It’s no secret that WordPress has pretty well established itself as a preeminent Open Source blogging/CMS platform. It’s a distant memory when WordPress could be described as just another blogging tool. I use WordPress on all of my sites and almost always recommend clients give a try. Some are reluctant but most of them are very pleased with the results and how easy WordPress makes it to maintain such a robust site.
For the most part, WordPress comes ready to use “out of the box” but there are five things I always do immediately after installing a fresh version of WP.

