Whenever it comes to create a website we absolutely hear a name that is wordpress
so what is the wordpress how it works and why it have that much popularity than other content management systems. In this article we are going to learn about everything you need to know about WordPress.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is an open source and free to use  content management system with whom you can create websites and blogs without any coding knowledge. It works like a software where you can create and easily manage your website.  More than 37% of websites built with WordPress. Wp is built on PHP (PHP is a programming language that is mainly use for handle the back end of any website. It is a very popular language that used for beck-end even Facebook  built with PHP)

Why WordPress is easy to use ?

We have discussed above about wordpress is easy to use, now let’s talk about why it is easy to use. WordPress contains a lot of Free themes and plugins. what is theme? Theme is responsible for the look of the website. What type of theme you choosed is decides how the website is going to look. How the header will look, how will the body going to look what kind of footer you can make, everything depends on the theme you have choosed.  In my opinion Astra and Oceanwp are two best wordpress theme. With them you can create any kind of website as if portfolio website, blog website, corporate website even ecommerce website.
What is plugin?  Plugins are used for enhance the functionality of the website. For example if you want to create an eCommerce website, you have installed a theme to make that beautiful, but for make your website a complete ecommerce site you need a plugin called woocomerce. If you install this plugin and setup it, you can add various type of products with their category and attributes. It allows customer to add the product in cart and purchase it. So plugin is like an app that enhance the functionality of your website.

What kind of websites you can create with WordPress?

With WordPress you can create almost all type of website.

You can create websites 

• E commerce website 
• Portfolio website
• Resume website
• Affiliate website
• Blog website
• Multi vendor website
• Job searching website
• Corporate  website
• Forum website
• Gaming website
• Real estate website etc

WordPress.org vs wordpress.com 

Let’s talk about wordpress.com first. If you don’t have your domain name and hosting and you want to create a blog or a simple website you can do with wordpress.com it allows you to create your own website without hosting and domain. But there is some limitations on design and customization. you can’t design your website exactly like you want.

Now let’s talk about wprdpress.org. It is the where you can read about wordpress documentation, about wordpress plugins, themes etc. If you want to be a wordpress developer, you can download and install wordpress from there and practice your skills

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