WordPress

WordPress has evolved from a simple blogging system into the world's most widely used content management system. Over 40% of all websites are built on this platform.

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Core concept

Maximum democratisation: WordPress enables even non-technical users to create and maintain high-quality websites. The vast plugin ecosystem allows almost any functionality to be added.

Assessment

• Use case: Marketing websites, blogs, and simple e-commerce projects (WooCommerce).
• Advantage: Unmatched selection of themes and plugins, straightforward editing for content teams, and very high availability of support providers.
• Limitation: High maintenance overhead for security (plugins!), often poor performance when overloaded, and less suited to complex data applications.

Related topics

• Standard Software, the standard-software context for WordPress.