While my experience with WordPress has been admittedly limited – basically I used it for class only – I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to use. Working with WordPress’s most basic functions is fairly intuitive. It is relatively simple to get an account set up, write a blog and get it posted online. It becomes slightly more difficult, however, when you start working with some of the more advanced functions. The options are available to give your site a more custom look, but you have to know how to manipulate the appearance to fit your needs.

One of the more frustrating experiences I had during my interaction with WordPress revolved around limits on the amount/type of media I could include in my posts using the free version.

In order to accomplish some of the tasks I wanted, I had to upgrade my account. While this is to be expected, it does limit what the basic blogger is able to accomplish for free. Clearly, however, this has not significantly impacted the popularity of the platform. After all, more and more sites are created using WordPress every day.

I’m sure that the platform offers far more capability than I have used. In fact, I’m sure I have yet to really scratch the surface. However, the little experience I have with WordPress has been positive enough that I am interested in exploring what else I can do. On a related note, when I first established my blog (for class) it seemed as if there were far fewer themes available than there are currently. To me, this is intriguing, as I always like to have more design options. Essentially, the more choice available, the more appealing the platform becomes.

Despite its success, however, WordPress has a reputation as a blog site. Even with my limited use, I can see that it offers far more than serving as a means for bloggers to deliver their thoughts to the world. As it is grown, and features have been added, I feel that there is potential for WordPress to be utilized at the enterprise level. It would take the addition of enhanced collaborative capabilities, but the potential, as evidenced by past success, is most certainly there.

In the meantime, I will continue to use it as a host for my blog.and experiment with the new themes and capabilities that I have recently realized existed.