If you believe you have something important to publish that others would read, then blogging is for you and WordPress will help make this happen. The best part is you can get your messages out to potentially millions of readers and subscribers for no cost at all.
In addition to being free, WordPress is very user-friendly and the speed of which you can get your blog set up and operating are three very good reasons to use WordPress for your business or personal blogging needs. In fact, WordPress can easily be used as a substitute for a traditional website. In these cases, these websites are called blog websites.
Another benefit of using WordPress is that you do not have to know how to code or create a website. At the simplest level, once it is set up or installed, which is also easy to do, all you have to do is log into your account, write your article and publish it by clicking on the "Publish" button.
WordPress is an open source software. Open source, according to dictionary.com is defined as "A method and philosophy for software licensing and distribution designed to encourage use and improvement of software written by volunteers by ensuring that anyone can copy the source code and modify it freely."
In layman's term, it mean anyone including you can take the WordPress code and modify it in any way and even redistributing it with your changes, if you have the programming skills to do so. Open source also mean that WordPress is free and nobody can charge for the software. They can however charge for the service of installing or customising WordPress for example.
There are three versions of WordPress you can use depending on your needs and available resources. For an absolutely free version, you can have your blog hosted by WordPress.com. The second version is a self-installed version, allowing you to host your blog on your own domain and on your own web server. The final version is called WordPress MU, which is a multi-user version, allowing you to offer blogs across a group or organisation.
The real power of WordPress is realised when you start to install plugins, to enhance or customise your WordPress blog. You can choose to install free plugins or create your own for your specific needs. In fact, the WordPress website has a plugin repository where you can browse for plugins for almost all purposes.
Everyone has something to say and with WordPress, it makes it easier for anyone to say anything. Personal users can write about their holiday and upload some happy snaps or use it as a place to record and share their favourite recipes. Businesses can keep customers informed about business related matters or even provide free educational information. As the saying goes "The sky is the limit".
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