Why you should invest in a WordPress website

When you are ready to launch website, you need to consider the following important aspects; layout, usability, design, and functions. These can be a pain for someone who does not have any experience when it comes to website development. This is why it’s important to know if you’re launching a website to promote your services, sell products, or even both.

Word Press is the first option most web design agencies will give you. It’s the preferred content management solution of today because it covers most aspects that come with web design, and it’s also free! All you need is your own domain and you can begin to build your website from the ground up! Here are five basic reasons why you should consider Word Press.

Word Press Themes

From the get-go, your website is given a theme to work with. This includes template pages, a blog page, comments, plugins, and a two column design. On the internet there is an endless supply of themes that can be downloaded and installed on your website, all you need to do is change the content. For your own website however, you won’t want a template that someone else has made, and is most likely being used by someone else. This brings me on to the next part.

Customisation

Word Press templates are the easiest thing for a web developer to customise. They can take a default template from the CMS, and turn it into something that looks entirely different, in a short amount of time as well. This is why you need to have an expert website developer working with you, because they are able to bring out the best in the CMS.

Plugins

As well as the design of your website, Word Press also makes it easier to add functions that increase the usability of your website. You can add social menus, contact forms, rotating banners etc. You name it, it’s most likely out there. These plugins can be installed by the click of one button. Just like the themes, your web developer will be able to customise these plugins, and place them in the preferred location of your website.

Content Management

When you are handed your website at the end of a project, you will be able to add, edit, and remove the content on each page as you please, without the need of going back to the web expert. This saves a lot of money and time. Word Press comes with a WYSIWIG (what you see is what you get) editor, so that you can make changes to your pages and blog posts as you would on any text editing program on your desktop. You can also remove/add new pages as you please.

Users

Word Press allows you as an administrator to create users with their own privileges. So if you are running a website with multiple admins or authors, it’s easy to create accounts and passwords for members of staff that keep your business running.

So there you have it, 5 simple reasons to upgrade to Word Press. If you need any web design services in London, remember to contact us for an informal chat.