Get to know wordpreess

1. WordPress is a content management software which is open to users for them to modify
its features and functionalities as per their own prerequisites. The basic design and
coding of this software is based on PHP and MySQL..
Originally, WordPress was built to be a blogging software, but due to its nature of being
open source, people have creatively converted it into a website making software too.
Today web developers are using it for creating beautiful responsive website designs.

2. WordPress installation & maintenance is as easy as any other
software and can be installed on your host server or on your own
personal computers as software packages and consumes barely
five minutes to complete the installation.
Using the WordPress
For a layman, it can be asserted that WordPress runs on
databases. In order to work on WordPress, you should know how
to create databases and utilize them to work on this software and
then you can store and present all your content in the form of
posts or articles or pages on this inventive software.

3. There are two ways in which you can install this open source software. One way is to get
onto wordpress.com, register yourself and then set up your blog or website. In this
method you will be storing all your site’s data on to the hosting server of
WordPress.com.
There is another way you can install it, and that is on your own server in which all the
data of your site will be stored on your server and not on wordpress.com. This way you
can manage your data and site without the need of logging on wordpress.com.

4. If you are designing a website for the first time, then you will not
have to worry about its design as WordPress offers a huge set of
inbuilt themes and design templates that are readily available to
be used.
You can also perform theme design & customization on the ready
templates available and make it more relevant to your own
business requirements.
If you wish to set up an e-commerce website, then WordPress
also offers ready to use magneto templates that you can select
and include it as a part of your web design without any efforts or
hassle. Later you can modify it as per your requirements.

5. Website applications of WordPress
It is not just one type of website that you can make using
WordPress. You can design websites for all sorts of
industry sectors and applications like –
Blogs – you can create and promote blogs with
numerous templates available
Your business and promotion – if you are building your
website to promote and grow your business, you can
very well do that too.
Educational websites – you can create passive websites
where content is more of informative type and does not
need constant updating or user interaction.
Pictures – if you wish to create a photo gallery, then
WordPress allows you to do that too with a number of
inbuilt plugins.

6. Conclusion
Knowing WordPress is just the beginning as the
applications of WordPress and its potential capabilities is
beyond our imagination.