Awesome! WordPress is a highly respectable option. It's not for everyone, but it's by far my favorite and website builder of choice.

@@Craylor if its your favorite and website builder of choice why would you make a video labeled *avoid wordpress

@@mustafa501M clickbait. I mean, not completely deceptive since the video does contain why SOME people should avoid it, but yeah the title holds a different sentiment.

I totally agree!

wordpress is awful

Theoretically it could be better! I would just make sure the platform made from scratch has been well designed and thought out. Shopify and Wix have spent years refining their e-commerce experiences, and it takes a lot to build a store experience from scratch. Amazon spent many years perfecting it.

Thanks Kevin! I appreciate your support.

wordpress is awful, needs many things for it to work.

Thanks for making me aware of that! I will fix that.

That was a suggestion for a good security plugin! WordFence is a great free security plugin that has saved me more than once and protected my WordPress sites. The WordFence research team actually discovered a compromised plugin, and it was one my site happened to be using. I had a scary issue where someone was generating admin accounts to access my WordPress site and could do anything they wanted to modify it. I Googled it, and WordFence had a blog post about the issue. I removed the compromised plugin, and because I take nightly backups, I suffered no long term issues.

After noticing that my hosting was reporting a high amount of "usage", I installed WordFence, which stopped a stupid amount of hacker traffic that was trying to infiltrate my server. It has been a must-have for every site I've built since then. It's always fun to see the IP addresses that get blocked every day. Keep up the great videos!

Thanks! I appreciate your support.

It's totally personal preference! If you want ultimate flexibility and you are tech savvy, I would recommend WordPress. If you want to customize a lot of things but you aren't as tech savvy, Wix is more expensive but simpler to use.

xorbodude yes, walkthroughs would be helpful Taylor.

Thats something you need to do on your own, he isnt a mentor

Thank you for the suggestion! There are a lot of different variables so it would be hard to recommend a specific option to a business without knowing their needs.

Kinda what he getd paid for... wtf dude. Haha

What options a business should take are up to the business owner. This guy just gives advice.

Absolutely, nothing is 100% hack proof! There will always be imperfections because we live in an imperfect world. We can just do our best to secure everything and decrease the chances of a problem.

Like eBay but very smaller

Thank you! Hearing this means a lot. I appreciate your support.

Glad you enjoyed!

WordPress + WooCommerce + WordFence would be a good free combo. If you need free hosting, you can look at getting a free instance on Google Cloud Platform!

this is true for absolutely everything. like Joomla, Drupal etc.

Yes, basically every CMS has caveats, even the drag-and-drop ones. Hopefully this one brought you some knowledge about WordPress!

Not sure if that's really you in the picture but if it is, you're gorgeous...just saying.

Thank you for your suggestion! I really like this idea and I’ve added it to my list of videos to make.

@@Craylor Your welcome, I look forward to watching them in the future.

Your site sounds like you'll need a lot of plugins, potentially custom plugins. Be prepared to hire a developer to do that if you don't do coding yourself. Best of luck!

@@Craylor but why I need a developer, plugins already there and support their products...

@@ahmadmerei7979 If you've already found plugins and APIs to support what you need, no need for a developer! I just figured with a site as complex as yours, you may require something more custom than an out of the box plugin.

You can actually set up an entire WordPress website on your iPad! I recommend using Safari for everything, but you can also download the WordPress app and connect your site to it once you've done the initial setup. Creating a WordPress website on an iPad exclusively is definitely not ideal, but it can be done.

I'm not sure that "non open source" is better. Open source can be seen as a huge advantage by many. The website builder you prefer is personal preference, but in my view, open source vs non open source is irrelevant unless you want open source for a specific reason.

I honestly know nothing about subscription models with WordPress. I wish I had something to give you, but I don't know! Maybe a future video?

Staples! It’s the Dormeo Espo Octaspring chair.

Use WordFence! As long as you're cautious and a bit tech savvy, you'll be alright.

Hi, Developer here. Would you mind telling me what is the techstack you have chosen for your custom CMS ?

thank you

Absolutely! There are tons of WordPress developers out there who can make you an awesome website.

If you go the WordPress route, check out LearnDash. I am going to be exploring this soon, as I am working on launching my first online course and will be using it.

@@Craylor That's awesome. I am looking forward to your video. Also, goodluck with the course mate.

Yes. Just by a WordPress site being live on the internet, it can be hacked. The motive for hackers is not usually to "hijack" your website and change the info (i.e. targeting a large corporation to screw with their site) - the motive is usually for hackers to breach the site so they can install PHP scripts that send spam mail from your web hosting account, or host a hidden page on your web hosting that's one of those scammy "windows tech support" pages people get to. Hackers can and do leverage other people's web hosting accounts for this type of stuff so you get in trouble and get your account banned instead of them. WordPress is a common back door to do this.

@@Craylor can you make a video *how to make best of wordpress' security* when you create a site there?

@@SomeDud-lm1mi Like this idea! I might have to do that.

Thank you, I'll add that to the proper spot!

Thanks for the feedback, Paul. This was an older video, so I've improved quite a bit since filming it!

Totally understandable! What website builder do you prefer?

My point is to make people think twice before using WordPress and consider if it's right for them. For some, Wix or Squarespace type builders may be a better option, but they may instinctively try WordPress first without really realizing the pros and cons.

@@Craylor and the Pros and Cons of wix and squarespace ?

thanks

I need to check out Ghost! I've heard it mentioned many times but haven't gotten around to testing it.

lol, How are you gonna just tell him what to do... School yard bully... hahaha JK I do love his Simple, calm, informative, delivery of information. I know he would kill it if he made step by step tutorials on how to do things on different platforms. And break them up in different playlist. Video on things like setting up new account in like namecheap domains or Hostinger web hosting account. Or maybe walk through on setting up different type of online stores, like digital download store, or drop shipping stores. Explaining the different types of setups and software that would be needed for them.