At Consensus, we are huge advocates of open-source and all of its inherit advantages. One of our favorite platforms is WordPress. What started out as a simple (but powerful) blogging platform has matured into a robust content management, blogging and media platform.

If you are interested in learning more about our WordPress services, please contact us today!

Here is why we consider WordPress a development favorite:

WordPress is Open Source Software

WordPress is an Open Source software which means there are no licensing costs and it combines content management, blogging and media management all in one smartly organized and extensible framework.

Even better, there is a large network of developers always looking to help (including us)!

User Friendly

Most designers and developers spend so much time trying to provide the right branded experience for their clients’ audience, they neglect the most important audience – the site administrators and content creators! WordPress was created with the content creator in mind and there are hundreds of free tutorials to assist your team in content creation and site management.

Themes

Working with a small budget? We can design a custom look-and-feel for you or we can help you choose a premium theme that best fits your brand. A theme is the overall look and feel for your site. This not only included the overall look-and-feel, but also the sites functionality.

Extended Plugins

Our favorite part of the WordPress framework. There is a large “plug-in” community that allows us to add functionality to your site quickly and inexpensively. Some of our favorite plug-ins include contact forms, database backups, SEO extensions (to help automate your SEO success), sliders of all kinds and even an ad manager (in case you want to monetize your site!

Standard Web Compliance

WordPress have gone to great lengths to make sure every bit of the code at the presentation layer is in full compliance with the standards of the W3C. This is important not only for interoperability with today’s browser but also for forward compatibility with the tools of the next generation.

Easy Upgrades

They have added a new feature in their recent release that allows a one click upgrade for all features in WordPress.

Spam Protection

WordPress comes built in with very robust tools such as an integrated blacklist and open proxy checker to manage and eliminate comment spam on your blog. There is also a large quantity of plugins that can take this functionality a step further.

Full User Registration

WordPress has a built-in user registration system that (if you choose) can allow people to register and maintain profiles and leave authenticated comments on your blog. You can optionally close comments for non-registered users. There are also plugins that hide posts from lower level users.

Cross Blog Communication and Search Engines

While there seems to be some confusion between a content management solution and a blog, the key is about building inbound links. WordPress fully supports both the Trackback and Pingback standards. It notifies search engines and other top blogging services with the use of Ping-o-Matic.