WordPress Tips

We have been advocating for WordPress many times on this blog. Still, it cannot be said enough: WordPress is best, especially for businesses. If you are a startup or a novice, take a look at these key reasons for using WordPress. They bear repeating.

Why Use WordPress?

It’s free.

However, free does not mean cheap.

WordPress is a free to use CMS system that can be installed on any website. WPBeginner states it this way:

“WordPress is an open source software. It is free in the sense of freedom not in the sense of free beer. You may ask what is the difference between these two? Open Source software comes with freedom for you to use, modify, build upon, and redistribute the software in any way you like.”

WordPress has Themes and Frameworks

What’s that, you say? You will find a variety of technical definitions surrounding WordPress themes. WordPress.org defines it this way:

“A WordPress Theme is a collection of files that work together to produce a graphical interface with an underlying unifying design for a weblog. These files are called template files. A Theme modifies the way the site is displayed, without modifying the underlying software.”

In other words, a WordPress theme is a group of coding, functions, and styles that you can install onto your website. Installing a theme lets you use this functionality and style through the WordPress CMS interface, plugins, and page builders. You have all this without touching a bit of code.

WordPress is the foundation of your website. You can see it as a toolkit to build your site.
Understanding WordPress Themes

We believe that WordPress themes are one of the best ever developments for SMEs for building a website. The best WordPress themes contain literally tens of thousands of dollars of developer work, and they are either free, or premium themes are priced between $50 to $250.

The value to your business is priceless. Themes like Avada and Divi contain thousands of hours of work from skilled developers and designers.

Out of the box, these premium Themes can be used to build just about anything.
They come with built in easy to use page builders, are fully responsive, bundled with amazing plugins, contain infinite styling and customization options and tons of easy to install demos.

• The Avada theme is great for building robust ecommerce websites on WordPress. It offers a powerful page builder and phenomenal customization features to use with WooCommerce.
• The Divi theme is great for beginners to create a stunning website visually. It has over 20 demo layout packs and more than 400 template pages.
• Total theme is an all purpose WordPress theme that utilizes the popular WPBakery Page Builder. Total has many built-in customization options, which makes it easier to create your desired look without knowing any code.

WordPress is Easy to Use

WordPress is intuitive and easy to use. It might seem a little difficult at first, because it’s not pretty looking like Shopify or others. WordPress doesn’t sink its dollars into marketing with photos of business owners running their shops from a beach in the Caribbean. However, once you get beyond the initially sparsely designed interface, you’ll realise that WordPress is incredibly easy to use.

You can access and edit basically everything you would need to from the WordPress CMS, and if you find something you can’t, there’s generally a plugin you can install that will help you.

If you are still not convinced that WordPress is best, give us a call. We have been WordPress experts since its inception. We know the ins and outs. And, we know that it is still the best and most cost-effective ecommerce solution in the market today.