3 Reasons WordPress Has Become the Perfect CMS for Membership Sites
Posted on 02. Nov, 2011 by Steve in Tips & Tricks, Wordpress
Since the release of WordPress 3.0, it has finally started to be recognized by the general community as an effective CMS and not just a blogging platform. While devoted WordPress fans have known about it’s power for a long time, it wasn’t until recently that the average webmaster considered it a viable, long term option. In fact, there are a number of reasons that WordPress has evolved into the perfect CMS for your membership site.
1. Development Community
The driving force behind the boost in power of WordPress as a content management system is it’s development community. WordPress has become well known for having one of the largest and most active community of developers and testers of any CMS, both open sourced and commercial. This has not only been the reason behind the vast amount of growth and improvements in the WordPress core, but also in the supporting themes and plugins as well. This means that you will not only get the power that WordPress offers, but also the flexibility and simple customization that the growing number of plugins can offer.
2. Emphasis on Simplicity and Flexibility
If there is one thing that the development community has focused on, it is flexibility and simplicity. The goal of WordPress is not only to provide a simple solution that a first time blogger can easily understand, but also the flexibility and functionality that a seasoned veteran requires. This can be seen throughout all aspects of WordPress from the customizable themes to premium plugins. With a few plugins, you can dramatically alter the appearance and function of your WordPress site within minutes. As an added bonus, there will rarely if ever be any integration issues that can’t be resolved with little effort.
3. Complete Solutions
The biggest benefit to using WordPress for your membership site is that there are premium plugins that allow you to effectively manage all aspects of your membership site and affiliate program. This includes integrating payment processors, adding members to your mailing list, and much more. With most other CMS options, you will end up either having to piece together several scripts to achieve this. In some cases, these scripts are generalized and not CMS specific, which raises the likelihood of integration issues at some point.
There are several fundamental characteristics that are necessary for any CMS that you use to support a membership site. It has to be reliable, provide you the flexibility to do what you, and be easy and efficient to use. WordPress meets all of these criteria with flying colors. Plus, it has the largest active development community that is consistently improving it’s functionality and ensuring it’s security. With the growing number of premium membership site management and affiliate management plugins, getting up and running is getting easier every day.
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