So… You have a business, or you’re starting a new one, and you need a website (or you badly need to update your exiting website). You’ve looked around and realized that there are a LOT of options out there: WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, custom, and more. But which one should you choose?

In this post we will explore the 9 reasons why a WordPress website is the best option for you (regardless of who you are). Let’s get started!

1) You aren’t locked in.

The other guys (Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, etc.) won’t tell you this, but once you start your website with them you are pretty much locked in. It is impossible to “export” your website so that you can use it with a different service. If you end up being unhappy with the service you are getting, or you’re running up against one of their limitations, you’ll need to start your website completely from scratch with the new service you choose.

This isn’t true if you choose a WordPress website. You can easily “export” your site and go to a different website hosting company if you are getting bad results from your current one.

2) You don’t have limitations.

With other services, not only are you locked in (see #1 above), but you face significant limitations. For example, if you are a fan of PayPal, and you choose Squarespace, you are out of luck. They will only allow you to use Stripe. Do you want to sell products or services in China, or Russia, or Mexico, or Spain, or hundreds of other countries? Sorry, but Squarespace’s commerce feature limits you to the US, the UK, Canada, and Ireland. That’s it.

With WordPress, you don’t have these kinds of limitations. You can pretty much do anything (legal) you want.

3) Development speed.

As you know, technology moves REALLY fast. One of the disadvantages of WordPress is that it uses a standard code as the basis for all websites. This makes it an attractive target for hackers because if they find a security flaw that they can access, they can get to a LOT of websites. And that’s one of the reasons why WordPress is so good about updating often to close those security vulnerabilities.

If you rely on a theme that is slow to update, you not only risk having a broken website, but even if everything “looks” fine you are still open to security vulnerabilities. Since the Divi theme has a whole team behind it, they typically have their update ready to go as soon as WordPress publishes theirs.

3) Popularity means more resources are available.

Did you know that WordPress powers over 25% of the entire internet? And the developers of WordPress are shooting for 50% within the next few years.

CONCLUSION

At the end of the day, WordPress is the absolute best option for just about any kind of business.