Word Press is an open source Content Management System (CMS) widely used as a blog publishing application. It is the most popular Content Management System being used nowadays. Content Management Systems store the content separate from the interface of the web site while maintaining a neat look.

Word Press can be used as a complete Content Management System. It allows a simple and easy way of writing and editing posts as well as adding pages. This feature of Word Press allows you to set up the look and feel of the web site and add multiple web pages as and when needed. It also allows you to set up any page as the home page and rest of the blog inside the web site. Word Press has a rich plug-in architecture which allows outsourcing software development companies to extend its functionality beyond the features that come as part of the base install.

Featured articles can be stored on the front page with latest news listed chronologically on another part of the page. You can also set up separate pages for different categories such as Fashion or Sport. More robust and feature-filled Content Management Systems tend to be weak in user-friendliness and high on complexity. Word Press is a Content Management System that offers free themes and templates in terms of both quality and quantity.

Another great advantage of Word Press is its excellent back up and support facilities. It offers a huge knowledge base that stores information on everything from installation to upgrades. Word Press also has an active community of users who post to the blog. Users from this community provide instant help on any thing that is not found on the blog.

Word Press can run on your web hosting service. It is used extensively by companies in outsourced software development. Word Press is very secure and reliable because of its large user base and development back up. Your site can grow at a very fast pace. Many organizations that are into offshore software development provide Word Press based web design solution to there clients.