It was easy to learn and once I got started it got even easier. I also have a hard time with design, so the themes available made things way easier.

Here are some:

Google seems to love WP

There are about a billion useful plugins for WordPress

You can change the look of your WP site with the click of a button

WordPress is constantly updating their security features

You don't need to know HTML

Pretty simple to learn overall and the SEO plugins available make your on-page optimization easy to mark "done" as you go along!

WordPress is really good for Internet Marketing, because as warriors mentioned before you can change themes, install plug-ins and ta-ta-ta and etc.

For me using WordPress is most uncomfortable thing in my business. I am web developer and it always comes down to "it's working fine, I just need change this and this". I install 4-5 plug-ins to get required result and get 99% job done with no efforts, but still not happy.

tdj WP is a great tool until you want to do basic stuff.

Most of warriors will say that you can hire someone on oDesk and they will do job for you. This is true. Just sometimes price is too high Seriously. For my simple idea I got the most cheap offer of $700.

Finally, if you will know HTML this will help you to operate WP with more confidence.

there are many reasons most of them you can learn from the more you know the more money you can make

Hello,

Wordpress is a CMS for content management system. Basically a plug and play solution for a site, blog, forum, etc.

HTML is a programming language (Hypertext markup language).

if you dont know how to program in HTML, wordpress or any other CMS solution is the way to go.

So11

I stopped coding whole sites in Dreamweaver/Frontpage/even vi a couple years ago. It started with Movable Type. You had to "build" the site everytime you made a new page or change something. Wordpress is dynamic, which helps you build a site quickly. So I'd say that's the main reason. I'm a very technical person. I script in shell script on my UNIX system (FreeBSD and Linux mainly), however just because I *CAN* do something the hard manual way, doesn't mean I choose to (especially when it comes to blogging).

I have only one reason and that is Flexibility, and SEO friendliness.

I LOVE Wordpress, it's the only thing I use

No coding! That's my main reason. It's a very user friendly interface, and I create a site in 5-10 mins. You can't do that with html sites.

I have sort of a love/ hate relationship with WP. First, I disagree that WP is necessarily "easier" than building an HTML site -- making even the smallest of changes in PHP can be a nightmare. However, as others have already mentioned, I think Google favors WP (for some ridiculous and silly reason), so I continue to build with it.

The number one reason......it's super easy to install and get up and running. I do also use Xsitepro to create html sites and that is very easy to use also. But with Wordpress you have so many themes and plugins, its pretty much all you need to build a top notch website in minutes.

Dave

I have only 1 reason

Optimizepress

-Brandon

It is easy to customize the design. There are literally thousands of themes out there.

I know HTML and CSS inside out, But I use Wordpress any change I get,

It's the easiest software to install,

There are 1000's of free plugins and some class paid ones.

You can update it from anywhere you want in the world using the internet. Even you smart phone, Unlike HTML where you need a editor and FTP.

There are ton's of themes that install at 1 click.

You can move things around on your site using widgets in seconds.

hands down it wins 100% over a normal HTML site.

It is easy and once installed a new bie can even use it

There are many reasons to choose WP than an HTML site, not everyone knows how to use HTML, WP is very easy to be learned and it has so many free plugins which make it much easier to build a dynamic website.
Also with WP you can create a blog, a site with memberships, a forum and is totally free. It's just a simple way to have a website without the knowledge of much programming.

There are no time to write a whole website from scrach...Wordpress is easy and you can costumize it like you want to. Spend more time to make the website more perfect and less time to figure out why something is not working....

1. I can create a website in an hour.
2. I can create another website in an hour.
3. It's easy to use.
4. I can change my website in a few minutes, easily.
5. I can use plugins for SEO, contact forms, xml sitemaps and more.

: )

wordpress is easy for seo.

I have a few older HTML sites that are still alive. Only one I regularly update.
(Frontpage)

For the last 3 years, I exclusively use WordPress.

I love the fact that you can update your content immediately.

The wide variety of plug ins available (both free and paid) add much to the flexibility and ease of use.

Also the fact that it can be set up so quickly and easily. Easily!

Plus all of the themes available make customization a snap.

- I'm a technophobe and 3 years ago with my first blogging, I could use it extremely easily
- Lots of beautiful themes that's easy to customize
- Lots of useful plugins, no need to install some tricky scripts.
- Why writing from scratch if WP handles everything including updated content?
- SEO friendly and user friendly
- Very much editable (the CSS)
(I'm a WP die hard fan )

I prefer not to use Wordpress as I have written my own CMS platform that I use for my sites. I see absolutely no point in re-learning another thing if I can write effectevely what wordpress does but in a much smaller package. Then I have complete control over everything. I don't understand why people who are good at PHP and mysql would want to use Wordpress? However if you are not that way inclined then I am sure it would be easier to learn Wordpress than HTML, CSS, PHP and Mysql.

I am using both as equal,
anyway obviously wordpress is my favorite one between them,
because it's free and it has lots of plugins to use free.

I'm a die-hard HTML guy, but I'll play along...IMO, the best features of WP are:

Self-Linking...Just make a post and links are added to that page. Calendars act as site maps, etc.

Creates an RSS pheed automatically.

Auto ping.

1. It's Google Friendly

2. It's User Friendly

3. It's Free

4. Easy to change the look of your site

5. Easy to morph the functionality of your site to an eCommerce, News or even Pinterest kind of site

6. Mobile compatible

7. Fast (if you don't install too many plugins)

8. You can backup and clone it easily.

9. There are many programmers that are familiar with it. Help is always there.

10. Overall a good CMS service.

some best features like rss feeds post linking are very helpful that's why every one use wp

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I have one reason for using Wordpress as opposed to HTML...

1. EVERYONE else is using it. (Yes, if everyone else jumped off a bridge, I probably would too...)

* dripping with sarcasm *

Too many people hear the word HTML and immediately go into a state of unnecessary panic. They don't realize how goddamn simple it actually is and they never will because they just dismiss it without a thought.

Everyone reading and posting in this thread understands that there is no such thing as WP vs html right? WP is a platform that generates html, its the same as when someone uses dreamweaver or frontpage. Except you use a CMS that dynamically builds the HTML rather than manually creating the HTML. I just cringe when people say they prefer WP over html, WP is just one of many tools that builds html so you cant compare these 2 things.

Now if want to say you prefer WP over static html sites, then that is understandable.

All the above PLUS
its so simple an OLD man can di it!

Hi,

With Wordpress you have to take care of it's security on top of the Web Server security. There are just too many newer leaks after fixing up some older holes.

So there would X hundreds of attacks against WP layer and Y hundreds more against the server layer.

X + Y = thousands of attacks.

With HTML, you just take care of the Y factor, and usually that worry is well covered by your hosting provider. Result = peace of mind.

On the other hand, anyone with great content but zero HTML knowledge can go to the market almost instantly with WP. Time to market = speed means a lot to product owners and marketers.

The other great thing about WP is Content Management. Anyone can manage their content easily with WP.

But then again, there are scores of User-Friendly HTML page-making software that can cover both : Speed and Content Management. Mostly are simpler than WP Admin itself.

So the HTML page-making software cancels off WP advantages already.

What about bigger scale deployment, such as a Portal consisting of thousands of pages? Can HTML or WP handle them?

The answer is nope. It has to be enterprise-class applications serving all types of content and rich-media from an enterprise-class library. Again the server can be hacked, a Y factor but almost zero X factor to worry about.

So bottomline, the choice to use WP or HTML is very situational.

I use WP sites for lazy projects that I can get away with BUT I would put a stringent security policy in place.

Be aware that most hackings and hijackings occurred were due to lax security policies - whether you're on Drupal, Joomla, WP, HTML or enterprise applications.

I just don't yet have enough time to learn all the HTML I would need to make my site functional. I hope to learn more some day, but for now the WP software helps me launch sites in a hurry.

I'd say that there are so many free and paid plugins available. If you have a need for a specific plugin it is probably already out there and all you need to do is look and you will find it.
That and Wordpress is very easy to learn even for those who are non technical.

Im still using Dreamweaver because I know html and css but I'm defo gonna switch to wordpress soon..

Fergal

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I am a developer at roots, and recently got into internet marketing, advertising, etc (about 1.2 years ago).

I run 6 websites, one of which has around 25k unique users a day (it's a hot babes images type of website) for which i am now trying to find methods to monetize. 5 of the websites are static, html, the last one is a dynamic PHP website. Before i had wordpress websites, but had no success with them.

My experience:
- google indexes non wordpress sites a lot quicker (3 times it happened overning, i publish the site now, next day in the morning it is already indexed)
- google starts to ignore wordpress sites if they are not updated frequently (2-3 times a week at least)
- adsense is less effective on wordpress
- the seo plugins for wordpress are a complete joke at your expense
- most wordpress plugins slow down the site, effectively resulting in a slower site (and when you have several plugins - i am sorry for you)

Again, this is my experience. I would NEVER use wordpress for anything i do. None of my websites were affected by Panda or Penguin, where people i know running wordpress got kicked in the ass.

Why would you do html if you get all the benefits of wordpress. Plugins for everything and the membership stuff, email and and and... it is the easiest, best and most obvious choice.

I am looking for a Word Press master, who can help?
Please Skype or PM me.

Wordpress has plugins for just about everything which allows for customization. There are a ton of themes both free and paid. The learning curve to use it is relatively simple. Most hosting companies have one step install. It has pretty much become the standard in internet marketing. I could go on but that is enough.

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I use wordpress because it's easy and I don't know too much HTML.

However one wonders why you are asking this question (particularly with a thread title "top 10 reasons to use wordpress over html").

The learning curve is not as steep with WordPress.

Free Plugins to create google site maps

Free Plugins can create HTML site maps

Free Plugins can update your site maps everytime you make a new page or post

Free Plugins will update and ping your google and HTML site maps to the major search engines

Free Fire wall plugins

You can make a page or post today and delay the release of that page at a later date.

Wordpress automaticly generates a RSS Page

No need for a HTML template. You can use thousands of different Free Themes to make your page

No HTML Coding

we switched our whole site from HTML to wordpress /PHP cost around $300 bucks to have our programmer in pakistan change it all.

2bigjonnyg: you can learn HTML + PHP in a week and develop your own website with plain text database (no mysql) and you will save $300 on programmer and get ultimate knowledge.

Wordpress (or any other CMS): Harder at the beginning but easier later on.
HTML: Easier to get started but harder later on (maintaining / updating).

For something small ("brochure site") that hardly ever changes WP might be overkill.

I like wordpress because it is very versatile and user friendly. It's as easy as dragging, dropping and clicking to build a site. I tried my hand at html and while it was a good learning experience, wp web design is much less stressful.

It's still a hard decision, depending on what your site will be about.
For simple websites, in my opinion html loads faster on end-user's computer.

Lot's of great reasons above...I personally love WP because it's easy to learn and use and easy to add just about any functionality you can think of with plugins. I don't stress over security issues because I have all my sites set to do automatic daily backups, so on the off chance that someone mean finds and messes with my site, I just restore it and I'm good. Overall, WP has been a great tool that's made my life a lot easier.

Have many themes. Very useful and google loves him.

Fantastic and smart way to make an ebook