20 ways to use wordpress other than for blogging
Wordpress is a fantastic blogging platform, no doubt about it. The freshly released 2.9 version (Carmen) shows you how powerful the platform is becoming. Lately Wordpress has been massively used as a CMS and literally tons of websites are powered by the WP technology. This is not very surprising considering the very limited resources required to use the platform. That’s the beauty of open source, there’s almost no limitation on what can be built.
But for those who think that Wordpress is only a blogging platform, well, think again. To prove our point we’ve come up with a list of the most creative Wordpress themes available in term of usage. We tried to list as many examples as we could but there are a lot more out there. So if you know some themes that you think diverse to be in the list, please let us know in the comments.
Wordpress as a Portfolio
London Creative by ThemeForest: Theme Details | Theme Demo
SophisticatedFolio by Woothemes: Theme Details | Theme Demo
ApertureTheme by Woothemes: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Wiki
WordPress Wiki Theme by ThemeForest: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Review Site
WPReviewSite (Plugin): Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Feed Aggregator
LinkPress by Zidalgo: Theme Details | Theme Demo
OneNews by Ericulous: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Classified Site
ClassiPress by wpclassipress.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Classified Theme by Sitemile.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as an Auctions Site
WordPress Reverse Auction Theme by Stiemile.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as an Invoicing App
wp-invoice by TwinCitiesTech.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a CRM or Contact Manager
Rolopress by SlipFire.com: Theme Details
WP Contact Manager by Sesignintellection.com : Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Job Board
Tapp Jobs by Press75 : Theme Details | Theme Demo
JobPress by DailyWp: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as an Online Presence Page
Antisocial by Woothemes: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Visiting Card by Templatic: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Gallery / Showcase
Css Gallery Theme by ThemeForest Theme Details | Theme Demo
Gallery by Smashing Magazine: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Gallery by WPZoom: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as an Ecommerce Site
Wp-Shop by ThemeForest Theme Details | Theme Demo
ShopPress by ShopPress.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Ecommerc Theme by ecommercethemes.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
WPA Store Front by ThemeForest: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Video Portal
Video Elementst by Press75: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Video by Quommunication: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Tabular by StudioPress: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Domain Parking /Coming Soon Page
Launchpad by ThemeShaper: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wp-Wrench by Dubideas.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Custom Coming Soon Pages by CssJockey: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Project / Time Management
WP Task Manager by thomas-genin.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wp Smashing by BustaTheme: Theme Details | Theme Demo
P2 by Automattic: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Membership Directory
CMS Member by WP Wave: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Social Network
BuddyPress by Automattic: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a CMS (Startup, Real Estate, Wedding, Restaurant etc…)
iProduct by Templatic: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Villa Grande – Real Estate by ThemeForest: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Mr and Mrs by Templatic: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Delicious by WPZoom: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as a Music / Band Promotional Site
Rugged by BandThemer: Theme Details | Theme Demo
DreamAmp by ThemeForest: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Wordpress as Social Sites Clone
Digg-like Wordpress Theme by vcars.co.uk: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Facebook Lover by Tobacamp.com: Theme Details | Theme Demo
Live Twit by Templatic: Theme Details | Theme Demo
22 Reviews
Great examples. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Thibault. Glad you liked the list.
More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it. Domain Parking
Thanks for a such nice list of WP Themes. I really like all themes. Great Work.
Cheers!!!
Thanks for including few of our themes. I guess you missed our recently released Store theme which is most advanced ecommerce theme so far.
http://templatic.com/ecommerce-themes/store
JFYI
The collection id great. Awesome sites and designs.
R.Bhavesh, you’re right we’ve missed your new theme “Store”. And it’s a shame because it looks fantastic. We’re going to fix this asap and add it to our list. Thanks for the tip
Wordpress Rocks! Really interesting post… thanks.
-Deepu
That’s the beauty of WP. Proud of it
Awesome! I already tweet this article. Thanks for sharing mate!
20 ways to use wordpress other than for blogging…
For those who think that Wordpress is only a blogging platform, well, think again. To prove our point we've come up with a list of the most creative Wordpress themes available in term of usage….
These are excellent examples of the power of WordPress .. I enjoyed the jobs board feature as I’ve got a client here soon that is looking to do something like this.
Hey Thanks Sebastien, for showcasing BandThemer and the Rugged theme.
Great to see another Canadian WP developer out there!
Thank you so much for this post! I am trying to decide on which platform to switch my blog to and this information showed me that Wordpress is the way to go. I had no idea that it was so flexible!
-Christa
@bandThemer no problem! I didn’t know you were Canadian too. That’s cool. We’ll definitely add your themes in our themes database…we just need to find a bit of time to do so
@Christa Wordpress is surely the way to go. And one of its major strenghts over its “competitors” (appart from its extreme flexibility) is its huge community. There’s so many usefull resources out there inluding great themes, plugins, hacks etc…it’s really easy to find help and support.
Thank you for the inspirational post. You have displayed many different web design styles here and I will definitely use this post as a source of motivation for me to create the best designs possible.
The power of WordPress is amazing! I absolutely love the collection.
great, thank you
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wordpress is really flexible and really powerful when in the hands of a capable coder!
This is an excellent post. Thanks a lot. No doubt WordPress is the best out there.