Why WordPress in a World with Options?

WordCamp Birmingham 2022

 

Aaron D. Campbell
@AaronCampbell

♥ WordPress

Other options

Site Builders

  • Wix
  • Weebly
  • Squarespace
  • Drupal
  • Joomla

e-commerce

  • Shopify
  • Big Commerce
  • Wix
  • Weebly
  • Squarespace

Technologies

  • Laravel
  • Django
  • Spring
  • Rails
  • Jamstack

Good

Why WordPress?

Cost

Free Software ≠ Free Website

Marketshare

43.2%

Marketshare benefits

  • Familiar
  • Lasting
  • Works Everywhere
  • Support Readily Available

Own/Control Your Data

Stable & Reliable

Secure

Flexible

  • Well over 50,000 plugins
  • Thousands of themes
  • Highly extensible
  • Do almost anything

Open Source is Better for the Web

The Web is Important

Why WordPress?

  • Cost?
  • Marketshare – Familiar & Long Lasting
  • Own Your Data
  • Stable & Reliable
  • Secure
  • Flexible
  • Good for the Web

Q & A

Aaron D. Campbell – @AaronCampbell

Newfold Digital

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