In 2024, over 450 million websites are powered by WordPress, making up 43% of all websites on the internet. This includes more than 40% of the web’s top 100 websites.
Why Do We Recommend That You Install WordPress on Your Site?
It’s Easy
You can edit your website from any computer without waiting for your designer to make updates. With WordPress, you have control of nearly every aspect of your site and can make simple updates yourself.
Extensive Plugin Availability
WordPress offers a vast array of plugins to enhance functionality. Whether you need SEO tools, security enhancements, or social media integration, there’s likely a plugin that fits your needs.
Wide Selection of Themes
There are over 9,000 free themes available, and numerous paid themes from sites like www.ElegantThemes.com, www.ThemeGrill.com, www.ThemeForest.com, and www.TemplateMonster.com. Sorting by popularity can help you find the best-made themes.
SEO Friendly
WordPress is almost automatically SEO-friendly. For even more control, preinstalled SEO plugins like RankMath, YOAST, or “All in One SEO” will handle all your SEO needs.
Seamless Integration with Cart 7
With the Cart 7 WordPress plugin, you can set any page on your site to display an item or category of items. Updates from your shop control panel automatically reflect on your site, eliminating the need for manual updates.
Mobile Friendly
With an increasing number of searches coming from mobile devices, it’s crucial for your site to display well on phones and tablets. WordPress themes are often responsive, ensuring compatibility with various devices and improving your site’s visibility on Google.
Built-in Blogging
WordPress was originally created for blogging, so its blogging capabilities are robust and built-in. Regularly updated content keeps visitors returning to your site.
Scalability
WordPress sites can handle hundreds of thousands of visitors and thousands of pages without slowing down. Enabling a caching plugin like “W3 Cache” improves performance and boosts your Google PageSpeed score. If your site is slow, you are losing visitors who leave your site while it is still loading. Also, Google automatically penalizes your site in the rankings if it is slow.
Ownership of Data
Using WordPress means you own your content. It’s easy to back up and migrate to any platform you choose, unlike using a shopping cart or service that might disappear, leaving you to start from scratch.
Security
WordPress will automatically be set to update; additionally you should set your themes and plugins to automatically update. Security plugins are a must install item, and those like Solid Security provide additional layers of protection including a firewall and limiting login attempts.
Community Support
With a vast community of developers, designers, and users, support is always available. You can find tutorials at Udemy.com, WordPress, and YouTube.
Cost-Effective
WordPress itself is free to use. Many themes and plugins are also free, and even the paid options are typically cost-effective compared to custom development. Our hosting is designed to provide great value in includes multiple monthly and daily backups of your database, themes, plugins, and uploads.
Customizable
WordPress is highly customizable. Whether you need a simple blog or a complex e-commerce site, WordPress can be tailored to meet your specific requirements.
Own Your Data
You may be tempted to use a proprietary all in one type system; however over the years you may have 100’s of hours of time invested in your site content. If you cannot easily move that data to another provider, then you may be subject to the vagaries of their pricing increases or other limitations. With WordPress it is easy to move your data. With our shopping cart, you can also export all your items and customer info.