Many people who are very familiar with computers and the internet have never heard of Wordpress, or if they have, they really have very little understanding of what it is and what it can do.

Many people making their first attempt at creating a personal or business web site will not even consider using Wordpress.  After all, Wordpress is just for blogs, isn’t it?

The answer is, absolutely not!  Wordpress is arguably the best platform there is for creating a blog, but it definitely is not just for blogging, it is so versatile and so customizable that it can be used to create just about any type of web site you can imagine.

What with the hundreds and hundreds of plugins available for Wordpress, and the hundreds and hundreds of free and premium themes available for Wordpress, it becomes a simple matter of choosing the correct plugins and themes to create the perfect web site to suit your needs.

Plugins, in case you are not familiar with Wordpress, are little applications coded for Wordpress, and they are extremely easy to install and configure.  These applications make it so very simple to allow Wordpress to perform complicated tasks, completely automated, and without any further effort or involvement from the site owner.

Here are some examples of what Wordpress plugins can do for you…..

• Control and practically eliminate the spam comments that your site may receive
• Automatically create a Google compliant sitemap for your web site
• Automatically help to make your site SEO friendly for the search engine spiders
• Install a contact form on your site so customers can contact you
• Make it easy for site visitors to refer your content to the Web 2.0 sites
• Install Adsense ads on your site
• Turn your site into an ecommerce site complete with shopping cart
• Automatically upgrade your site to the latest version of Wordpress
• Create RSS feeds for your site and submit to Feedburner
• Automatically backup the database for your site
• Convert your site into a membership site and handle subscriptions and member management

And the list goes on and on…..

Same thing with Wordpress themes.  There are hundreds and hundreds of free themes that you can download and install on your web site.  If you want a theme that is specialized and loaded with extra features, then there are premium themes available at very reasonable prices, and they are available for almost any type of site you can imagine.

Premium Wordpress themes are available for…..

• Social web sites
• Business web sites
• Corporate web sites
• Photo galleries
• News sites
• eCommerce web sites
• Grunge type web sites
• Music web sites
• Real estate web sites
• Auto sales web sites
• Sports related web sites
• Church web sites
• School and team web sites

And again, the list goes on and on…..

Some good demonstrations of premium themes can be seen at iThemes.

So, when it comes to building a web site, whether you are a raw beginner or an experienced site builder, it will pay you to consider using Wordpress.  You can literally install Wordpress, install your plugins and theme, and start adding content in just a matter of minutes.  In no time at all, you can have a great looking web site up and running, and you can do it with very little cost and very little experience.

If you have no desire to tackle the project yourself, there are sources available that will install a custom Wordpress web site to your specifications, and again, at very reasonable cost.  More Info