SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy
(NYSE:GDDY), the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to small,
independent ventures, today announced WordPress Websites - the
easiest way for those looking to build a WordPress website to get
up and running quickly. The new offering features an exclusive
WordPress Quick Start Wizard that simplifies the website creation
process to get people started quickly, plus free, high-quality
images for virtually any industry. It also includes professionally
built premium themes, and a Visual Page Editor for easy drag and
drop customization. Since it's built on WordPress, the world's most
popular tool for creating websites, businesses have the ability to
add new site features using the tens of thousands of free WordPress
plugins that are available.
GoDaddy developed WordPress Websites for small business owners,
and any looking to put their ideas online, who want a
professional-looking WordPress website, but may not have experience
with website development.
With the Quick Start Wizard, users can quickly get started with
a choice of premium quality themes and layouts that include
essential pages and features (e.g. blog, photo gallery, contact
form, social integration with Facebook, Twitter and more) and
access to a library of thousands of free images. From here, the
Visual Page Editor allows you to edit text, drag and drop columns
and rows, and insert images directly onto your page.
Faster Publishing with Scalable Solution
Small businesses are already seeing the benefits of this faster,
more intuitive experience with new professionally designed themes.
During the beta release, more than three times as many customers
have been successful in publishing a website and the average time
to publish a site has decreased by 73%. For additional data about
how GoDaddy has made WordPress easier to use, see our blog post on
the GoDaddy Garage.
As their business needs grow, a small business' GoDaddy
WordPress website can also expand in functionality, via the
installation of free feature plugins on Wordpress.org. 45,000+
feature plugins are available to extend website capabilities to
include the likes of online reservations, ticket sales and
discussion forums. In the past nine months alone, GoDaddy has seen
website builder plugins grow in usage by 60% across millions of
GoDaddy-hosted WordPress websites.
Expert Managed WordPress Hosting Support
Powered by an optimized WordPress hosting platform, technical
hosting tasks are also taken care of by GoDaddy including WordPress
installation, server-side site load optimization, a multi-clustered
server platform so websites are ready to scale for high traffic,
and secured with automated software updates and free daily site
backups. Customers also have access to GoDaddy's free 24/7 expert
support.
"WordPress is a massive ecosystem, powering over 25% of the top
10 million websites worldwide. At GoDaddy over 50% of our
Hosting customers use WordPress. It's an incredibly popular
platform, but it can be technically complex for business owners who
want to create their own website," said Jeff King, senior vice president of Hosting at
GoDaddy. "Adding WordPress Websites to our portfolio helps provide
a full range of DIY site building solutions for our small business
customers. With them in mind, WordPress Websites is designed to be
the easiest way to create a powerful, scalable WordPress
website."
Additional Features
Email signup form integrated with GoDaddy Email
Marketing: Users can create mailing lists with a built-in email
signup form, then send promotional campaigns and newsletters to
drive sales and build influence. Additionally, GoDaddy provides the
first 50 sends free, and on GoDaddy's Up & Running and GoDaddy
Pro plans, users can directly convert WordPress blog posts into
email newsletters.
SEO Wizard: GoDaddy's Search Engine Visibility is
included with the Deluxe and Ultimate plans. This fully integrated,
step-by-step SEO instruction prepares your site to get found on
major search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing.
WP 101 Lessons: The videos allow users to learn the
basics of WordPress website building.
Get Online Package: Includes a free Domain* and Microsoft
Office 365 Business Class* email.
(*First year free, renews at list price.)
Pricing & Availability
WordPress Websites is available today, and has three different
user options:
- $7.99/mo Basic: 1 site, 10 GB
storage, 25,000 monthly visitors
- $9.99 mo Business: 1 site, 25 GB
storage, 100,000 monthly visitors, SEO wizard, a site to test
changes before publishing
- $14.99 Ultimate: Up to 2 sites,
30 GB storage, 400,000 monthly visitors, SEO wizard, a site to test
changes before publishing, Malware removal, SSL certificate for
secure communications and transactions
Includes free Domain*, Business Class* email powered by Managed
WordPress hosting. (*first year free, renews at list price.)
About GoDaddy
GoDaddy powers the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to
small, independent ventures. With more than 14 million customers
worldwide and more than 63 million domain names under management,
GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a
professional website, attract customers and manage their work. Our
mission is to give our customers the tools, insights and the people
to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To
learn more about the company, visit www.GoDaddy.com.
Source: GoDaddy Inc.
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