Over the last decade, we have built many websites and eShop using WordPress, one of the most popular content management system that was used by 40% of all websites on the Internet, for some good reasons.
Open-source
As a web developer and designer, we like to use PHP and MySQL which is a cost-effective solution for creating websites because they are both open-source software.
Popularity and Continued Development
Since 2003, WordPress has continued to develop, transforming from a simply blogging platform to one of the most popular content management system. Due to its popularity and open-source programming language, tens of thousands of plug-ins (free and premium) are available to enhance the features and functionalities of the websites.
Lower Cost
WordPress has been a cost-effective solution to many small-medium sized companies and startups to start a presence on the Internet in the past twenty years. The available templates and plugins have saved a lot of our development time which translate into faster delivery and lower costs for our clients.
Challenges
However, major customization is needed to create a unique and professional corporate or eCommerce site. For over a decade, we had to highly customized the website, write additional CSS, add plug-ins, and even fix bugs for professional themes. It is because standard theme will not satisfy the clients' needs, particularly for multilingual websites. Besides, some plug-ins may have conflicts. Then there is a give and take decision to make.
All in all, that is why we have developed our own Content Management System that allows us to create unique, user friendly, fully responsive and scalable websites to meet our clients' needs.
