Why Not Custom Develop a CMS?

Some organizations may prefer to develop a custom CMS tailored to their requirements. To develop and maintain such a custom-made CMS, the organization will need a lot of human resources, time, and effort. Hiring developers with impeccable technical knowledge is the key success factor of the project, which is very costly.

Even after the initial software development, the CMS software needs to be enhanced continuously to support new requirements. The software should also be kept up-to-date with the latest security updates and technological advancements. It should also be updated regularly to comply with online policies and social media changes and to support various ad placement options. So, there is a recurring cost for maintaining the IT team, irrespective of whether the team has enough work or not. Regular software updates require a more significant investment in hardware resources as well.

Moreover, the capability of the in-house team will be only as good as the aggregate experience of the whole IT team. When an experienced developer leaves the organization, it will affect the team’s capability to manage the software.

Why WordPress for News Portal CMS?

WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world. It is open-source software, continuously updated and maintained by hundreds of techno-enthusiasts. WordPress has a market share of 40% of all websites, and 64% market share of CMS-based websites, as of 2021.

WordPress is highly flexible and customizable, by using themes, plugins, and custom programming to match the requirements of any content-related project such as a news portal. It can handle various media types and allows the embedding of social media links.

With a powerful CMS platform like WordPress, news editors can easily log in to the dashboard and use its simplified interface to create stories. An editor can type the desired title, subtitle, excerpt, and content to create a story. Moreover, the editor can add photos and other media to the content, embed social media links, assign the story to a news section, and publish it online. The editor dashboard is mobile-friendly too.

The workflow of news editors can be managed by giving them proper access permissions. The stories can be published immediately or scheduled for automatically publishing later.

Moreover, most of the journalists are familiar with WordPress as they get trained in WordPress CMS from their journalism schools.

With advanced caching, security firewalls, and content delivery network (CDN), WordPress is fast, secure, and scalable.

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