WordPress is for sure the world’s most popular content management system, CMS, with a huge 22,674,100 active websites using it making up 60% of the marketshare.
Released December 2018, it’s fair to say the new WordPress 5 update to some parts of in the digital world is as significant as an upgrade to the latest IOS release.
That similarity means 3 things:
- You know at some stage you will be moving to it
- For the pioneers who click update at launch, new updates comes with bugs to discover and fixes to wait for
- You know you’ll update and start saying ‘ooh’ & ‘ahh’ when you encounter the new features and capabilities
Why use WordPress
WordPress is a powerful, user friendly CMS which can revolutionise websites and their output. It’s perfect for blogs, yes. But it’s easily adaptable for much more, with multiple user access logins, copious 3rd party plugins, and a large community of developers. It’s also got workflow management control, great SEO rankings potential, and breathes mobile responsive.
WordPress is great for both personal sites and businesses with users ranging from bloggers, freelancers and start-ups to large institutions, events, and festivals. It’s an awesome tool for all levels if you know how to tailor it to get best results for your needs.
Which websites use WordPress
These are lots of high-traffic websites using WordPress:
- The New Yorker
- Lollapalooza
- The Walt Disney Company
- Mercedes Benz
- The White House
- Verizon Thios
- Ted Blog
- BBC America
- Van Heusen
Things to know when updating to WordPress 5
Now Christmas is over and we’re into 2019, I bet you’re thinking, new year – new WordPress 5. In that case, here’s a checklist before updating:
- Backup your website (very important)
- Update everything – PHP, plugins & all
- Stage the site
- Perform a quick website user test
- Gutenberg Editor – Learn it, use it, love it
If you’d like to find out more about what you can do with WordPress and best practice when updating to WordPress 5, drop me a message 🙂
