18 July 2023

Why Do We Use WordPress? WordPress started in 2003 predominantly as a blogging platform and, according to a recent survey, now powers 43% of all websites on the internet. Due to its robust features, many of the top brands use WordPress to power their websites including Time Magazine, Facebook, The New Yorker, Sony, Disney, The New York Times, and more. WordPress is no longer just a blogging platform. It has evolved throughout the years into a versatile content management system (CMS). While you can still use WordPress to create a simple blog, it also allows you to create fully functional websites and mobile applications. WordPress is very flexible with the addition of themes and plugins. You can do a simple basic website or power a giant e-commerce store. It can do pretty much anything you need. Themes are basically web design templates giving you the opportunity to choose from a huge selection of styles to either use on your site or to get ideas from what others have already done. Plugins are software add-ons that allow you to expand the functionality of WordPress. You can get anything from a simple spell checker up to a full e-commerce plugin allowing you to sell thousands of products all around the globe. NetService and WordPress. The reason we use WordPress is that every customer and every website design needs something different, and this is where WordPress excels. That, and the management tools available to us and our clients make this our platform of choice. WordPress gives our customers the ability to work directly with us and have the option to take over the management of their own website. We have years of experience teaching WordPress, and our customers love the fact that they can see how and why we do specific things on their websites.