Industry-leading options from a free platform
July 30, 2021

Industry-leading options from a free platform

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with WordPress

We use WordPress as the technology behind our main corporate website. My department maintains it, but it is leveraged by the whole organization. It has proven to be an extremely versatile system when combined with other plugins over time. We have built on the X theme with a lot of success.

Pros

  • Flexibility
  • Stability
  • Ease of use
  • Plugins are easy to find and install

Cons

  • Requires outside plugins and themes for most functions
  • Support and documentation is available but unreliable
  • Can be conflicts between the many themes and plugins needed
  • Minimal financial investment
  • Almost unlimited problem-solving opportunity
  • Efficient workflow for experienced developers
WordPress was an excellent balance between allowing options for customization and giving us reasonable efficiency in development and content administration. We still use other tools for certain cases, such as when we need to launch a smaller site quickly or when we need very specific functions that aren't easy to add in.

Do you think WordPress delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WordPress's feature set?

Yes

Did WordPress live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WordPress go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy WordPress again?

Yes

WordPress is an excellent option if you have web development experience and are willing to tackle problem solving and debugging yourself, but are otherwise limited in resources. It is much less limiting than some more curated platforms and fun to use as a developer. It provides almost enterprise-level options and stability at little to no cost. It may not be appropriate if you have limited time or experience to build and debug, or if you are a very large establishment with the resources for something more advanced.

WordPress Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
2
Code quality / cleanliness
5
Admin section
7
Page templates
5
Library of website themes
8
Mobile optimization / responsive design
8
Publishing workflow
5
Form generator
2
Content taxonomy
3
SEO support
6
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
9
Community / comment management
Not Rated
API
8
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
3

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