What types of websites can you build yourself using WordPress?

It is said that one-third of websites on the internet use WordPress, so what types of websites can we actually build with WordPress? Today, Naiba will introduce the types of websites you can install yourself using WordPress.

What types of websites can WordPress install?

The essence of WordPress is a CMS system with a database. You can modify the interface and install Plugins to create any type of website. The following are some of the more commonly used WordPress website types.

Blog

Many people who build websites themselves think WordPress is a blogging system, so there are also many people using WordPress to build blogs. However, as you delve deeper into WordPress, you will find that besides blogs, WordPress can also create many other types of websites.

Magazine/News Website

Microsoft News Center is a news website built with WordPress. The difference between news, magazine websites, and blog websites is essentially just a Theme away. WordPress allows free design of webpage layouts, so with a suitable magazine Theme, you can quickly create a news and information website.

Business Website

Now, more and more commercial companies are choosing to use WordPress to build their official websites because there are many commercial WordPress Themes and various marketing Plugins that can help businesses develop and operate new users through the website. For example, email marketing Plugins, contact form Plugins, pricing table Plugins, etc.

Online Store

E-commerce has been a hot topic in recent years, and using WordPress can also quickly realize your e-commerce website. WooCommerce is the most famous e-commerce store Plugin on WordPress and has a complete ecosystem with a large number of supporting Plugins. Building an e-commerce website using WordPress and WooCommerce is very easy. Of course, you also need aWordPress Theme suitable for WooCommerce。

Portfolio/Case Study Showcase Website

If you have a skill and want to let more people know about it through the internet, building a portfolio website yourself is very useful. There are many portfolio showcase Themes and supporting Plugins on WordPress, for example,Astra ThemesupportingWP Portfoliois an excellent plugin for showcasing case studies.

Photography/Image Website

If you are a photography enthusiast or a master photographer, building your own photography website with WordPress is very easy. WordPress has many photography website themes and powerful gallery plugins, making the websites you create much more sophisticated than those built with other website building programs. The latest version of WordPress also comes with built-in image lazy loading, so you don't need to worry about website speed.

Directory/Navigation Website

If you want to create a business directory website or a web directory site, WordPress can also easily achieve this. Naibabiji previously sharedWebStack和VIKare two excellent navigation themes. At the same time, WordPress also has dedicated business directory plugins, such asGeoDirectory

Community Forum

Although using WordPress for a forum community is not the simplest system (Naiba personally recommends Discuz more), for personalized communities, WordPress can meet your needs. BuddyPress is a forum plugin for WordPress, with a rich ecosystem of surrounding plugins. You can combine it with WordPress BuddyPress themes to create various personalized forum community websites, even a microblog-style site is no problem. The above are the types of websites Naiba has summarized that you can build using WordPress. Of course, there are more types not listed. In short, don't just think of WordPress as a blogging system.

How to build a WordPress website yourself

Having introduced so many use cases for WordPress, is there one that interests you? Then you can refer toWordPress Installation Tutorialto build your own website. Simply put, to build the types of websites mentioned in this article, the steps you need to take are:

1. Refer toWordPress installation tutorialto build your own website;
2. 到themeforestChoose a premium WordPress theme you like;
3. Install the theme and necessary plugins, import demo data and make modifications;
4. Launch and operate the website.

Isn't it simple.