Title: Explain What WordPress Does
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Explain What WordPress Does

 *  [cdrum30](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdrum30/)
 * (@cdrum30)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/explain-what-wordpress-does/)
 * Hi…
    I am an active blogger and an entrepreneur. I have a website up (www.christopherdrummond.
   com), a blog, myspace, facebook, etc., all to promote the makeup line I’m launching.
 * I happened upon WordPress, and I’m intrigued, but very overwhelmed with it. It
   seems like it would be a great tool to use, but I’m just not sure what WordPress
   does, exactly!!! I don’t want to download it and realize that it’s too advanced
   for me, or that it isn’t what I need.
 * I am looking to help maximize my website and blog, get more viewers, and ultimately
   get more people to buy my product.
 * any advice would be appreciated

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/explain-what-wordpress-does/#post-695733)
 * WordPress is basically blogging software. In a more general sense, it’s what’s
   called a “CMS”, which stands for “Content Management System”. It lets you manage
   the content of your webpage without manually creating every single page.
 * These might help:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging](http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging)

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