WordPress is a fantastic website platform for an NPO Charity or Business because:

• it’s free
• there is support via forums and dozens if not hundreds of sources
• it ranks well on Google
• and it’s easy to use.

The new version to be released sometime in May 2010 will be even better geared for the average NPO.

WordPress 3.0 Has Better Features for Non-Profit Organizations

NPO’s can always use free stuff that rocks, and WordPress is one of the diamonds in the freebie bag along with Open Office and Linux. The next version will have drag and drop menu building which will make it so much easier to use. Along with the super flexible menus, version 3.0 will be Multi-User right out of the box. Yeah !! You know medium sized NPO’s rarely have just a single website. They more often than not will have a different web for each regional location or each category of support. By having a Multi-User option, administrators can setup and manage all their different websites from a single control panel. In terms of manageability, this puts the average WP installation into a new league of power and control.

In addition to the major features, there are a good hand full of other enhancements like a new default Theme called “Twentyten”, customized post types so there is more variety than just “posts” and “pages”, authoir templates, and the ability to use URL shortcode -  you to get a shortlink for your post based on your own domain name.

And did I mention it’s FREE !!