Choosing a perfect platform for building a website or blog can be tiring and calls for research. There are many options to choose from the list of accessible Content Management Systems (CMS). WordPress is one of them. From Wikipedia - “WordPress is reportedly the most popular website management or blogging system in use on the Web, supporting more than 60 million websites”. WordPress.org “powers more than 25% of the internet — with interests ranging from the news shaping our world to personal stories that shape our own families and lives”.

Now, let’s get straightforward with talking in detail about WordPress.org. It is a powerful Content Management System which is famous for its One-Click 5-minute Installation and that too, for free. “WordPress is completely customizable and can be used for almost anything”. (WordPress.org) Most of the people looking to build up websites are often enticed by the tags “Free” and “Unlimited”. While you can download and install WordPress for free, you have to look beyond what is not told. There are no hidden costs, of course. If you value your time (and money), you can see it as your ultimate hidden costs.

WordPress requires a hosting service to get your website seen by the world. You will have to pay a web hosting service provider to get your self-hosted WordPress website online. Most of the best web hosting for WordPress services have pre-installed WordPress.