Started as a simple blogging tool, WordPress now powers 43.2% of all websites on the internet in 2024.
It is also the leading CMS platform with a 62.8% market share, whereas Shopify, which sits in 2nd, has a 10x lower market share at 6.3%.
The above statistics show the popularity and mass adoption of WordPress for designing most websites on the internet.
Over the years, the developers at Automattic have updated WordPress to stay in tune with modern web design principles, including mobile responsive design.
As of 2024, over 60% of all web traffic comes from mobile. More importantly, 92.3% of internet users have accessed the internet using a mobile.
Thus, at 21AB Digital we use WordPress to build all our websites because it makes it extremely easy to build a mobile responsive design.
Here are 5 reasons why WordPress makes it easy to build a mobile responsive design.
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5 Reasons To Build Mobile Responsive Websites with WordPress
1. Mobile Friendly Customizer
Thanks to the customizer feature in WordPress, it makes it very easy to edit your website’s front end.
Depending on your WordPress theme, the customizer has a plethora of options to choose from.
But, the most important build in functionality is the variable display resolution.
At the bottom of the customizer’s left-side panel, you’ll see 3 icons that denote a desktop, tablet, and mobile.
You can toggle between them to see how your website looks in desktop mode, tablet mode, and mobile mode.
Using the same feature you can build a mobile-first website that looks excellent on a smartphone as well as desktop.
2. Responsive Themes
By default, WordPress comes bundled with a basic theme that has little to no controls.
However, there’s a wide range of theme developers that offer free and premium mobile responsive themes.
Thus, you can install a responsive theme from the WordPress theme repository and you have a mobile-ready website within seconds.
Responsive themes automatically adjust the layout to fit the display size of different devices like smartphones, tablets, and desktops.
You can test a website’s responsiveness by reducing a window’s width size on a desktop.
This way, you don’t have to switch between a smartphone and a desktop to test how your website looks on a small screen.
3. Plugins for Mobile Optimization
WordPress plugins are like Chrome extensions that improve a website’s functionality more than what’s offered by default.
Suppose your WordPress theme isn’t mobile responsive, and you don’t want to go through the trouble of changing it. In that case, you can use a plugin like WPTouch to make your website look good on mobile.
WPTouch creates a mobile-friendly version of your website without affecting the desktop version.
Similarly, it also comes with advanced plugins like AMP for WP, Jetpack, and more to make your WordPress website look great on a smartphone.
4. Customizable Media Queries
Media queries is a CSS 3 feature that allows website developers to customize a website’s layout based on a device, screen resolution, browser viewport, aspect ratio, orientation, and more.
It is the easiest way to make sure a website looks correctly on all types of devices.
By default, WordPress offers you the option to add custom CSS. Therefore, you can override the theme settings, personalize how your website looks, and fine-tune the site’s appearance.
5. Image Optimization
WordPress supports responsive image handling by automatically serving scaled images based on the device’s screen size.
For example, if an image has a width of 1500px on a desktop, WordPress allows you the option to serve a scaled image, i.e., 600px width on a smartphone.
It ensures the images look apt for desktops and smartphones while reducing the image size on a smartphone.
There are several plugins that offer image optimization services. Once you upload an image onto WordPress, the plugin will automatically compress the image without affecting its quality.
Conclusion
I hope this article helped you realize how useful WordPress is when building a mobile responsive website.
Over the years WordPress has changed dramatically and offers all the tools at your disposal to make sure your website looks good on a smartphone.
If you want to build a mobile responsive and retina-ready website quickly, don’t hesitate to contact us.