I use WordPress on all of my clients’ websites, unless they specifically request another content management system, and here is why:

Publishing

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform. It allows you to add and remove pages, edit content, add blog posts, review comments and more, all within a well designed and regularly updated web interface. The workflow is intuitive, and it stays out of your way, giving you only the tools you need, and only when you need them.

Design

It allows for entirely custom design layouts and unlimited templates. With WordPress, it’s simple to create one template for the home page, another for regular pages, another for blog posts, etc.

Extendability

There are, as of this writing, 4,245 available plugins on the WordPress website. Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine, from shopping carts to image galleries to contact forms.

Reliability

The WordPress website claims over 22 million downloads of the software. With this many users, they offer almost endless plugins, fantastic documentation, active user forums, and regular maintenance and feature updates. Many web designers know WordPress so you can feel secure that you will always be able to get help with your site, whether it is from myself or another designer.

Price

WordPress is entirely free to use. Not too shabby!