Once used predominantly as a blogging platform, WordPress is now one of the most popular website publishing and content management tools on the web. According to Tech Crunch, about 22 out of every 100 new active domains in the U.S. run WordPress. What’s more, one of the most popular publishers in the world uses WordPress.

Here are 7 things you should know about WordPress:

1. Updating your content is simpler than ever using WordPress. With its dynamic page creation you can update your site effortlessly without needing a large amount of storage
2. You can obtain a free website at WordPress.com with subdomains. This can be a great way to cut costs if you don’t mind .wordpress.org at the end of your domain.
3. The ‘Famous 5 minute install’. If you have already purchased and are hosting your domain elsewhere, WordPress can be installed quickly and easily. And have no anxiety – coding is not necessary.
4. Are there minimum requirements? Yes, if you are hosting your own website outside of WordPress, there are some requirements to consider. To get the appropriate support down the road, you will have to ensure you have the correct MySQL and PHP versions on your server.
5. To make your site look good, there is an wide-ranging selection of templates, called “themes”, available on the internet. Some are free, while others aren’t. Regardless, using these you are able to easily and quickly customize your site to your liking.
6. WordPress offers centralized management for all of your pages, posts, multimedia assets, and reader comments. It’s also very easy to manage users and user profiles.
7. WordPress encourages e-commerce. There’s an abundance of plugins that have already been developed that permit you to accept payments, promote, and more on your website. The easy plugin search keeps all of these options at your fingertips.