Why we use
WordPress
as our platform of choice
When WordPress started out in 2003, I was one of the early publishers. It was for blogging. There were no fancy themes or functionality. You wrote your post and you published it. Readers left comments. I responded. There was no such thing as going viral or being an influencer. And there were no trolls or spam comments.
I no longer have that blog, but I did not leave WordPress behind. I kept learning and kept using it. I watched it evolve from an open source blogging space into a powerful CMS, and yes, it is still open source.
Roughly 45% of all websites worldwide run on WordPress
Today, WordPress powers roughly 4 out of every 10 websites on the internet, and more than 60% of all websites that use a content management system (CMS). It’s the default infrastructure of a huge portion of the web. The closest competitor sits far below 10%.
It is so popular because it is supported by an amazing community of software developers who devote large chunks of their life to write software that is compatible with WordPress. WordPress itself is coded and maintained by many software developers who do it for the love of it.
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WordPress powers the internet
Million WordPress websites
New WordPress websites per day
Examples of companies that use WordPress
Variety
Entertainment industry news site
TechCrunch
One of the most famous technical news sites online
Sony Music News
Official news/blog platform
The New Yorker
Long running newspaper website
Rolling Stone
Major entertainment and culture publication
Vogue
Very famous fashion and runway magazine
This means you, the reader, get to dream up just about any website, and with the right tools, WordPress will most likely be a good fit.
WordPress is also extremely well suited for organic SEO, unlike many other CMS platforms. It integrates well with Google Analytics to track visitors. WordPress is AI friendly and integrates seamlessly with pay portals like Payfast.
WordPress is not the latest gimmick on the market
For me, WordPress has never just been a platform. It has been the foundation of everything I’ve built online, from those early blogging days to the websites I create today for clients.
It continues to evolve, but it still holds onto what made it powerful from the beginning: openness, flexibility, and a community that keeps improving it.
That is why I continue to use WordPress as my platform of choice. It gives me the freedom to build almost anything a client can imagine, and the stability to know it will keep working long after the site goes live. It is trustworthy and adaptable to most tasks.