After working extensively in many of the popular proprietary and open source CMS environments I now exclusively work in WordPress. This decision is made based on the following factors:

• Prevalence of WordPress as a CMS
• Commitment of project to backwards compatibility and a continuous line of development
• Ease of use for non-technical editors
• Compatibility with social media and SEO best practices
• Flexibility and portability of platform

WordPress is an open source web authoring system that allows site owners to edit and control the content of their site via a browser based admin interface. Content is stored in a MySQL database, and PHP code is used to extract that content and translate it into presentable and standards compliant HTML.

There is a large and vibrant community that supports and uses this system which means that many people are devoting countless hours to authoring improvements, developing dynamic plug-ins, and keeping the system stable and secure. The code is open, and much effort has been put into keeping it that way. This means that working on a WordPress platform insures that a site owner is never tied to a particular developer.