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 design 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 a huge community consisting of developers, content writers and website owners. Consequently, monthly meetings are held around the world where this community comes together.
That there is such an immense 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 with 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 design 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 detailing 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 when you have fun and creative ideas for your website, you probably don't have to adjust those ideas because it wouldn't be possible and that's great! No disappointment and no creative ideas going to waste.
WordPress allows you to 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's no problem either. You can easily create blocks of text that jump in 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. Are you not so handy with website development, but want to use the possibilities of WordPress? At Monkey Vision our web experts can design a website for you, with all the features you want!
Benefit 2: SEO-friendly
If you created a website design in WordPress, of course you want visitors to come to your website. And in order to reach people outside your own circles, Google can give you a hand. By setting up your WordPress website in a completely SEO-friendly way, it will be found higher in the search engine 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 design. That is, you can (have) your website designed to work and look good on all different devices, such as cell phones. This is incredibly important for your ranking in Google, because people are increasingly using their cell phones or tablets to use the Internet. Google therefore considers it very important that your website works for all these different devices.
Advantage 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. You don't have 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 at all 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, that is also possible. At Monkey Vision you can take out a monthly subscription. When you take out a maintenance subscription, we check weekly to make sure your website is completely up-to-date and that there are no problems with the website. This way we can assure you of a fast and safe website.
Then, to keep you up to date with the maintenance, we will send you a monthly report of all the work and updates we have done. Want to know more about outsourcing the maintenance of your WordPress website? Then you can find more information here.
We could 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? Feel free to contact us and we will be happy to help you.
