5 Reasons Why I Love WordPress

Despite giving WordPress a very hard time whenever they mess up; for example, making my life a living hell whenever there are technical difficulties and writing about those experiences, I still love WordPress a lot.

Damn! WordPress can be a sharp pain in the buttocks at times!

As a matter of fact, the way that WordPress works is akin to a loving spouse who acts not so loving whenever there is a full moon in the sky (Instead of divorcing them, we learn to live with them).

So, without further ado, it is time for me to tell you why I really love WordPress.

1.) WordPress Is Modern

Many of you will agree with me when I say that WordPress is modern.

Those mischievous Happiness Engineers are always working in the background to modernize WordPress.

By the way, glitches tend to sneak out of the woodwork like cockroaches at night (And, that sends many people [myself included] temporarily insane).

Thank you Happiness Engineers for making our lives miserable!

However, when things do work out, they work well.

I was one of the many people who became disappointed when they heard that WordPress was getting rid of the old editor and replacing it with some monstrosity known as the Block Editor.

Ironically, I was one of the many people who volunteered to be a beta tester for the Block Editor.

Back then, the Block Editor was extremely buggy and I would ask myself, “What the hell did I get myself into,” on a regular basis.

Today, I can use the Block Editor with ease.

Hey, if I am smart enough to use Arch Linux, I am smart enough to use the Block Editor.

Automattic can you promise me that you are not going to change the Block Editor and replace it with something that is more complicated?

The last thing that I want is to be taught by an alien from the Andromeda Galaxy on how to use WordPress’s latest editor (I might be a sucker for punishment, but I am not that crazy).

WordPress has come a long way where modernization is concerned. Anyone who has been using WordPress since 2012 will admit to you that the layout of the dashboard area has changed drastically.

If anyone who has not used their WordPress account since 2012 returns to create a blog post, they will be shocked to see all of the changes and might not know where they should start to create a blog post.

There is a high probability of them going somewhere else to blog or they might upgrade to the eCommerce plan with the hopes of using their beloved Classic Editor.

Modernization certainly comes at a price.

We are forced to learn new complicated ways of doing things ― the very same things that were easy to do on WordPress a few years ago.

Anyway, many of us have managed to get on the proverbial program; we learned to do things WordPress’s way (And, there is no way for us to put that oppressive genie with the wicked smile on his face back in his tiny Arabian-styled bottle).

As strange as this may sound to some of you, I am kind of eager to see what the hell is WordPress coming with next.

2.) I Enjoy Interacting With My Fellow Bloggers

It should not come as a surprise to you that I enjoy interacting with my fellow bloggers.

I truly enjoy:

• Reading their blog posts.
• Pressing the Like button underneath the blog posts of theirs that I thoroughly read and liked.
• Leaving valuable comments in their blog’s own comments section.

And the best part of all, they reciprocate (What goes around, comes around).

Most WordPress bloggers I know are highly supportive of each other.

Also, some of my fellow bloggers do things differently than I (Well, that is to be expected because they are their own people ― people who possess unique personalities).

Some of my fellow bloggers are known to:

• Moderate their comments in a strict manner.
• Not moderate their comment at all.
• Take part in regular blogging prompts.
• Not take part in regular blogging prompts.
• Blog regularly.
• Blog sporadically.

Sometimes when they get together in the comments section of my blog, they tend to piss each other off.

When I go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning, I am surprised to learn that they nearly fought with each other.

I remembered promoting Linux via one of my blog posts.

Apparently, John mentioned something about him only using MacBooks because it works for him and Orca was not having any of that; she wanted him to use Linux (preferably Linux Mint).

Steam came rushing out of John’s ears; he resisted the urge to hit Orca over the head with his MacBook (I am happy that John did not do that because if Orca got injured, Robin would have to pull the slack by filling in for Orca and spreading the Linux evangelism on Orca’s behalf).

Orca, I would like you to know that John has absolutely no interest in ever using Linux. He has the Apple logo tattooed on his forearm and is into all things Apple (He will ignore you if you try again to convince him to use Linux).

So, Orca, you are free to bombard Sadje with a link to the most user-friendly Linux distribution that you could ever think of (Sadje is a pacifist; she would not hit you over your head with her MacBook).

What I like the most about my fellow bloggers is that they are capable of sharing their differences without murdering each other.

3.) The WordPress Reader Allows Me To See The Blog Posts From All Of Those People That I Am Following As Well As Locating New Blogs From Other Bloggers

The WordPress Reader is one of a kind; I do not think that I ever came across anything like it anywhere else.

When I was on Blogger, I had to press the Next Blog tab to come across new blogs on Blogger (And, most of the time, they were blogs that were abandoned or blogs that I had no interest in).

I eventually found blogs on Blogger that I was interested in; I found them by doing countless hours of searching and interacting with bloggers who blogged on Blogger via a Facebook group that I was once a part of.

Today, I do not have to be a part of a blogging group on Facebook in order for me to discover blogs that I am interested in on WordPress (I can easily do that via the help of the WordPress Reader).

If you have never used the WordPress Reader before and you would like to learn how to use it, I recommend that you have a look at, Reader by the WordPress.com Support Team.

For the record, I am fully aware of the fact, that there are bloggers who do not use the WordPress Reader (I am okay with that).

Hey, do whatever works for you when it comes to finding new blogs on WordPress.

My educated guess is that the people who do not use the WordPress Reader find new blogs by clicking on the names of the people who commented on their blog posts (That is another wonderful way of finding new blogs on WordPress to visit).

4.) WordPress Is Easy To Use

Once you have mastered the WordPress wizardry and all of the advanced quantum physics that is required to use WordPress, you can find your way around WordPress easily.

Truthfully, once you make a conscientious effort to learn anything new, you will find yourself learning it (And, the same thing applies to learning how to use this futuristic version of WordPress).

People of all ages and educational backgrounds have learned how to use WordPress and if they can do it, you can do it too.

5.) WordPress.com Is Very Search-Engine-Friendly By Default

Yes, my friend, it is true that WordPress.com is really search-engine-friendly by default (If you have trouble believing that, you should read, Search Engines and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) by the WordPress.com Support Team.

The truth is that most of us do not mind the idea of seeing our blog posts being listed among the Search Engine Results Pages on Google or Bing.

I did some investigating recently and I learned that my blog posts were being indexed regularly by Google.

Also, that is good news for anyone who has a business-related blog on WordPress.com.

Final Thoughts

WordPress might not be perfect, but it certainly gets the job done.

I love WordPress because:

• It is modern.
• It grants me the pleasure of interacting with my fellow bloggers.
• The WordPress Reader allows me to see all of the blog posts from those people that I am following as well as locating new blogs from other bloggers.
• It is easy to use.
• It is very search-engine-friendly by default.

What are your reasons for loving WordPress?

Please feel free to tell me the reasons why via my blog’s commenting section.

And, thank you for reading!

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