At Monkey Vision , we build websites with WordPress. A software that we mega like and enjoy working with. WordPress has many advantages over other software that can be used to build websites. In this blog, we would like to tell you more about those advantages. So are you curious as to why WordPress is inseparable from making or having a website made yourself? Then read along.
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What is WordPress?
Let's start at the beginning: what is WordPress? WordPress is a so-called open-source software that can be used to create websites and blogs. Open-source software means that WordPress users can also contribute to further developing the software. WordPress has thus built up a huge community consisting of developers, content writers and website owners. Worldwide, monthly meetings are therefore organised where this community comes together.
The fact that there is such a huge community built around WordPress is actually already a bit of an advantage, because the community is mega-driven to keep improving the software together. Many of them do this simply because they enjoy developing and working on WordPress and do so entirely voluntarily. Nothing commercial, just pure passion and interest in the field.
What are the benefits of WordPress as a user?
Whether you are going to build your website yourself or have a web agency like Monkey Vision create a website for you, there are advantages to the software. We got our web team thinking and asked what they think are the biggest advantages. We ended up working out the three biggest ones for you.
Advantage 1: Incredible possibilities
Partly because WordPress keeps evolving, the possibilities are endless. Not really infinite, but a lot is possible. So if you have fun and creative ideas for your website, you probably don't need to adjust those ideas because it wouldn't be possible, which is great! No disappointment and no creative ideas going to waste.
With WordPress, you can easily implement different elements on your website. Think of large sliders (changing photos, for example), tables or a link to Google Maps. Want to start using animations? That is no problem either. You can easily create blocks of text that pop up when you scroll the page, lines that move or images that zoom in when you move the mouse over them.
So you can give free rein to your creativity and design the website entirely according to your wishes. Not so handy with building a website yourself, but want to use the possibilities of WordPress? At Monkey Vision , our web experts can create a website for you, with all the trimmings!
Benefit 2: SEO-friendly
If you have created a website in WordPress, you naturally want visitors to come to your website. And to reach people outside your own circles, Google can give you a hand. By setting up your WordPress website to be completely SEO-friendly, it will be found higher in the search engine's search results. You can read exactly how this works in our blog '10 SEO tips and their importance in 2020'.
WordPress is a good software that can contribute to the SEO-friendliness of your website. Because of its large community, there are also a lot of good plug-ins that can help you improve your SEO, among other things.
In addition, WordPress allows you to easily create a 'responsive' website. This means that you can make your website so that it works and looks good on all different devices, such as mobile phones. This is incredibly important for your ranking in Google, because people increasingly use their mobile phones or tablets to use the internet. Google therefore considers it very important that your website works for all these different devices.
Benefit 3: Easy to maintain yourself
Your website is up and running and online. Whether you created it yourself or had it created, it still needs to be maintained. It is important to maintain a website to keep it secure, up-to-date and user-friendly. That website maintenance is simple with WordPress support and maintenance. You don't need to understand CSS or HTML at all. Don't those terms mean anything to you? No problem, because you don't need to know them either to maintain your website yourself.
Without being able to program, you too can design cool pages and keep the website running! But if you prefer to outsource, you can. At Monkey Vision , for example, you can take out a monthly subscription. When you take out a maintenance subscription, we check your website weekly to make sure it is completely up-to-date and that there are no problems with it. This way we can assure you of a fast and safe website.
To then also keep you informed about maintenance, we will send you monthly reports of all the work and updates we have carried out. Would you like to know more about outsourcing the maintenance of your WordPress website? Then you can find more information here.
We could and would like to tell you a lot more about the advantages of WordPress, but we'd rather do that over a cup of coffee. So are you interested in a WordPress website and can we help you with that? Then feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you.
