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When to Use WordPress: The Flowchart

WordPress is fantastic for some things, overkill for others, and poorly suited for still others.

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If you’re a web developer or site owner, a good question you should be asking yourself is: “When should I use WordPress?” As (in our minds) the world’s greatest CMS, WordPress is fantastic for some things, overkill for others, and poorly suited for still others. If you don’t know which is which, you can end up in a bind.

In other words, you’ve got a decision to make, and decisions mean one thing: Flowcharts.

always use a flowchart
Always use a flowchart

Our “When to Use WordPress” flowchart synthesizes our experience as both WordPress specialists and end-to-end web developers to describe which kind of projects should and shouldn’t use WordPress—and what alternatives to look for if WordPress isn’t a good fit. Read on!

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Your Website Isn't a Cost Center, It's an Investment - WP Business Tips
February 19, 2015 5:39 pm

[…] no reason to pay more than you have to—including paying anything at all if your needs are best serviced by Facebook page, a Tumblr account, or a WordPress.com […]

What WordPress Can’t Do For You - WP Business Tips
February 12, 2015 3:09 pm

[…] as you go further afield from WordPress’s core mission, the oases of WordPress easiness become less and less frequent. Eventually (say, if you’re […]

fredclaymeyer
February 9, 2015 5:07 pm

Loved it! Cool audio transcript. (May want to restore the WPShout watermark on the image, though.)

When Should You Use WordPress? - The WordPress Helpers
February 6, 2015 2:23 pm

[…] Source: WPShout : […]

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