Advantages / Disadvantages for Building in Wordpress
I work for a more traditional ad agency and I'm the only website here. Recently, a designer redesigned our site based on the popular blog style that is now seen on the internet. The design is similar to this blog: http://effektiveblog.com/
I assumed this would be a Wordpress job, thanks to the features developed (tag cloud, dated / categorized posts, updateable, rss, etc.)
However, non-website people in my workplace say they don't want to "make Wordpress" and plan to use their own CMS for this blog, similar to this site!
As you can imagine, this is very frustrating and the opposite to the front.
However, since I didn’t know much about Wordpress, I don’t fully know what arguments are being put forward regarding the advantages / disadvantages of building it with Wordpress and a custom CMS.
Any thoughts on what to suggest to non-web bosses? or links even pointing to similar discussions?
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I've been in the WordPress world for several years, and my observation was that most of the "WordPress and other CMS" arguments boil down to a few things:
- Ultimately you can use WordPress for just about any CMS task, and you can use a generic CMS to create blog content.
- WordPress was designed primarily as a blogging platform, so that's where it really shines. Yes, it can be used for other CMS tasks, but it is best suited for blogging and where you find the most convenient and reliable features.
- More general CMSs will offer features that target a wide variety of content (not just blog posts or static pages), but they won't offer as many features (or as easy experience) for the blogging component as WordPress will.
Basically, I tell people that if the focus of a site is content that is frequently updated and managed chronologically (like a blog), go for WordPress. If they want to integrate a bunch of disparate content and blogs, it doesn't really matter, they'll probably be better served by a more general CMS.
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Wordpress is great for blogs and simple, medium sized websites. This "static pages" approach is really useful because you can create hirarchies that are completely editable from the admin panel. This plugin ecosystem is very good - from SEO to automatic backups.
When I needed to convince some people that Wordpress would be a good idea for a CMS solution (not just a blog), I created a prototype and said that I just need to edit a few php files (all copied from the default template), a few tasks admin and a few plugins and everything was installed.
This prototype was very simple: no design, just structure. I did this Saturday afternoon and I made a challenge to everyone involved if they could create the same structure I created with a complete admin interface in less time. Nobody could. And it is a proven platinum, yes, it is not "all MVC based", but it works and its administration is great.
I don’t know if you have time to do this, but since it’s very fast to do, I would rather show them, not just say it.
One of the disadvantages of Wordpress is its performance. You may need to look at some of the cache plugins for your installation, such as WpSuperCache. And be careful, if your site ends up having many different requirements, Wordpress may not be the ideal solution.
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Advantages: Low maintenance cost /
- maintain the site cheap
- Ease and ease of use in the background
- tons of plugins (which can slow down your site significantly)
- Write your own functions if you know PHP.
- codex.wordpress.org, the documentation is simple:
- Tons of security updates
- community, millions of users
- SEO capabilities (compared to other well-known CMS)
- can do great collaboration with a small website.
Disadvantages:
- not the most optimal use of its resources (but everything is better updated)
- safety (also improving)
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WordPress is by far the most popular CMS in the world. The script is rooted more in a blog than in a typical CMS. It has been modernized for a while and has received thousands of plugins, making it more like a CMS.
Benefits -
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Easy to operate -
WordPress does not require knowledge of PHP and HTML not to mess with Drupal, Joomla or Typo3. The pre-installed plugin and template feature makes it very easy to install. All you have to do is select a plugin or template and click on it to install. This is a good choice for beginners.
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Main -
To have useful support, there must be a large community of users to be part of, for example a discussion board.
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Plugins -
The script has over ten thousand plugins available on its website. They are the reason that WordPress is considered a CMS and not just a blog script. The vast majority of plugins are available for free.
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Templates -
On the scritp home page, you can view thousands of graphic templates that can change the look and feel of your website. You can find free and paid templates. Paid ones are often more advanced as well as more interesting.
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Menu Control -
WordPress menu management has advanced features that can be modified to include categories, pages, etc.
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Ecommerce is available in WordPress
At Designed to Connect, we typically use Woocommerce, an e-commerce added to WordPress to build e-commerce websites. As an ecommerce store, you will frequently update your products, prices, sales, coupons, and more. Woocommerce is extremely efficient at this, along with great reporting features.
Disadvantages -
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WordPress updates its software frequently -
WordPress is constantly changing and growing and needs regular updates. This is not a big problem unless you are looking for a "set-it-and-forget-it" solution, in which case it may not be the solution for you as it requires periodic updates.
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Customizing a theme can be costly -
If a website was created around a theme and you decide you want to make significant changes to it, it can take a long time for a programmer to make changes to the theme's layout. If you expect to make significant changes to your theme, consider creating a theme built from scratch to suit your needs.
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