Deflating the WordPress Myths Bubble
WordPress myths are loud and abound. And you can’t really blame myths who rake up these myths, for a platform as popular as WordPress is susceptible to opinions, all of which are not right:
WordPress Is Not Robust Against Intrusions
To begin with, with a countless number of malicious hackers out there, every website, irrespective of on which platform it is made, is vulnerable to attacks. That said, WordPress comes with impressive line of security features that lend a robustness to your website, and makes it extremely hard for intruders to crack it down. If WordPress has a larger clout of threat, it is only because it being the most popular blogging platform.
Having mentioned that WordPress’ security algorithms are in their right place, there is an amount of responsibility you must take upon your shoulders. There are some basic rules like choosing the best configuration and signing up for updates as frequently as you can. Also, when you are in the process of picking a theme for your blog, let loose some cash from your pocket. If you invest in buying premium themes, you are going a long way in ensuring blog safety.
WordPress is Slow
This is a myth that stems from some quarters where webmasters run their websites on shared servers, which probably come dirt cheap. Voices coming from them are always complaining how WordPress has killed their website’s loading time and how clunky the website performance has become. However, if your server is something which does not crumble under the load of thousands or lakhs of visits per month, you would be only pleased with the speed WordPress offers. One more thing that can serve you well in the long run is if you hire the services of developers who can keep optimizing the PHP and HTML codes of your site.
WordPress Can Go Only As Far As Looking Like a Blog
It is a fallacy that WordPress comes with a lack of options for lending your blog a website look. As a matter of fact, the biggest corporate in the world build their official websites on WordPress, choosing just the right theme and hiring designers who can lend it the requisite design elements by coding. Even if you are not willing to make an investment, you have a range of free themes at your disposal, with most of them modeled on a formalistic appeal. You are given the freedom of choosing your own set of colors, fonts and the layout of the site.
Trusting WordPress Plugins is Treading a Dangerous Territory
The WordPress plugins may not come with a permanent watermark against their name, but they are as trustable as WordPress themes. Granted, there is no dearth of plugins which are actually coded by hackers with malicious intentions, but you can trust the ratings awarded to them before you download and install them on your site. These plugins are created by the most experienced coders who know the way web works.
Disabling Comments Will Save my Website from Spam and Negative Feedback
it’s acceptable to take every step with caution, but when you mistake that caution for sheer inflexibility and lack of ambition, you are not letting your website breathe. WordPress comes with an excellent spam manager,
Akismet. It is a highly effective spam resistor that lets you keep spammers at bay, without an inch of effort from your side. As far as the negative feedback is concerned, apart from a disgruntled soul with a lot of time to waste, you won’t find many folks posting negative comments on your site if the quality of content or services you provide does not let you down.
WordPress blogging is a rewarding experience for a budding writer. But, set the records straight before you jump in.