars because you will be able to build your own website at no cost. But the only question that comes to the mind of aspirant website design learners is which OpenSource to choose for learning their website development. I would advise all of you to choose WordPress to learn & build your own website.
Although, everyone here is familiar with WordPress and its popularity. Ever wondered why WordPress has become the preferred choice for many web designers & web development companies to use for CMS website development?
At the same time, many business owners are opting to learn website design using WordPress & avoid spending thousands of dollars that they could have paid to expensive web design companies. Why are they investing time & money to learn WordPress? Well, in this blog, I am going to share 8 reasons for you to choose & learn WordPress for your CMS website development.
#1 Free OpenSource
One of the reasons for the popularity of WordPress-based CMS websites is their availability, which is at no cost at all.WordPress OpenSource is freely available to download and install on your server. In other words, you can launch your corporate web design in just a few clicks without any charges. All you need to do is subscribe to an affordable web hosting plan & learn WordPress basics so that you can develop your website on your own.
#2 Huge Community
The WordPress community is quite huge and their lots of WordPress developers and designers to help you out there. After finishing your basic WordPress training course, if you want to explore new areas of WordPress development, you can sign up with these communities and get instant support/replies from the developers who contribute and provide free advice to the new members.
#3 Free & Paid Themes
Having several themes available free of cost in the WordPress directory, you can easily use them for your corporate website. Other than the free themes, there are many pro/paid themes that can make your website look more professional than ever and the most interesting part of these paid themes is that they are easily available at a very nominal cost which could be as low as $30.
#4 Free & Paid Plugins
You name the feature and you can find a lot of plugins for that feature alone. Most of these plugins are available free of cost which you can download, install and activate on your web server. Other than free plugins, you will find there are many paid plugins that are also available at reasonable prices. Even if you need to purchase a couple of paid plugins along with a paid theme, the overall cost of your website development would be a fraction of what you would have spent with an expensive web design company. All you need is a basic WordPress training program to attend & learn website building.
#5 Search Engines Love
WordPress is among the best OpenSource which attract search engines with its SEO-friendly codes. In other words, websites built on WordPress OpenSource have higher chances of ranking in noticeable positions in search engines. Not only this, there are lots of SEO plugins available for your WordPress website which can enhance the SEO score of your website and get it on the top pages of search engines.
#6 Broad Reach
Nearly more than 65% of websites are based on WordPress CMS platforms which prove 2 important things. Firstly, WordPress is so reliable & performance-centric that 65% of the total CMS website owners are using it & secondly, there is a lot of opportunity for you if you learn WordPress and start building websites for money.
#7 Best Documentation
WordPress documentation and tutorials are published under Codex which you can refer to while learning WordPress website development. Interestingly, these codes are available free to use which helps you to get your budget web design using WordPress.
#8 Easy Upgrade
Since WordPress codes are easily upgradable from time to time, you have all the reasons in the world to choose WordPress for learning website development. When it comes to upgrading plugins, you can do it easily with a few clicks whenever the newer version of any plugin is available.