WordPress Powers Over Half of Britain’s Small Businesses – Far Beyond Blogging

WordPress has for most of its life been considered nothing more than a simple-to-use blogging platform. Of course, the fact that it was launched as a blogging tool in the first place makes such a definition anything but surprising, but even to this day with so many powerful websites having been crafted with WordPress, it’s found it quite difficult to shake its somewhat deception handle.That could all be set to change in the near future however as new research suggests that as far as small businesses are concerned, WordPress really is the only way to go. If the data from 34SP.com is anything to go by, then no less than half of all smaller and newer businesses in the UK have chosen WordPress over all other CMSs available, cementing its position as a leader in business website creation.     The news “finally blows away its image as just a blogging platform," wrote 34SP.com.Of those businesses that confirmed they were using WordPress as their primary CMS, the overwhelming majority reported a staff contingency of less than 50 people. Unsurprisingly, when quizzed as to why they chose to use WordPress it came to pass that most favoured the fact that they didn’t have to understand the ins and outs of HTML to use it, nor did they need any specific experience in building, owning and operating websites.In addition, 16% spoke of the way in which WordPress presents an endless array of plugins and a further WordPress saluted the way in which websites built with the CMS can be operated and controlled from any computer with Internet access. In short, WordPress has made an extraordinary name for itself as the CMS to go to for any businesses in search of quality, power and extensive features but not in need of the OTT complexities that come along with traditional website development.Others polled in the survey said that they were won over by the fact that the support network of WordPress users and professionals is pretty mind-blowing to say the least. In addition, others spoke of the ease of weaving SEO into their WordPress websites.In terms of the downsides however, it became universally clear that the biggest concern of WordPress users and the general web community alike is that of security. Just last week, a further 50,000 websites found themselves in harm’s way when the popular MailPoet plugin was found to have a rather serious vulnerability.“Despite its origins as a blogging tool, WordPress has now evolved into a trusted CMS for businesses,” wrote34SP.com technical director Daniel Foster.“The very fact it was designed as a blogging tool means that it’s simple to upload content and add pages, plus it can be managed from any computer".“We have actually seen an increase in the number of businesses wanting to host their WordPress site with us, and our research further proves that it is continuing to gain popularity with business users.”