Summary
WordPress is used for 41.9% of websites currently, it's also one of the leading website builders around the world. WordPress is popular as it's easy to use and beginner friendly regardless of coding knowledge or experience.
What is WordPress?
WordPress is a content management system or a CMS which is used to easily build websites. It is a very flexible program that fits most web needs as it can be a blog, e-commerce, portfolio, educational website and many more. WordPress was designed to be beginner friendly and prioritizes ease of use. Websites can be created without any knowledge of coding. The website service provided by WordPress is as easy as dragging blocks onto a page. As of June 1, 2026 over 41.9% of websites are WordPress (W3Techs).
What does WordPress offer?
WordPress is easy to use and can be used to update your businesses website. For example, promoting an event or sale can be as easy as dragging blocks onto the website. This keeps the website’s content up to date and informative rather than static. WordPress offers downloadable themes to install on the website. They’re a way to customize the colors and appearance of your website. Plugins are add-ons that extend the current functionality of the website. These plugins add SEO tools (our blog about why SEO is important), additional security, contact forms, page builder and e-commerce functionality. They’re are plugins for almost every need, regardless of how specific they may be. Themes and plugins are optional and can be used to the discretion of the business. There is almost sixty-one thousand plugins on WordPress and new ones are being created everyday.
Why your business should use WordPress.
WordPress can easily be shaped to fit any business need through plugins and themes. WordPress allows for flexibility not seen in other content management systems. Websites created on WordPress are also very scalable, allowing websites to be larger in size. The security on WordPress is secure and has plugins to further the website’s security. WordPress is often pushing patches and updates that address concerns or problems. WordPress allows a business to easily update the website’s content and their functionality in a convenient way.
Sources:
W3Techs data trends of the top content management systems