I've now used Wordpress for 11 fantastic years and it just gets better and better. It doesn't only have to be used for blogging these days, all sorts of website types can be made with it.

Overkill to a simple site. Looks easy, but if you want to do professional work you need to go down the php+js+sql rabbithole. Most of the "'free" templates are not free, 99% of them missing some important feature and you will be forced to pay for it. Tons of security issues with plugins and wyswyg editors. It's for blogging. If your site don't have a blog and you know the basics of html+css, you don't need WP. Very hard to migrate, even with plugins, i had lot of errors with backups and migrations. I avoid WP every time i can.

Here are some setup suggestions from them: Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL (or MariaDB) user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it. etc.. or If you will be uploading WordPress to a remote web server, download the WordPress package to your computer with a web browser and unzip the package. If you will be using FTP, skip to the next step – uploading files is covered later. If you have shell access to your web server, and are comfortable using console-based tools, you may wish to download WordPress directly to your web server using wget etc If you are using a hosting provider, you may already have a WordPress database set up for you ...that's the one I'm going to try for

Incredibly confusing interface. Can never figure out how to edit things.

Have been using WordPress for years to build websites for people. One of the easiest ways to build sites

Wordpress has great SEO out of the box and is very customizable via the active plugin community.

Great to learn blogging, building a website or an online shop. Easy to learn and customize. The only downside is you need to always be careful of plugins because old, outdated or abandoned plugins can get your site hacked.