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Is WordPress a CMS? Yep.

A recent article in PC World, WordPress Guns for Web Content Management Duties posed the question, is WordPress finally at a technological level to be a qualified as a CMS (Content Management System)?

“There’s a debate raging within Twitter about whether traditional blogging platform WordPress is also a CMS,” wrote Tony Byrne in a blog post. Byrne is the founder of the CMS analyst firm The Real Story Group, formerly called CMS Watch. “Our take: many organizations are using WordPress as a CMS. That makes it a CMS.”

Our response is the same. For smaller websites, WordPress gives you all the control and all the muscle you really need to build a fully-functioning modern website. And if there’s a particular tool you need that’s not included, you can usually find it as a plugin from the WordPress Website. In fact, there are now over 9,000 plugins available that let you add calendars, custom contact forms, slide shows, e-commerce, expert SEO and more!

And, all of this power comes with a price-tag that is usually significantly less than building a website in Drupal, Dreamweaver, or Expression Engine. In fact, cost is one of the big benefits for smaller businesses. Why use a jack-hammer to build a site, when a small hand-held hammer will do quite nicely?

For WNET, using WordPress cut the cost of setting up a television Web site, from an estimated average of US$25,000 to $40,000 down to $5,000 to $10,000, according to a white paper posted by WNET and digital design firm Tierra Innovation, which helped with the implementation.

Ready to have your new website built quick and cost-efficiently in WordPress? You can contact us today (via our Contact Form plug-in) or learn more here.