{"id":20506,"date":"2018-12-11T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=20506"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:22:46","slug":"what-is-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/what-is-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is WordPress & What Is It Used\u200e For? Beginner’s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“So what is WordPress, exactly?” – you might be wondering. The simplest answer is this: WordPress is your website’s operating system.<\/strong> \u2699\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Think of it this way, just like your smartphone needs either iOS or Android to work, your “smart-website” needs\u00a0WordPress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\ude84 Shortcut:<\/strong> Want to make a website with WordPress? Read this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

While WordPress is certainly not the only website operating system around, it is the unquestionable leader in this space. At the time of writing, WordPress runs 42.5% of all websites. Again, that is *all*<\/strong><\/em> websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just to show you how big the gap is between WordPress and everyone else; the second most popular website platform, Joomla<\/a>, is used by less than 3% of websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t

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What makes WordPress dominate this much & what is it used for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are at least a handful of reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n