{"id":7,"date":"2020-07-20T06:51:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T06:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2020-07-20T06:51:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T06:51:07","slug":"why-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Why WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WordPress<\/strong>&nbsp;is, by far, the most popular open source Content Management System (CMS). It&#8217;s used by approximately 75 million websites.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WordPress<\/strong>&nbsp;is free to install, deploy, and upgrade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are more than<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/\">&nbsp;50,000 WordPress plugins<\/a>&nbsp;(often free), such as slideshows, contact forms, SEO optimization, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is popular because it meets the demands of many users with its flexible framework, which allows designers and developers to create and modify layouts and applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before WordPress became a popular CMS for website development, it was developed for non-tech savvy bloggers. So, most of the user-interface components are easy to use, and there are written and recorded manuals available for easily learning how to use WordPress functions. While I can handle all the complexities of setting up and customizing your website; all you have to do is to update the content on pages, posts, widgets, etc, if you choose to maintain your on site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advantage of having WordPress, is that you don\u2019t get locked down by a static website or proprietary CMS that can only be maintained and upgraded by your web developer at additional costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress&nbsp;is, by far, the most popular open source Content Management System (CMS). It&#8217;s used by approximately 75 million websites.&nbsp; WordPress&nbsp;is free to install, deploy, and upgrade.&nbsp; There are more than&nbsp;50,000 WordPress plugins&nbsp;(often free), such as slideshows, contact forms, SEO optimization, etc. WordPress is popular because it meets the demands of many users with its flexible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8,"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smmesites.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}