Here at Terra Ferma we’re pretty evangelical about WordPress. As a free blogging     platform and the backbone for premium websites, WordPress has loads of advantages for different users: businesses and bloggers alike can benefit from its dynamic themes, SEO friendliness, fantastic functionality, incredible usability…the list goes on. In fact, 15% of the top 1,000,000 websites in the world use WordPress (including The New York Times and Time Magazine Blog). This can all seem a bit intimidating for the humble blogger, yet this evolving and expanding platform should still be the top choice for your blog.

Almost five years ago I decided that I’d like to channel a passion for cooking and eating into a blog. I’d admit it; I had no idea what I was doing. Since then I’ve learned a few things about how easy it can be to create, nurture and expand a WordPress blog.

So here are five reasons why WordPress is the only word in blogging:

  1. You don’t have to be a computer whiz to use WordPress

Creating a WordPress site; choosing a theme; and uploading your first post is simplicity itself. As long as you know how to open a web browser, you can create your very own blog. Of course, if you would like help developing your site, you can get all the support you need from WordPress savvy website development experts like us!

 

  1. Perfect for the technologically savvy

WordPress blogs can be as simple or as sophisticated as you want. With lots of additional functions, it offers the opportunity for users to gradually develop their blog. Whereas other blogging platforms leave you high and dry when you want to change things up a bit, WordPress always offers easy ways to improve your site.

 

  1.  It offers amazing themes

WordPress offers a fantastic choice of free designs as well as a huge catalogue of Premium themes. Whether you want a personal gardening blog, or one to showcase your business, there’ll be a theme to accommodate it!

 

  1. It’s incredibly popular

WordPress really dominates the blogging world and has been around for over a decade. This means that users instinctively know their way around WordPress sites, making it really easy for site visitors to navigate. You might have fantastic content, but if your reader can’t make head to toe of your blog’s layout, they’re not going to stick around.

 

  1. Content is easy to manage

In the digital world, content is king. It doesn’t matter how flashy your site is, if you can’t easily manage and clearly display your fantastic content, you won’t be able to draw the readers in. WordPress also have a great app – perfect for uploading posts and photos on the move!

 

Perhaps the best thing about WordPress is its potential. If you’d like to find out how to get the most out of your blog then please get in touch.