Attention creators! WordPress is a better and cheaper option for your online portfolio

One of the biggest myths about WordPress, the CMS that potentiates ⅓ of all web pages, is that it "only works for blogs." I have been a user of the platform since 2005, when it was necessary to install it manually with the databases and by FTP, and since then it became clear to me the potential of a system in which after designing my site I only had to worry about updating as if he sent an email. He wrote, published and done.

The way you arrange categories, feeds, widgets and graphic design elements allows you to have a front magazine or portal type is exactly the same process as feeding a blog chronologically inverse. We can apply that same logic to creating online portfolios for artists and content creators.

Although systems like Wix or Squarespace spend millions of dollars in advertising (mainly on Facebook and YouTube) to attract young professionals and creators in order to have a homepage that integrates your work, the truth is that WordPress has offered this for more than a decade and with a much more effective price and that it is better in the long term.

Here we explain in 5 points why it is better to have your portfolio in a WordPress hosted within a great cloud hosting service like KIUBIX.

1. More for your money

The annual expense of hosting your portfolio in a service with first-rate technical support is much lower than having it within a proprietary monthly payment service.

2. You own your data

What you host on your server you can back up freely and even migrate to more capacity or, if necessary, reduce your plan. In the end, you can do whatever you want with your database and files.

3. Pay once for templates or builders premium

There are options as Semplice, a theme professional developed by the creator of the Spotify interface or microplatforms as DIVI, which make it extremely easy to have a portfolio with a look professional and advanced. Usually, these purchases are one-time and for less than $100 USD, with support for years, so you will never be out of date on trends.

4. The freedom of open source

By having your WordPress self-hosted in a quality service like the one offered by KIUBIX, you can make precise and specific modifications to the same CMS or details that you want to improve on the theme of your choice. That is not possible on a proprietary third-party platform or on WordPress.com.

5. The support of a community with thousands of plugins, free or paid

Maybe you want a specific function of e-commerce or a form to collect emails, or a better control of your SEO. And maybe you are not an advanced developer. That is why it is important to remember the gigantic WordPress community, with super useful plugins that are often free and specific or niche options, at low cost in marketplaces like Envato's.

Not sure where to start? We suggest you hire the best hosting for WordPress with technical support in Spanish, and if you need more help, sure at KIUBIX they will be able to support you.