Commonly known by its acronym “CMS,” your content management system is generally the backbone of your website, whether it’s a blog or a complex, user-driven portal.

As a result, it’s essential that you and the team members involved during the strategy building phase of your digital project consider why choosing the right CMS now is critical.

What to Remember When Choosing a CMS

1. You may be prone to security breaches. Widely distributed content management systems are very often prone to regular security breaches. These threats include basic bot scripts trolling the internet for old and faulty versions of your CMS, to more sophisticated personal data theft attempts. Regardless, as a website owner you’ll want a content management system who’s security is widely accepted and respected, in addition to an option that is regularly updated so as to plug security gaps found after the previous version has been released.
2. You’ll want a user community to be available quickly and easily when things break down. During the diagnostic process of repairing a broken feature or any other technical aspect of your website, you or your developer will most likely check first to see if the bug has been replicated by another individual. This means heading to Google or the CMS’ developer community. Systems lacking such a community or widely read database of bugs can mean increased costs for you, the owner, thanks to a more lengthy repair period. Features such as discussion boards can cut this period in half or better.
3. Switching CMSs can be costly. Although we often provide comprehensive transfer services for clients, either from host to host or from one CMS to another, it is definitely prudent to make sure that you’ve made the best choice so that this situation never arises. Having published thousands of posts and have ten times the number of comments, it can be much more costly to correct any hiccups during the transfer process.

So what’s our answer to such a critical decision? Well it’s WordPress of course! This blogging-platform-turned-CMS not only provides updates consistently and often so as to plug any security holes, but boasts an amazing user community as well.

Thanks to recent updates such as custom post types and the ever-growing plugin community, WordPress consistently provides our clients with the flexibility and security they need to promote their digital ventures all while keeping costs low.

So what will you publish today?