I am aware that WordPress is no silver bullet CMS for everyone, but really, this is one seriously evolved and elegant system. I am quite astounded at the amount of plugins, themes and whatnot that is now available. Also the quality of it’s construction considering the fact that it is open source.

I’ve just installed the Google Analytics plugin by Wilfred van der Deijl. I’m yet to experience any problems. It was a mere task of uploading a PHP file to the plugins directory and some activation and configuration from within WordPress’ admin interface. Honestly couldn’t be simpler, aside from maybe uploading the file from the admin area.

Actually everything has been pretty straight forward and bug free from the get go. I made one mistake in installation by using the incorrect URL to run the installation, but I quickly flushed and re-started. The setup couldn’t have been easier.

A New Platform Looming

That having been said, for more advanced requirements, including support, training and a seemingly endless list of features, I still have my eyes set on the looming public release of Platform by Realm Digital. I have had a few meetings with the director Wesley Lynch of Realm already and they seem to be the way of the future for serious webtreneurs. Unfortunately for systems like Joomla, this platform is what you do best, only better, and then a whole lot more.

I have no reason to pimp Realm’s Platform, but in my personal honest opinion, most anything else doesn’t come close at this stage. More on this in time.