8 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT WORDPRESS

And have been dying to know

IT IS COMPLETLY FREE

But there are lots of people who make money from it by supplying premium

themes and plugins to enhance it

THERE ARE OVER 30,700 FREE PLUGINS THAT CAN YOU CAN USE

TO ENHANCE YOUR SITE

Some of these are great and you couldn't live without them. Some are awful. Some need a premium version to work best.

Some might break your existing WordPress site.Caveat Emptor

THERE ARE OVER 2,500 FREE THEMES THAT CAN YOU CAN USE

TO ENHANCE YOUR SITE

Some of these are great. Some are awful. Some are just there to suck you into buying the premium version.

Caveat Emptor

IT HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED

MILLIONS OF TIMES

30+ IN FACT

This means lots of websites out there use it as their platformBut of course it also means that it was just downloaded and it

sits on their hard disk.

IT ISNT JUST FOR BLOGGING

… now boasts some great CMS features

Lots of people who have never used it still perceive it (wrongly) as a blogging platform only.

It is a great blogging platform though!

THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT IT DO IT FOR FREE

The actual number of paid staff of WordPress is small.It is supported on the site largely by unpaid volunteers.

YOU CAN INSTALL IT IN 5 MINUTES

Yes if you know a bit about websites. If you don't it will take a bit longer.

Best to use someone who knows what they are doing –amazing lead in to next slide

IF YOU WANT A WORDPRESS SITE I CAN HELP

All my websites are done using WordPress

Contact me on kieran@grangewebdesign.com or +353-21-242 8497 if interestedOr Tweet @grangeweb