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WordPress.org Reviews & Product Details

WordPress.org Overview
What is WordPress.org?

WordPress is arguably the most popular open-source, cloud-based content management system based on PHP and MySQL designed to help small to large businesses create, manage and publish content for websites. The customizable solution allows enterprises to use plugins, widgets, and themes to simplify web creation and design. Top features allow users to upload and store multimedia content, auto-save progress, and restore critical data.

Company Automattic
Year founded 2005
Company size 1001-5000 employees
Headquarters Remote
Social Media
Managed by:
Axel Grubba
Founder
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WordPress.org Product Details
Capabilities
API
CLI
OSS
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Linux, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, On-Premise Linux, On-Premise Windows
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
WordPress.org Pros and Cons
Pros
  • WordPress.org is free!
  • There are thousands of themes, plugins, and widgets to choose from
  • You have complete control over the functionality and aesthetic of your website. 
  • There’s an active community with plenty of self-help guides and documentation available online.
  • WordPress.org boasts powerful blogging features and SEO functionality.
Cons
  • At least with older versions of WordPress, the design editor comes with a steeper learning curve.
  • With any open-source software, you need to find your own hosting, which can seem daunting at first if you’re new to website creation. 
WordPress.org Awards
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WordPress.org Features
API Access
Asset Management
Collaboration Tools
Content Analytics
Content Archiving
Content Migration
Content Personalization
Content Preview
Content Scheduling
Customer Support
Customizable Templates
Drag and Drop Interface
E-Commerce Integration
Form Builder
GDPR Compliance
Inline Editing
Media Library
Mobile Editing
Multilingual Support
Plugins and Extensions
Responsive Design
SEO Management
Search Functionality
Social Media Integration
Tagging and Categorization
Template Management
User Roles and Permissions
Version Control
WYSIWYG Editor
Workflow Management
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8,637 WordPress.org Reviews
4.4 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 07, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SR
Susan R.
Trainer
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"How to blog with ease!"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

The ease of use. WordPress makes creating web pages, blogs, noting easy!

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

It's free, and that come with issues. The updates often have minor bugs and the templates aren't as snazzy as competitors

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blogging, web page enhancements

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 07, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
RA
Robert A.
Ui/Ux Designer
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"WordPress is really the only reasonable choice"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

I can build a full featured job board in 4 days, a paid directory site in 3 days, and a robust ecommerce site in 2 days with WordPress. Everything I need has already been built, so rapid deployment takes on a whole new meaning.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

WordPress user roles all give access to the same ugly backend interface. All 'white glove' experiences require (relatively) extensive buildouts of custom backend interfaces with use of third-party services to allow posting, product management, or user preferences.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

WordPress is 80% of my business. Nearly all of my clients use WordPress, nearly all of my site builds use WordPress. With WordPress I can build something in a week which took a pair of Ruby on Rails developers a year to build. A week!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 06, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
NM
Nina M.
Virtual Administrative Consultant
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"Best in the business for a newbie here!"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

It is free. That makes a big difference for someone like me starting out with website building & my own business. Plugins galore. Pretty much anything you can think of, there is a plugin for it! The community online for help is insanely big! Lots of free information & help on what you are working on.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

I am currently taking a course dedicated to setting up multiple websites & turning it into a business. With a little guidance, I have yet to see any cons, for me personally.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Having a website answers a lot of questions for potential clients. The easier the website is to set up, the quicker I can work on attracting clients. I believe it'll be good way to interact with the outside world, with my blog.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 03, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
KR
Karina R.
Visitor Services Assistant
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"Easy to use platform for writing"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Wordpress is a very user friendly platform for writers. It provides a place for aspiring writers to showcase their abilities in a professional way. Many websites also use Wordpress so by allowing free access to their system sets writers up for success as they branch out with their writing.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

Sometimes when I move my writing from Microsoft Word to Wordpress, there are extra spaces between paragraphs that I have to delete. When I then add images, in the first draft, it shows it exactly how I want it. But when it's published, there are extra spaces between the images and paragraphs. It's easy enough to edit and delete these spaces, but it's annoying that I can't delete the spaces in the first draft and must instead publish it before seeing where these extra spaces are.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

WordPress.org allows me to professionally promote my writing, track my views and play with layout and images. All of these are skills I'm trying to hone as I pursue a career in fashion writing.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 03, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SJ
Sahil J.
Lead Ui Engineer
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"One stop solution for all your web needs"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Easy to learn and use. Fully customizable and SEO friendly. Options to select from a lots of themes and plugins to achieve various functionalities. Can be used for a variety of purpose like blogging, ecommerce, photos and videos showcase, etc. Great community support.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

Sometimes the wordpress has a lot of hacking issues, we need to make sure we have a secure firewall and server. Make sure the passwords are complex and use the correct hosting server if your site has a lot of bandwidth.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use wordpress to for a variety of purposes in a lot of different situations. Sometimes we help people to setup their corporate websites on wordpress, we use it to setup a blog for people to would love to share content. We also use wordpress for people to sell their products online using this platform. Overall with wordpress, we not only achieve the CMS platform functionality, but also functionality of what other platforms do like ecommerce platform, blogging platform, website showcase platform, etc.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 03, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Fred C.
Product Manager Chez Eloquant.Com
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"The Best CRM for SEO, Blogging, social media..."
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

The ease, the new features, the plugins, the templates...

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

It is quite slow and the security is very bad. You have to install security plugins.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

The best CMS for blogging, landing pages, web site, elearning...

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 02, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
RP
Ralfe P.
System Analyst
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"A feature-packed CMS with a vast community"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

I love the back-end user interface, how easy it is to apply themes and the vast community of developers who contribute plugins. Wordpress is also very easy to install, keep updated, and content editing is also very quick and simple.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

There's not a lot that I dislike. However, one thing that does come to mind is that it is not always easy to add custom HTML tags to articles and pages, because often the WYSIWYG editor overwrites the HTML.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Wordpress is great for corporate websites, blogs, or even for managing more traditional static websites. It is also quite useful as a subdomain, or separate area of an existing website where it can be used for articles, a knowledge base, a professional blog, and so on. Also, with the wide array of plugins, it can be used for anything from a hotel reservation system to a photography portfolio.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 02, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
EW
Ed W.
Founder / Owner
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"WordPress - mobile friendly, easy to use, configure and manage"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Flexibility of each theme. Now with the WordPress default Theme 2017 modifications can be saved within the WordPress native control interface. And for us developers, we can also still use child themes which saves code changes in a separate area. The many plugins allow for feature add-ons without the need to a develop customer code. WordPress and plugins offer continued upgrades needed to thwart hacking.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

All the built in features and plugin add-ons can tend to make the code bloated. Or the plugin is an overkill of what we need to implement. Many additional features we simply do not use. However, the ease of implementation outweighs this negative

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Use WordPress.org annual 2014-2017 themes are easy to install, modify and implement. Decreases both development and time to market.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 02, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Emily H.
Executive Director
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"Easy platform to use for website "
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Ease and simplicity for the user for management of the website

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

We have not found anything that we do not like about Wordpress.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease and simplicity of use

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 02, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
CH
Clint H.
Founder
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"Best all around CMS"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Flexible for developers and publishers. Powerful in the right hands.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

With great power comes great responsibility. Too easy for bad developers to use poorly and give WP a bad name.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

WordPress works for everything for a brochure site, to an active blog, to the source of content for a mobile app.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 02, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Julie N. avatar
Julie N.
Project Manager
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"I use Wordpress everyday "
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

I know Wordpress like it's the back of my hand. From pages to posts, it's very easy to add content to your website with the Wordpress platform. Building out menus so an easy drag and drop, deleting pages is as easy as a click. You can schedule out blogs with ease and integrate social feeds by downloading and activating a plugin.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

I dislike how difficult it is to build out columns, duplicate pages or posts, custom order things. But there are also plugins for that. The only thing is...sometimes developers stop supporting those plugins.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

website design for clients is through Wordpress. They are the CMS that drives the functionality of a web page.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SC
Shon C.
Unix Network Specialist
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"I love WordPress"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Easy and Intuitive. I have built 400+ websites with WordPress and would not jump ship at anytime on them.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

My only issue with WordPress is that its so open for customizing you can break your site if you do not know what you are doing easily.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

WordPress allows me to get small business' websites up inexpensively and quickly. I also have the ability to get them a web store up as well extremely quickly.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
RG
Randi G.
Founder
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"Easy to use, even for the not-so-technologically-savvy"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Ease of use of the product, with great and simple explanations, especially for someone like myself, who isn't the most savvy when it comes to technology and software. Tutorials online made it super easy to learn, just have to dedicate some time at the start. It's great when a company such as this can offer services to people for free and keep this, then offering more advanced features for paying customers. This is how you create loyalty to a company.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

Nothing critical, except the time consuming nature when just starting to learn to use the product. However, I'm only a light user, so I cannot critique into the thorough nature of wordpress.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

We used it for advertising our company; which has currently been on hiatus the last couple months. We will be coming back to wordpress once we kick the company back into gear. We also used it for keeping track of inventory, orders, and displaying our craftsmanship with high quality photos versus using facebook and instagram.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
KR
Kelly R.
Founder
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"Have your team share your work. "
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

It is great for team blogs and marketing work.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

It takes awhile to learn all the features. I have had to learn from teammates and play around with the website.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

We wanted to market our work and campaign the #codeforall movement. It had helped us show the world the work that we were doing and increase awareness about the gap in Computer Science. More and more people had reached out to us about the opportunities to learn coding.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AB
Alexander B.
Founder
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"User Friendly"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Easy to work with. The standard for setting up landing pages and forms.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

Some wording can be tricky but once you get the hang of it - awesome!

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hosting landing pages for issue surveys and petitions.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SP
Stephanie P.
Enterprise Executive
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"WordPress is easy and efficient"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

I like the workflow of wordpress- it gives you direction and flow of information on pages you need to complete. It also is a visual-friendly tool which I personally like and think is especially helpful when designing a website.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

Sometimes importing images and attaching links/ other websites had weird displaying capabilities.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solved the problem of not having a website. Benefits are that it's very easy to create and maintain (make changes).

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
WS
Web84 S.
Ceo, Seo, Webdesigner, Grafics, Social Media
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"Best Content Management System with strong, innovative Plugins and endless amount of support"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Wordpress is easy and simple to use and at the same time it is very powerful, there are many possibilities to create great websites

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

There is nothing, so far, that I would really dislike.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

Different kind of Websites. Every client is very satisfied with wordpress

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
PK
Phoenix K.
Implementation Engineer
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"Best CMS for Small Online Businesses"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Wordpress.org, the self-hosted version of WP, is excellent for small online businesses. Most hosting companies have a one-click option to install it on an existing domain, and it is easy to set up and begin creating content.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

WP can occasionally be susceptible to vulnerabilities, so it must be kept updated on a strictly regular basis. Occasional users would not necessarily be aware of this and may end up with a compromised site.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to install and maintain WordPress on all of my sites and all of my clients' sites. The benefits to this are far-reaching.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Christine R. avatar
Christine R.
Digital Seamstress
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"Love WordPress!"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

Ease of use for both developers and clients.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

The security issue is always coming back.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

We build all of our websites in WordPress.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 01, 2017
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JS
Jesse S.
Content Creator
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"Hard Learning Curve But Worth The Investment"
What do you like best about WordPress.org?

I like the ability to buy or use free plugins to do practically anything with my site. Other websites host all their features, and this can be quite limited, but with all the Wordpress plugins, you can always innovate and update your site.

What do you dislike about WordPress.org?

I don't like how the different themes change the entire user experience. Change your theme, and suddenly your settings change and your ability to change the color palette for the website is located in some obscure location in one of your tabs.

What problems is WordPress.org solving and how is that benefiting you?

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