A content management system, or CMS, is an application people use to manage content. The information is stored in a database, and it is accessible to everyone in the organization. The basic features of CMS are content creation, content storage, workflow management, and publishing.

WordPress is the most popular content management system, but there are others available:

  –  Drupal

  –  Joomla

  –  Magento

  –  ModX

  –  Squarespace

  –  Wix

  –  Weebly

Advantages of content management systems

  –  They are collaborative location-independent tools. Users across the world can contribute to create, edit, and optimize the content managed through a CMS. They can be accessed anywhere, and in some cases, even from various mobile devices thanks to their user-friendly interfaces.

  –  Since it doesn’t rely much on HTML and CSS, CMS can be understood by people from any background. You don´t have to be a programmer in order to create content using CMS.

  –  Content management system also uses administrators. They are responsible for setting the boundaries of who can write, edit, or publish content. CMSs are SEO friendly, and they even allow you to install some plugins for optimization.

Disadvantages of content management systems

  –  They can be vulnerable to hackers. Hackers can take advantage of the fact that CMSS are typically free and accessible to anyone. However, any responsible SEO company routinely takes actions to prevent hacking as much as possible. Some of these measures include keeping your plugins updated and opting for two-factor authentication access.

  –  They can affect loading speed. CMS platforms can cause low speed or lagging on your website, so using a good caching plugin is essential. The plugin will load the site faster for repeated users by remembering the previously requested HTML.

  –  You might have to learn some HTML. Depending on what you want to achieve, you might still need to know some HTML. Although knowing HTML and CSS is not necessary to use a CMS, sometimes your posts don’t look exactly how you envisioned them, or you want something different that can’t be obtained using the features available by default on the CMS.