What more could you want or need? In just reading the what is WordPress you will find the terms themes, widgets, customizations, search engine-friendly, link management, permalinks, blogging, tags, comments, Trackbacks and Pingbacks, posts, plugins, and much more! So my question is[...], will WordPress kill static websites?
Some reasons why I think WordPress will cause static sites to die:
- WordPress is easy! Almost anyone can install and build a web site using WordPress. (Many hosts no have one-click WordPress installs.)
- WordPress is FREE! It is an Open Source project. Yes, freeeeeee is good especially in this economy!
- You CAN have static pages on your WordPress site. There are many sites out there that have the “look and feel” of static websites which leads me to the fourth reason. It is not just for bloggers.
- Easily customizable, so easy you can change the entire design of you site in one click. Do you know how much money you save by not having to redesign your site to keep it “fresh”? I do redesigns all the time and they are not cheap. Do you want to update your own site without having to know code?
- Widgets! So easy a caveman can do it! No, just kidding, but Widgets make content management on your pages so easy. There are so many, I can’t even guess how many WordPress widgets are out there.
So why am I telling you all of this, so I lose money? No, because I love WordPress and think everyone needs a WordPress site. I would choose to design a WordPress site any day over coding a static site. Everyone website owner can benefit from WordPress.
Designers, developers, bloggers, seo-ers (yeah, i made that up), anyone reading, I want your feedback. Please comment with your opinions.
WordPress has a templating system, which includes widgets that can be rearranged without editing PHP or HTML code, as well as themes that can be installed and switched between. The PHP and HTML code in themes can also be edited for more advanced customizations. WordPress also features integrated link management; a search engine-friendly, clean permalink structure; the ability to assign nested, multiple categories to articles; multiple author capability; and support for tagging of posts and articles. Automatic filters that provide for proper formatting and styling of text in articles (for example, converting regular quotes to smart quotes) are also included. WordPress also supports the Trackback and Pingback standards for displaying links to other sites that have themselves linked to a post or article. Finally, WordPress has a rich plugin architecture which allows users and developers to extend its functionality beyond the features that come as part of the base install.
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Wordpress is an awesome CMS tool and I often use it to build corporate websites for my clients.
You do have a point, but I still think that there is a need for static sites, especially brochure websites that may be easier to create from scratch (rather than creating or modifying a wordpress theme).
I see your point too, Cre8ive Commando. Thanks for commenting. Some think WordPress will kill Dreamweaver, I think everyone will always need editing software of some kind.
I think your position is extremely valid. WordPress has definitely empowered the blog owner in so many options - without the need for much programming/design knowledge. My only question is how will Google respond to the increase in wordpress sites in their algorithm compared to static - in the near future I would predict a significant shift.
SEO will travel to a whole new level.