Title: Why use wordpress?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Why use wordpress?

 *  [day10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/day10/)
 * (@day10)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/)
 * I am new and would like to built a site combining blog and forum. I just wander
   why should I use wordpress?

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 *  [Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpe24524/)
 * (@jpe24524)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/#post-1741624)
 * I don’t see anyone saying you should. Read the about page/documentations and 
   if you like it, use it, if not, use something else.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/#post-1741652)
 * This should give you a good idea of what WordPress has to offer, and it’s a great
   starting point too:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start](http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start)
 *  Thread Starter [day10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/day10/)
 * (@day10)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/#post-1741718)
 * Thanks. May I ask more specific questions?
 * 1. Could I add new columns and new tables in MySQL basebase?
    2. Could I have
   my own user-interface pages, from blog/forum to sign-in page? 3. Could I add 
   my own functions such credit point system, poll, etc?
 * Any answer will be very much appreciated.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/#post-1741747)
 * 1. You can add additional tables to the database but you must not add any columns
   to the WordPress tables.
 * 2 & 3. In theory, yes.
 *  Thread Starter [day10](https://wordpress.org/support/users/day10/)
 * (@day10)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/#post-1741771)
 * Thanks a lot, esmi. So the solution to 1 is I need to add new tables with my 
   columns and same keys as that in wordpress tables. Am I right?
 *  [kmvan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmvan/)
 * (@kmvan)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-use-wordpress-1/#post-1741798)
 * wp can do many things.
    i made a BBS from wp. nice thing.

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