Every webmaster gets into building websites through various paths. My journey is unique, but I suspect has some similarities to other web designers.

For the last 2 years I’ve pretty much built all websites with WordPress. But WordPress wasn’t my first kick at building websites.

I started with Site Build It! It was good for learning, but I wasn’t wild about the designs. That said, the SBI library of resources about building an online business is second-to-none. The cost was well worth it given what I learned.

Then I toyed around with Joomla. I thought Joomla was a wonderful gift because it’s free. However, it was a little too cumbersome for my liking.

That’s when my web design and development world opened up with WordPress.

Like some many people I thought WordPress was just for blogs. This is one of the biggest myths out there. I’ve built dozens of stunning business websites with WordPress and using themes.

My 4 Reasons for Using WordPress

1. It’s free. What could be better – a terrific website building platform that doesn’t cost anything to use. I’ve since paid for many themes, but there are free themes available. They say there’s no free lunch, but WordPress is an exception.

2. You can build any kind of website. Sure, you can build a great blog, but with the right theme, and there are thousands of them, you can build stunning static websites. I use WordPress for my offline business websites and enjoy high traffic and conversion rates.

3. Almost unlimited free functionality. There’s this really cool community of developers who create plugins that add all kinds of functionality to WordPress. Most of these are free, but some do cost money. For pretty much any function you want, there’s a plugin that will work for you.

Moreover, many other third party developers ensure their software integrates with WordPress because WordPress is so incredibly popular and widely used. This means that if you purchase any other type of software to integrate with your website, it’s likely it will integrate with a WordPress site.

4. Easy to use. When I started building websites, I didn’t know a single line of code. I never took a class. I knew zip. Yet, within a couple of days, I had a live website on the Web with WordPress. Since then I’ve learned some code because I spend so much time building sites … but you can get away with building websites in WordPress with never having to learn any code.

The future of WordPress is bright. It’s still incredibly popular and the platform improves all the time. Moreover, more and more third party developers such as theme creators are coming out with some incredible themes that make setting up a stunning website a breeze.

Next, start your WP journey with my favorite theme framework. Find out how to buy the Genesis Theme, or read my Genesis Framework review.