{"id":1062,"date":"2026-09-04T17:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friezedesign.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2026-09-04T17:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:40:59","slug":"why-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friezedesign.co.uk\/blog\/why-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Why WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad\"]{text-align:center;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Georgia, serif;text-transform:capitalize;color:#ea024d;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h4 class=\"kt-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1062_ef26e4-ad\">&#8220;01. Build Anything&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p> WordPress is popular &#8211; for a reason. It is used as the basis of more websites than any other single platform in the world &#8211; for a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use it to build practically anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress : Solid, Mature and Capable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress has been around a long time, and over that time, it has evolved and developed into a extremely powerful web-based application, capable of creating highly complex and advanced websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The underlying code structure of WordPress is highly flexible, allowing it to be extended for all manner of use cases. On top of that, its popularity has led to many developers using it to &#8216;bolt-on&#8217; their own specialist functionalities, extending further the areas in which it can excel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this of course, doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t be used to create simple websites too, it absolutely can &#8211; after all WordPress started out as a &#8216;blog engine&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build Anything &#8211; Such as:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>E-commerce Website<\/strong> &#8211; Shop, Retail, Basket, Checkout, Transactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Events Website<\/strong> &#8211; Date, Location, Duration, Booking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Online Booking\/Appointments Website<\/strong> &#8211; Availability, Online Payments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Membership Website<\/strong> &#8211; Share, Collaborate, Paid Tiers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magazine Website<\/strong> &#8211; Articles, Sectors, Categories, Tags, Comments, Ratings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Educational Website<\/strong> &#8211; Learning Management System (LMS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arts Website<\/strong> &#8211; Add Portfolios, Audio, Video, Photos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community Website<\/strong> &#8211; Multiple Contributors, Private Pages, Document Sharing, Announcements, Events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or any combination of all the above&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is part of a series of short articles highlighting why we choose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friezedesign.co.uk\/wordpress-web-development.html\">WordPress as the web design and development platform<\/a> for our clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;01. 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