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For beginners: What is WordPress?

For beginners: What is WordPress?

What Kind of Websites Can Be Made with WordPress?

WordPress was previously a system that emerged only for setting up blog pages. But today, when it comes to website construction, the first system that comes to mind is WordPress. The reason why the system in question has become so widespread is its constant development, the plugins made and the theme concept. At this point, all kinds of websites can be created with WordPress.

WordPress doesn't just contribute to strengthening websites. It is also one of the most popular systems for creating an e-commerce store. Below are the websites that can be made using WordPress:

  • Business websites
  • E-commerce sites
  • Blog sites
  • Forum sites
  • Social networks
  • Websites that require membership

What you can do with WordPress is not limited to the ones listed above. You can also create web pages other than the ones above to the extent of your imagination. 

Why Should You Use WordPress? What are its features?

The system used in the construction of almost all websites today is WordPress. There are very important reasons why the system in question is used so widely. In this context, you can find the answer to the question “why WordPress” by taking into account the following features of the system:

  • WordPress is a completely free system.
  • It's easy to customize the themes and plugins you want on the website.
  • WordPress is an SEO friendly system. In this way, you can support your website to become popular. 
  • WordPress is very easy to manage. Thanks to the administration panel, you do not need to spend any additional time on the construction and update of the website.
  • WordPress is an extremely secure system. In this way, uncertainty in the internet environment is eliminated.
  • WordPress also allows the use of different types of environments. The system in question is not limited to just writing. It is also a system that allows video and audio recordings to be used together and uploaded to the website.

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of WordPress?

There are very important advantages that using WordPress provides to site owners. We can list the advantages in question as follows:

  • Open source WordPress is free.
  • The system is very simple to install. You can install it with a single click.
  • It is a system that supports SEO. Even a person who is not knowledgeable about SEO can use the system very easily.
  • There are many plugins and themes used in the system. The plugins and themes in question are also very simple to use.
  • If you have coding knowledge, it is a system that is very suitable for development.
  • The admin panel can be used very easily.
  • It is an extremely fast and simple system.
  • It also has a mobile compatibility feature.

WordPress has advantages as well as some disadvantages. The disadvantages which have attracted particular attention and which we would like to mention can be listed as follows:

  • WordPress causes the processor to become too tired. We recommend that you take this into consideration when choosing the hosting package.
  • We can say that it is unsafe in the face of special software because it is a system with open source code.
  • Using plugins with unknown publishers may create a security vulnerability.
  • There is a need to update the plugins and themes used.
  • Your site can be compromised by infiltrating plugins.

Other Information About WordPress

WordPress is software coded in PHP language and uses an open source license. The system works using the MySQL database. Thanks to the features of the system, you can prepare a website in a short time. You can upload content such as articles, diaries or news to the site you have prepared. Following the preparation of the site, you can easily encounter it in terms of management and publishing, thanks to its superior features. 

Apple mobile phones need IOS to work and Playstore to work Android phones. Just with this logic, software such as WordPress is needed for websites to work. Websites can also be installed with systems such as CSS, PHP, HTML, MVC or ASP.Net. But such systems waste a lot of time on the user. In addition, it is necessary to have coding knowledge to use the systems in question.

If you want to build a website with WordPress, you can finish this job with a hosting and domain you will have. With the system, whose installation steps are very simple, you can install the website without wasting time or having any coding knowledge. There are thousands of volunteer software developers who put great effort into the development of WordPress. The software developers in question protect the system against hacker attacks. In this way, the system remains always safe and up-to-date.

Who Developed WordPress?

WordPress belongs to a private company called “Automattic”. The system in question was developed by Matt Mullenweg at this company. The system, which was released in 2005, has been constantly improved and reached its current state. It is thought that it will develop further in the future as a result of the studies carried out.

When WordPress first emerged, company officials did not want to support this project because its returns were not high. Over time, with the increase in financial return, the company's interest in developing the system increased. 

WordPress Usage Statistics

It is seen that there are new statistics on WordPress usage that are announced every day. The current statistical data obtained in this context are as follows:

  • The number of websites built with WordPress in the world is 60 million.
  • 30%’ of all websites in the internet world use WordPress.
  • 34%’ of the websites with the most traffic in the world are made with WordPress.
  • 61’% of the universal content market is shared by WordPress.
  • The number of posts written via WordPress is over 3 billion.
  • An average of 50 thousand WordPress sites are created daily.
  • The average monthly views of blog pages prepared with WordPress are 21 billion. An average of 50 million comments are made on these pages every month. More than 80 million posts are entered on these pages every month.
  • The most used themes by WordPress are divi and genesis.
  • The number of people working on WordPress projects is approximately one thousand people.
  • The number of plugins available in WordPress is 54 thousand 775’.
  • WordPress plugins have been downloaded 1.3 billion times to date.
  • An average of 25 million files are uploaded to WordPress blog pages every month.
  • The longest post published on WordPress is 10 million words long.
  • Online sales are also available on 40% of websites built with WordPress infrastructure. In this context, there are more than 1.5 million online stores.

 

Websites Using WordPress

Nowadays, there are very important companies that use the internet. The number of companies in question is increasing day by day. Some of the well-known organizations using WordPress in our country are listed below:

  • Sözcü Newspaper
  • Koç University
  • Turk Telecom
  • Gittigidiyor
  • Hürriyet Newspaper
  • Bilkent University

 

WordPress.org and the WordPress.com What is the difference between?

The concepts of WordPress.org and wordpress.com are terms that are often confused with each other. The usage areas of the systems in question are different. You can turn to whatever system you need. 

WordPress.com is a system used to create users' blog pages. Using this system, the user can set up a blog page without incurring any extra expense. A website cannot be established with WordPress.com. Pages installed with this system are a subpage of wordpress.com. You can use this system without needing any information about the operation at the back of your page. By using this system, you can focus directly on your work without worrying about the functioning of the system. WordPress.com, which has a very easy mechanism in terms of usage, is an old technology compared to the wordpress.org version. 

WordPress.org is an innovative content management system developed as a system that the user can use easily. With this system, you can build a website and publish your content. By using WordPress.org you can enjoy freedom not provided on wordpress.com. You can organize the themes of the website in the scope you want and provide your website management.

You can design your website to suit your needs and rebuild your site if necessary. You don't need any Premium version to use the system.

As a result, if you plan to work freely with a professional system, you should choose to use wordpress.org. However, if you want to work amateurishly and think it is more suitable for your needs, you can also use wordpress.com.

How to Open a Website with WordPress?

You can easily set up your website with WordPress, which is extremely simple to use. For this, it will be enough to follow the steps below:

  • Describe your site's content. In short, you have to decide whether the site you are going to build will be an e-commerce site, a news site, etc.
  • wwwregister an impressive domain name through.befhosting.com.
  • To publish your website WordPress Hosting buy it.
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