The Overlooked Platform (WordPress)

WordPress is often seen as a basic blogging platform, so when it comes to slightly more complex sites which require additional functionality it’s easily overlooked in favour of platforms such as Magento, Drupal, Expression Engine and many more. So when you look around some of the most popular websites online, you may be surprised to see some are being proudly powered by the worlds most popular platform WordPress. The following are some big online names using WordPress to power their website.[mshot url="http://techcrunch.com" w="610" h=""300"][mshot url="http://pacman.com/en" w="610" h=""300"][mshot url="http://slashgear.com" w="610" h=""300"][mshot url="http://katyperry.com" w="610" h=""300"][mshot url="http://thenextweb.com" w="610" h=""300"][mshot url="http://usainbolt.com" w="610" h=""300"][mshot url="http://rollingstones.com" w="610" h=""300"]

The point?

Don’t overlook WordPress, WordPress like many other platforms has limited functionality of the shelf, with the potential to be developed and extended to suite your needs, have an idea but not the know how, then have a dig around the plugin directory. With almost twenty four thousand plugins there are plenty of opportunities to do some DIY on your website and give it a new lease of life.