WordPress has been around now since 2003. It started out as a blogging platform, however now it has grown to the single largest website platform.
Reasons to consider why WordPress is right for your non-profit:
Unlimited possibilities
Unlike many platforms on which users run into barriers on what they can accomplish, WordPress pretty much has unlimited capabilities. With tens of thousands of plugins available, there is very little you can’t accomplish with your site. If there is not a plugin, as WordPress is an Open Source platform, anyone can develop something to accomplish exactly what you need. We can help you customize the site to accomplish everything you need in a website.
It’s Free
WordPress, being open source, is a platform that you can download and deploy at no cost for the platform. You will need hosting at a monthly fee, but the platform itself is free. There are many paid plugins, however Lowthian Design provides many of these to you as a partner.
Donations
It is very easy to integrate many different donation platforms seamlessly into your WordPress site. Many giving platforms have developed their own plugins to make it very easy to add donation forms to the site, or you can build your own using plugins from the major credit card processing companies. Lowthian Design has created many custom donation forms as well as event registration forms with payment options.
Customizations
Working with a development partner means you can make the site your own. If your organization has custom posts such as events, programs, campaigns, videos or any other specific information that needs to be easily updated, these post types can be created making them very easy to manage. You don’t need to edit pages looking for the information to change. You can create templates for the posts and as simple as filling out a form you can add new posts to your site. You can even schedule these posts. So if you have an event happening on a certain day, we can show you how you can create the post and schedule when it shows, and schedule it to remove itself from the site on the day the event ends.
Editing on the go
With WordPress there are easy ways to post without even logging into the site. , or download an app for your smartphone that allows you to post content when you are on the road, at an event, or if you want to allow others to post content for you.
Ease of use
WordPress can also be customized to make it easy for volunteers, or other members of your team, board etc to make updates to the site. So without extensive training you can assign people to make updates to the site. This helps keep the content fresh and interesting without it having to be the responsibility of one person. Lowthian Design provides training to it’s partner’s team one-on-one or as a group.
Site Ownership
With many content management systems you are not completely in control of the site. If the platform wants to start charging more, or limiting capabilities you are at their mercy. With WordPress, you completely own the site. If you want to move it to another hosting provider or even host it yourself, you can easily transfer the site. You can also make ANY changes to the site without restrictions.
To view some sites built with WordPress, head over to our portfolio and click on WordPress
