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Common Wordpress Myths & Facts

Written by Jai on January 10, 2008 – 7:15 pm - 4,430 views

Wordpress Myths

A lot of people are still on the learning curve for WordPress, so I would like to clear some myths that exist in the blogosphere about WordPress.

1. WordPress is a Website Builder.

No Sherlock, WordPress is a blogging CMS and that is a fact. Although, there are themes and plugins which will make your WordPress blog look like a website.

2. I can use all the plugins in the world and they will rise my WordPress blog to fame.

I am sorry to say but you are mistaken if you think so. WordPress is a blogger’s nightmare when it comes to CPU usage. It can bring any kind of server (even enterprise ones) to its knees and most of the plugins are not optimized for their SQL queries. Plugins are notorious for causing high CPU usage on servers. So, be careful on what and how many plugins you activate on your blog.

3. WordPress is limited to WordPress.com

Many new users think what WordPress can only be used if they have an account on WordPress.com. It’s not so. Yes, WordPress.com offers free blogs to people who do not have hosting or a domain name but on the other hand, WordPress.org offers WordPress in the form of a software that can be downloaded and installed either locally (if you are running a server) or on your own hosting if you have any.

4. I can use blogger templates on WordPress and vice versa.

No. You cannot do that because coding for both kind of templates differs in many ways. Although, there are people who convert templates from one platform to another.

5. WordPress is only for hobby blogs.

Please search a little more, and you will find that a heap of professional bloggers are using WordPress as their blogging platform.

6. It’s easy for WordPress blogs to get hacked.

No. Just update your WordPress installation to the latest one and keep a track on the released security fixes. WordPress is as secure as any other normal website.

7. WordPress has little or no documentation.

Not true. If you look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page, you will find almost everything that you ever needed to know about WordPress. Also, if you search the Internet, you can find a heap of information readily available.

8. What… Only 10 widgets to use on my sidebars??

Please lookup Google.com and you will find lots of plugins that extend this functionality and allow you unlimited widgets on your sidebars. For example, this one :- http://thephppro.com/plugins/tppSidebarPageSections/

9. Where do I buy WordPress from?

Good question. I wish someone could charge you for asking that, but WordPress is a free software.

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13 Responses to “Common Wordpress Myths & Facts”

  1. I would disagree with number 1. Wordpress is very much like a quick and dirty website builder.

    Mitch


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  2. Nice job! ER~I’m here adding the 10th.

    10.WordPress can be installed in any type of hosting.

    No, WordPress can only be installed in the hosting which supports php+mysql.

    You know, in China(I think maybe in all over the world), people want to have a WordPress site but they buy a hosting which only support ASP Script. They waste $~


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  3. nice information that I got today..just for newbie wordpress like me..still learning..LOL

    thanks


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  4. @chada: good point.


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  5. Yes, not only plugin I think
    When the post number come to a big number, the wordpress itself uses a lot of CPU as well

    I really hope it can be optimized a lot


    Kevin
    Plenty of Software: Free downloads center
    http://www.plentyofsoft.com


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  6. Haha!

    Great list!

    Some of the things up there are pretty amusing however im sure people would actually think them!


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  7. Hi, i am new in wordpress but would like to find out the pros and cons between wordpress and joomla. Best Regards. Tom K.


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  8. Thank You Very Much man …..


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  9. Yes, not only plugin I think
    When the post number come to a big number, the wordpress itself uses a lot of CPU as well

    free software base
    http://www.freesoftwarebase.com


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