Wix Vs WordPress: Website Builders and CMS Platforms
Not everyone is a programmer so many aren’t able to build their website from scratch on their own. Thus they had to hire developers and pay a considerable sum to make their website. Well at the end of the day developers are human too so you had to bargain or choose the right man for the job. Or there’s a risk of being cheated or hiring an inexperienced person for the job. Both of which were unacceptable especially if your capital was limited. Well if it were the old times theirs no way to tackle this but now is different. Because of the website builders and CMS platforms
Website builders and CMS platforms enable you to build a site just by dragging and dropping. Here to build a site all you need is to follow the instruction give on the site or learn from tutorials. Which believe me you will find plenty.
Also, these sites are so well received that it has also opened a wonderful door of opportunities for developers all over the world over the years. Be it new positions from the office or earn from home online many new possibilities were open. Like for beginning-level programmers who didn’t know various complex codes. Now are able to easily arrange sites for clients quite easily which would be a big help for senior developers.
These types of sites are especially useful for creating a workable portfolio for people of various platforms who aren’t related to programming or temporary sites like freelance content creators, bloggers to write their blogs, beginner video or audio content creators to stream their talent online, quick competition sites where you can stream your talent within a limited amount of time and many more.
Now among these Website builders and CMS platforms, WordPress and Wix are not only well known but also are in high demand as well. Especially WordPress as it’s well known for its ample amount of themes and plugins. While Wix is known for its simplistic usage. So let’s compare them a little shall we? Though at the end of the day the final verdict will depend on you as this are just my point of view which can differ from your point of view.
Ease of use
Both are easy to use in which can build your need website quite easily. Wix website builder is a complete drag and drops style website building platform which is very easy to use for new users. You don’t require different software to achieve this. If you require extra features there’s a dedicated app store for it which is quite easy to use.
WordPress also has similar builders. But they are in form of a plugin and also it’s well known for its huge collection of themes and plugins that it has. But some of them are easy to install which require some technical expertise.
Website templates and themes
Both have pre-made themes and templates ready to use from the get-go. This is very helpful for beginners. Also, these themes and templates are designed with the modern trend in mind thus not only are they user-friendly but mobile-friendly as well. But if we were to talk about the number of options available then it’s a different story altogether. Not only does wordpress have more themes even its collection of premium themes is way more than Wix.
E-commerce integration
We all know how e-commerce is booming nowadays. And it’s not a big surprise that almost all who want to start this business but have no programming background. But would want to use these platforms to make it. So the question is are they capable. Well, the answer is yes. But wix is more suitable for small startups whereas wordpress has a plugging know as woo-commerce which is more superior to wix. As it is more flexible as well as support multilingual transactions better