WordPress - 7 reasons for the CMS With a market share of over 60%, WordPress is by far the most popular content management system for websites. WordPress is what is known as open source software with publicly accessible source code. The software is free to use. Apart from this weighty argument, however, there are many other arguments in favor of using WordPress: Reach your goal quickly and easilyEven a large website can be set up quickly and cost-effectively using WordPress. Content such as text, images and videos can be edited intuitively and easily. Even the regularly required software updates are quick and easy with WordPress, saving time and money. For large and small web projectsWhether simple landing pages or complex web projects: WordPress is ideal in both cases. Even comprehensive web stores with a few hundred items can be implemented without any problems. This makes the CMS popular with website and web shop operators of all sizes. Search engines love WordPressWhy do certain websites actually appear on the first page of Google searches, while other websites are further down? The answer: SEO (Search Engine Optimization)! WordPress is search engine friendly by default. For example, websites are automatically indexed by search engines. This means that your website will be found by Google and other search engines. In addition, search engine ranking can be easily implemented with measures such as the integration of meta data and alt tags. Always up to dateIn the digital age, everything moves at breakneck speed. That's why the WordPress software and associated plugins are constantly being developed further. Thanks to these updates, displays are shown correctly even on the latest devices, security gaps are closed and new access functions are made possible. Investing in the futureUser figures speak for themselves: almost 60% of all websites with an integrated CMS are created with WordPress; measured against all websites on the entire World Wide Web, this figure is an impressive 27%. This leaves the competition far behind. Due to its popularity, support is huge and therefore secured for the future. PluginsPlugins are extensions that can be installed in the CMS at any time. No other content management system offers such a large number of plugins as WordPress. They allow you to integrate additional functions into your website quickly and cost-effectively. So if your website should not only consist of images and text, but also have countless cool features, then simply use the huge range of plugins: Whether it's a helper for search engine and performance optimization, web stores, course management tools or contact forms, there is a plugin for (almost) every need! MultilingualismWith WordPress and corresponding plugins such as qTranslate X, websites can be easily and clearly implemented in several languages. Web visitors from all over the world will find what they are looking for on your multilingual pages. Website visitors clearly value information in their own language the most - expand your target audience and be multilingual! Here is a WordPress reference: You can find more references in the web area here. Share on Back to the magazine Are you planning to update your existing website or would you like to create a new one? Then we would be happy to tell you more about the impressive possibilities of WordPress, assist you with the conception, design and programming and take care of the content, training and launch of your website. We look forward to your call or e-mail: +41 41 500 10 10 or info@rocket.ch