What’s WordPress?

WordPress is an open source blog software package that works exceptionally well as a content management system. It makes it easy for anyone to set up, manage and maintain a website—without having an advanced degree in geekery.

• First off, since WordPress is open source, it’s free. That’s always a bonus.
• Since it’s open source it also has a thriving community of developers constantly improving the software and creating plugins to expand the software.
• WordPress lets you create pages (stand alone content) and posts (time-driven content) to build out the content of your site.
• You can also easily manage your site’s look and feel with themes. These are custom designs for your site that control how everything is laid out and organized.
• The software is highly customizable, so you can use it for just about anything.

Learn more about how to get started building a WordPress-powered content management system.