The features, maturity, and huge active community making WordPress so popular for bloggers actually makes WordPress a serious candidate for a quite large segment of traditional business websites. If you’re not already aware of it I can tell you that WordPress is silently serving a lot of websites that I would not categorize as blogs. Of cause there are types of websites having loads of special and complex requirements WordPress will never be supporting well but if you don’t have these needs WordPress is worth considering… it’s free, the most popular open source platform to date, easy to use, fast to set up, there are thousands of good looking simple WordPress themes available… This post show you more than 20 websites using WordPress for Non-Blogging purposes – hope this will inspire you!
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How to know if it is WordPress? Looking for “…/wp-content/…” in the markup (using fx. view source) of a website will reveal if WordPress is serving us behind the scenes. Most of the websites below have used themes that are either created specifically for their purpose. You can see what the theme name is like this “…/wp-content/<theme name>”. It is likely that most of the sites have themes that are inspired from popular blog themes but theme name/folder has been changed in the process. I believe the vast majority of WordPress instances used for blogging does not follow this pattern.
I have added links to a few relevant articles I found writing this post at the bottom. Also check out this previous post if you need more in WP as a Website inspiration:
- 20 Remarkable Examples of Websites Powered by WordPress
- WP Remix Premium Theme Turning WordPress into a CMS
WP Remix has certainly positioned itself as one the most customizable and feature-rich WordPress themes available. Unlike the majority of premium WordPress Themes WP Remix is not aimed primarily at blogging but offers a wide selection of building blocks turning WordPress into a CMS for building enterprise class websites
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kineda
computercc
Feedback Audio
enshrine
riptapparel
run13 (theme used: Thesis)
lounge4
agenciamobi
ten24media
caradepoker
bluhomes
champagnewarehouse
Inbound Pass
flamanville
International Screening Solutions
treemolabs
filjourn
Ginger Restaurant
erate360
sanguine
watersportsguru
Relevant reading
- How-To Create an eCommerce Website with WordPress in under 5 minutes -This is an amazing tutorial that I really will recommend. Takes five minutes only…
- 20 Specialty WordPress Themes – list of themes that are not blog focused
- 20 Best WordPress Themes For Small Business - see if you can find one that fits your needs…
- 10 Winning WordPress Themes for Business
- Turn Your WordPress Blog into a Business Website
- WordPress as a Website: 4 Great Reasons
- WordPress Makes Sense For Many Non-Blog Websites
- Pros and Cons of Using a WordPress Blog as Your Entire Business Site
- How to Use WordPress as a CMS For Your Business Website: Guide
- 39 Best WordPress Themes for Small Business at ThemeForest
- Using WordPress As A CMS For Small Business Websites
- 34 best wordpress plugins giving you an unfair advantage
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Ready to build your own website using WordPress? Here are some themes that will make it very easy!
- 90+ Best Plugins and Themes to Turn WordPress into a Powerful CMS
- 45+ Magnificent WordPress Portfolio Themes
- Review: WP Remix Premium Theme Turning WordPress into a CMS
- 29 Awesome And Elegant WordPress Restaurant Menu Templates
- 35 best wordpress photography website templates
- 30+ Best Free and Premium WordPress Business Themes
- 60 Best WordPress Themes – Premium And Free
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great list
I especially like “Kineda”, “ten24media” and “treemolabs”. Some others are horrible!
ConfirmSign do it too!! http://www.confirmsign.com look
good start in 2010.
Good site.
You could also include sites like:
http://pointandstare.com
http://bisleycorporatedays.co.uk etc
@tony, thanks for providing links to these good examples of non-blogging wordpress ussage.
nice design, i love wordpress.
Wordpress has been wonderful for us at http://www.nakedbus.com too. Highly recommend it for small businesses.
@nakedbus, thanks for your input. Great to get some real life feedback
It’s great list, I get inspiration…I love wordpress
Thanks…
nice works, thank u. wordpress can be a powerfull tool for small and fast web sites
This site http://webcastletech.com/ also is using wordpress as CMS. The site is having about 8-10 different templates and very customized back end.
Nice.. list ..!
Great sites !
you forgot mashable.
Great list, and it’s good to see more people using Wordpress as a CMS. I’m now trying to use it as much as possible for non blogging sites – there are just so many benefits.
Great! This article is creative, there are many new ideas, it gives me inspiration.I think I’ll also inspired by you and think of new ideas more
I’ve always liked the website of this solar panel company: http://co2active.com/
Oh yes it is great, thanks for sharing!
This website http://www.rylnet.com es also a good example of a site using wordpress but not a blog
Interesting article, thanks for sharing
great posts really enjoyed the read !thanks a lot!
Really nice collection and thanks for sharing with us.
Its a vast collection of great things.Really nice
Personally I do not prefer WP as a website engine . Google see it as a blog – blog should be dynamical. New content every day or at least every week. It is better to create a static website on a basic html / php and make it seo friendly. Just my 2c.
Excellent examples of non-blog Wordpress websites! The best examples I’ve come across, all in one spot. I’ve bookmarked this – what a fantastic reference. Thanks!
News² at http://www.newssquared.de do it too. Check it out
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