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WordPress is a so-called CMS (Content Management System) that allows you to easily create a website. You can write pages and news items, add images and publish them on the worldwide web with a few mouse clicks.<\/p>\n
Note that we are talking about the version of WordPress.org that you can install yourself on a server.
\n* We are not talking here about the rental version of wordpress.com<\/p>\n
The large WordPress community, or the large number of users communicating on forums about the use and operation of WordPress is the great strength behind WordPress.
\nCommon questions and even more complicated ones are answered.<\/p>\n
The large number of free themes (the layout of the website) and plug-ins allow you to expand the WordPress website in any way you want.
\nFrom webshop to forum, from video site to corporate website…. everything is possible.<\/p>\n
WordPress was developed in 2013 and has continued to evolve, initially WordPress was used as a weblog, for blogging. Several large companies started using WordPress and after it became known that WordPress is so good to use they more and more companies started using WordPress to realize the corporate website.<\/p>\n
Over the years, Automattic – the company that created WordPress – has added many interesting developments to WordPress.<\/p>\n
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The large number of free plug-ins has made WordPress the most popular CMS system in the world. Here are some plug-ins that are widely used.<\/p>\n
Your website can be seen from anywhere in the world, accessed as a person, hacker and with a hacking script.<\/p>\n
Just as Windows has had several viruses over the years, so has WordPress (and especially its plugins), but squared as your website can be accessed OVERALL as mentioned, unlike a computer that can only be seen and used by you.<\/p>\n
Therefore, it is important to secure your website with iThemes<\/a> or WordFence<\/a>. WordPress as a system is secure and is often provided with updates to ensure that security, and patches and security releases appear with great regularity. but as with Windows, the user and ignorance is the risk. And so WordPress security sometimes gets negative press. The WooCommerce plugin allows you to set up an excellent webshop. In fact, it’s pretty easy!<\/p>\n Tip: Read up before you get started, of course. Take the time to go through the installation steps.<\/p>\n WooCommerce is open source, free of charge. Several plugins or payment providers do cost monthly cents, by the way, but you decide which ones you want to use.<\/p>\n There are technically little to no limits to using WordPress for large companies. You can effortlessly deploy hundreds of users, hundreds to thousands of pages, posts or products.<\/p>\n Just determine in advance exactly what you expect from the website when you set it up. Do research on what plug-ins you need. Check quietly that the code of different plug-ins does not clash.<\/p>\n The speed of WordPress is good. WordPress runs on PHP and MySql, these are proven techniques that have been used more and more effectively over the years. Especially with php 7+, great advances have been made in website loading speed.<\/p>\n
\nOr another security plugin<\/a> that can be found in the plugin list of WordPress Plugins.<\/p>\nThe security of WordPress as a system<\/h2>\n
\nToo many plugins, easily guessed passwords and failure to update in a timely manner create security problems.<\/p>\nUsing WordPress as a webshop with the WooCommerce plugin<\/h2>\n
Creating a great business website with WordPress<\/h2>\n
Speed and SEO of WordPress<\/h2>\n