What are the advantages and disadvantages of wordpress

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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF
WORDPRESS CMS?
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Advantages of WordPress CMS

• Easy in use
• Cheaper to build
• Large developer community creating
  themes and plugins
• Open Source
• Search Engine Optimization Tools
• E-commerce options is available on WordPress

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Easy in use

• Using WordPress basic sites can be set up with
  easy access to all on page text and images.
• Beyond that, with a little upfront technical
  work, there are many ways to set up custom
  modules and text areas which, once implemented,
  can easily be accessed and edited by anyone with
  rudimentary computer skills.
• WordPress does not require PHP nor HTML knowledge
  unlink Drupal or Joomla.
• A preinstalled plugin and template function
  allows them to be installed very easily. All you
  need to do is to choose a plugin or a template
  and click on it to install.

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Cheaper to build

• Cheaper to build WordPress offers a huge
  variety of themes which can be used to build the
  website. When you begin with a theme, you cut
  down significantly on the amount of time it takes
  to build a website.
• The cost of purchasing and installing a
  commercial WordPress theme is much cheaper.
• The cost and time for developing a WordPress site
  is considerably lesser than creating a custom
  built website.

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Large developer community creating
themes and plugins

• WordPress offers more paid and unpaid themes and
  plugins than any other Content Management
  Systems.
• This means that when you want a feature added to
  your website, there is a good chance that you
  will be able to find a plugin that exists for it.

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Open Source

• WordPress, and many of the themes and plugins for
  WordPress, are freely available as Open Source
  code under the GPLv2 license.
• It means you can use there without paying any
  cost.

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Search Engine Optimization Tools

• WordPress offers several great search engine
  optimization tools that make doing your own
  on-site SEO simple.

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E-commerce options is available on WordPress

• There are suitable e-commerce integrations for
  nearly any size site or application, and many
  basic plug-ins are free.
• Woocommerce is extremely effective in doing all
  this along with offering great reports features.

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Disadvantages of WordPress CMS

• Easy for hackers to find security holes
• WordPress needs to be updated regularly
• PHP language is must for modification
• CSS and HTML are must for graphics modification
• Speed Issue

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Easy for hackers to find security holes

• As you know WordPress theme and plugins are
  freely available on internet as Open Source code
  under the GPLv2 license.
• So it is easy for hackers to find security
  holes.

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WordPress needs to be updated regularly

• WordPress needs to be updated regularly because
  various updates and patches get released every
  year to combat pirates and hackers as well as to
  provide improvements to code and themes.

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PHP language is must for modification

• Operations like creating widget, removing a date
  field from theme and customize plugins require
  some understanding of PHP language.

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CSS and HTML are must for graphics modification

• If you want to change the look of home page of
  website, CSS and HTML are must for modification.

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Speed Issue

• If we build website in WordPress, there are
  speed issues because WordPress websites contain
  lots of generic code unnecessary for every
  specific website.

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