What is WordPress?

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WordPress was born in 2003 as a fork of b2/cafelog and is today the most-deployed CMS on the internet — 43%+ market share per W3Techs 2026. The reasons: free core, 60,000+ plugins, 11,000+ themes, full Georgian localisation.

Architecture: PHP backend + MySQL database + theme rendering layer. Everything lives in one codebase — admin UI, content storage, front-end rendering. The plugin system lets any feature (e-commerce, SEO, security) be added without writing code.

Strengths: (1) free hosting threshold — Bluehost/SiteGround at $3-15/mo. (2) Visual editing — Gutenberg block editor + Elementor/Divi page builders. (3) Georgian bank integration plugins (BoG iPay WooCommerce, TBC E-Commerce gateway). (4) SEO plugins (Yoast, Rank Math) that automatically emit schema. (5) Ecosystem — 600,000+ Stack Overflow Q&A, fresh tutorials daily.

Weaknesses: (1) Security — 95% of hacked sites are WordPress (Sucuri 2026) due to outdated plugins. (2) Core Web Vitals — out-of-the-box LCP 4-6s, requires a WP Rocket + Cloudflare + image-optimisation plugin stack. (3) Plugin bloat — 30+ plugins slow database queries. (4) Headless restricted — REST API exists, GraphQL needs a plugin. (5) Maintenance burden — weekly plugin updates, security patches.

WordPress build pricing in Georgia, 2026: landing 800-2,500 ₾ (1-2 weeks), corporate 2,500-6,000 ₾ (3-5 weeks), WooCommerce store 3,500-12,000 ₾ (4-8 weeks). Hosting + maintenance 50-300 ₾/mo. Craftwebstudio shipped 18 WordPress sites and completed 23 migrations between 2024-2026.