[keithpeter]

WordPress can be installed on hosted Web server space under a user account with no admin access. Plone needs admin rights and runs a daemon. Note: I'm not suggesting that the author's organisation did use WP that way.

I agree with others above that the author could have mentioned alternatives.

[FraaJad]

If you want a CMS and know what a full fledged CMS does, you wouldn't even mention wordpress in the same sentence.

Ease of install and being able to run on a $3/mo hosting plan is not the game CMSes play.

[keithpeter]

True, but WordPress can play that managed server game, and we know little of what kinds of installation the author was talking about.

PS: I was thinking more £30 to £100/month with someone else handling the platform...