7 Reasons to use WordPress

I have several friends who host their blogs on a free program. That is great if you don’t plan to make money in any way from your blog. If you want to blog about your family, then I recommend you use a free service.

If you want to make money, however, then it doesn’t make sense to use a free service. With a free service you don’t have complete control of your site. Also many free programs will shut you down if you “commercialize” their site. I didn’t realize this until a friend had her site shut down. It was sad because she had put time and effort into her blog and she can no longer use it.

WordPress isn’t the only program you can use to blog, however. Before I began my blog I did some research on several programs that I could host myself. (As you’ll get to know through my blog, I am big on research. I absolutely love it! I know, I’m quirked – and yes that is a word and I like dictionaries too.)

Anyway, back to the subject at hand. Why I choose WordPress:

1. It’s free. Why pay for something when you can get a great product free?
2. It’s open source. I love open-source software. I feel it is the wave of the future. Besides the development and support benefits, I think it also helps connect us throughout the world.
3. It is easily customized. Many times you can change the placement of widgets and text with the click of a button.
4. There are thousands of free themes. You can easily change the look of your website each month if you want. You can also pay for themes for very reasonable prices.
5. There are tons of plugins. Some plugins are practical (like Aksimet for spam control). Some plugins are fun (like Quotes Collection for rotating quotes.)
6. It is the most popular blogging software program in the World. When many people talk about blogs, they are discussing WordPress.
7. You can easily switch from other platforms.WordPress supports importing information from several other blogs, so if you decide to switch to WordPress it can be easily done.

Have I convinced you yet that WordPress is the best blogging software? I hope so.