February 24, 2004

Three reasons to use WordPress

Christian Crumlish

Matthey "Doubting" Thomas offers three reasons why he uses WordPress 1.0 to drive his website:

  1. I can't, and shouldn't, control the sites that link to mine. So when they do link, I should make sure their links don't break. The URIs (addresses) WordPress provides for each article I write are almost exactly how I want them. Even if I change everything else about the site - including the software it runs on - the addresses can stay the same.
  2. WordPress is licensed under the GNU General Public License. I generally prefer GPLed software, because over a period of decades, it maximizes the rights of those who use it. (In the short run things may be different, but I'm a long-run sort of person.)
  3. WordPress is currently not very popular. Therefore sites that use it are, in general, a less tempting target for attackers. As a side benefit, the developers are very responsive to feedback from users of the software.
Posted by xian at February 24, 2004 1:41 PM
Comments

I've seen some creative misspellings in my time, but that takes the biscuit. :-)

Posted by: mpt at May 3, 2004 4:41 AM
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