In this presentation, Fröjd Interactive - a web agency with technical core located in Stockholm, Sweden - shares our view on the benefits and challenges with Wordpress as a CMS. This presentation was presented at Internetdagarna 2014 in Stockholm - with the title Wordpress Mythbusters.

1. Wordpress - Mythbusters
In this presentation, Fröjd Interactive - a web agency with technical
core located in Stockholm, Sweden - shares our view on the bene!its
and challenges with Wordpress as a CMS.
24/11. Internetdagarna 2014
@FrojdAgency #ind14
Anna Gullstrand, VD, Fröjd @AnnaGullstrand
#wpdagen

3. Don’t get it if you are not
planning to take care of it.

4. Being stingy is not a reason to
choose Wordpress.

5. Multiple markets and languages -
a challenge.

6. Multiple editors - use trust
instead of code.

7. Watch your speed.

8. Wordpress on speed:
Invest in hosting
Write great code
Choose plugins carefully

9. Control your plugins.

10. Our plugin checklist:
1. Is it version controlled & stable? (GitHub)
2. Is there a vivid community around it?
3. Does it have a track-record?
4. Is it adding extra database queries?
5. Is it performing remote requests (> API)?
6. Is it loading A LOT of script & styles on every page?
7. Does it perform complex operations?
8. Does it do one thing, or !ifty?

11. App
WP API
as core
Single
Page
App
Website
Data/Content
Data/Content
Data/Content
Data/Content
?
The Future

12. It is a CMS - use it as a CMS!

13. @FrojdAgency
www.frojd.se
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