A website can be built up primarily in two alternative ways, viz. (a) Content Management System (CMS) or (b) Drag-and-Drop Website Builder. The Drag-and-Drop Website Builders are often also referred as What-you-See-is-What-you-Get (WYSIWYG).

A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer software used to manage the creation and modification of digital content (content management). A CMS is typically used for enterprise content management (ECM) and web content management (WCM).

A CMS typically has two major components: a content management application (CMA), as the front-end user interface that allows a user, even with limited expertise, to add, modify, and remove content from a website without the intervention of a webmaster; and a content delivery application (CDA), that compiles the content and updates the website.

WordPress and Jooml are the most popular CMS for websites.

On the other hand, Drag-and-Drop Website Builders, manage the CMS at the back-end and provide the users an User Interface (UI) in the form of drag-and-drop modules, which are required for creation of websites. The drag-and-drop modules may be Headlines, Paragraphs, Pictures, Videos and even HTML Codes or Widgets like Social Sharing Buttons, Ratings, etc.

Wix, Zoho, and Weebly are the most popular Drag-and-Drop Website Builders.

Pros and of Drag-and-Drop Website Builders:

  • Easy to use – no coding, no technicality, no set up required,
  • Hassel free maintenance as the backend is taken care by the Web Host,

Cons of Drag-and-Drop Website Builders:

  • Price of hosting a website with own domain is cotlier, though free services for creating website on sub-domain of the web hosts are also available,
  • Customozation is very limited,
  • Upskaling and Transfer to another host are almost not possible

Why WordPress?:

Based on a survey, the most widely used content management system is WordPress. Other commonly used content management systems include Joomla, Shopify, and Wix. As of August 2024, WordPress is used by 43.5% of websites globally, making it the leading content management system (CMS). This is an increase of more than 25% since 2013. WordPress is more popular than all other CMSs combined, with its closest competitor, Shopify, running on fewer than 4.5% of websites.

  • WordPress is highly stable, customizable and skalable,
  • Transfer from one Web Host to another is very easy,
  • Availability of a plenty of Themes and Plug-ins (both free and paid) for better look and features,
  • Multiple authors for single website is possible through independent user credentials,
  • Cheaper than hoting plans required for Drag-and-Drop Website Builders.

Conclusion:

Both the options of website development and hosting have their unique USPs. In case you plan for a minimal website (say for your portfolio) without involving yourself much into the website development process or wish an easy going approach, the option of a Drag-and-Drop Website Builder is suitable. However, if you plan to grow yur website with time and keep your website a content reach, diversified and more contemporary looking for your readers, WordPress is the best option.

The best part of the whole story is that WordPress also supports drag-and-drop feature.

Hostinger provides one of the best reliable and easy-to-set-up WordPress Hoting at an economical rate.

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