Gary Eckstein

WordPress is most commonly known as Blogging software. WordPress has however undertaken major transformations since its early days; WordPress is now a very capable Content Management System (CRM) suitable for most businesses.

WordPress has managed something unique in the ‘world’ of software; it is equally simple to use and capable for all size of businesses as well as being extendible enough for most needs. What’s more, WordPress 3 will be offered in a single edition/version (i.e. there will no longer be separate software for WordPress MU and the ‘standard’ WordPress); most other software is offered in Student editions, Enterprise editions, Small Business editions and so on. The single version of WordPress is adaptable for all needs.

One of the biggest advantages of using WordPress in small and medium size businesses (SMEs) is that, even if WordPress is initially set-up to serve a single WebPage, it may be extended at any time to incorporate additional functionality such as integration with SalesForce.com. For large organizations too, moving to WordPress offers many advantages such as the use of a standard and GPL backbone comprising PHP, HTML, JavaScript and MySQL that offers simple integration with most other technologies.

It is easy to see why WordPress is so popular …

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