People will often ask, why should I use WordPress? Is my old site not good enough? Why do I need to switch to a WordPress website? If you’re asking these questions, then you’ve come to the right place. Made in Scotland have compiled a few reasons why in the modern day it is essential to use WordPress, what ways you can use WordPress and also what other companies is using WordPress. People make the mistake of labelling WordPress as just a blogging platform. Although true in the past, WordPress has since evolved into an accomplished content management system (CMS). Whilst WordPress can be used to create a simple blog, it now allows you to create fully functional websites and mobile applications.
The best thing about WordPress is that it’s easily maintainable and flexible enough for just about design element or function you may require. That is one of the main reasons why WordPress has grown so much in popularity, as recent surveys suggest that WordPress now powers over 25% of all websites on the internet.
Due to it’s powerful features, many of the large global brands now use WordPress to power their websites including: Google, Facebook, Sony, Disney, LinkedIn, CNN and eBay to name a few.Open Source
Due to the nature of open source, WordPress is a community software. It is preserved by a large group of volunteers, the majority of whom are WordPress specialists with a passion in growing and preserving WordPress. Anyone can contribute to WordPress by writing patches, answering support questions, writing plugins, creating themes, translating WordPress and updating documentation.
By using WordPress you join the community. Made in Scotland can then support you in making your WordPress even better through SEO and Social Media Marketing.
WordPress can handle different media types.
Using WordPress you are not defined to using only text content. You can easily use video, audio and images as WordPress is fully compatible with these formats. You can also use it for document or file management.
WordPress supports oEmbed enabled websites which means you can embed YouTube videos, Instagram photos, Tweets, and Facebook Feeds. You can even allow visitors to the website to embed videos in comments.
WordPress is safe and secure.
WordPress is developed with security in mind, so it is considered very safe and secure to run any type of website. However, just like the real world, the internet can be a precarious place.
are often infiltrators out there who are looking to get their hands on as many websites as they can. We offer maintenance packages which include the very best security available to WordPress, so get in touch today and make sure your WordPress website is secure.
WordPress is search engine friendly.
The WordPress framework is written using standard compliance high quality code and produces linguistic mark-up which makes your website very appealing to search engines.
WordPress designed websites are very SEO friendly, and you can make it, even more, Search Engine Optimised (SEO) through the experts here at Made in Scotland. To fully understand how to improve your site’s SEO call, contact us today.
We can use WordPress in many different ways:
- Blog/Forum Site
- Gallery Site
- Portfolio Site
- Rating Site
- Video Collection Site
- Membership Site
- Brochure Site
- E-Commerce Store
- Business Site
Above are just some examples of the websites Made in Scotland can create for you using WordPress. To find out all ways in which we can help you with your WordPress site please contact us.