Having been blogging for about 3 years now I have had the opportunity to test and trial Wordpress as a blogging platform for a long time now. Having seen how it has developed and grown has been amazing and we are now seeing it develop into a fully fledged content management system and it seems that a lot of website designers and small business owners are starting to consider it as a great alternative for their websites.

So let's jump straight into the major advantages of Wordpress for business owners:

1. It's A Low Cost Method

Websites can become extremely expensive with a lot of original coding put into each unique website. Wordpress is a free platform that you can use as a base to our website and save yourself a lot of money.

As Wordpress is such a widely used platform, there have been a lot of free plugins and even themes (designs) made available to use users - which makes Wordpress extremely customizable. And also allow you to building a website for literally no cost!

2. It Is Easy To Use

Websites have widely been seen as a complex thing that should be best left to the experts. Wordpress has allowed everyday computer users to easily install, edit and update their websites with little or no technical knowledge.

Depending on your blog hosts, there are even options to install the software in a few clicks and if you upload a theme, you can have your new website ready to go in less than 5 minutes - a lot sooner (and cheaper) than going through a website design agency.

3. It Helps Keeps Website Current

You may have noticed that the majority of websites quickly get outdated because they they never get updated with current information. This is usually because the website owners do know know how and are not willing to pay their designer to update their site.

But with WordPress, business owners are now able to run a blog on their website, which allows them the opportunity to update their websites with what is happening and keeping visitors up to date - and coming back!

These are just three simple advantages of using WordPress. However, this doesn't mean that it is the best content management system for your websites.