1. Note: This talk is intended for people who are newly introduced to WordPress
WordPress Use Cases
BY ARUN PRABHUDESAI
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2. “ WordPress can do
EVERYTHING!
”
Ok.. Maybe not everything….but on the web, WordPress can create almost any solution
you can think of!

3. What do I know about WordPress?
• WordPress user for about 7 years!
• Spent over 4000 hours on WordPress till date (for
one thing or other)
• Created 10 different WordPress based
applications
• Tried over 300 different plugins
• Used hundreds of WordPress based apps.

4. Why WordPress?

5. Plug and Play Architecture
Real Reason for Growth – Extensibility via Plug & Play
architecture

6. WordPress Stats
 Over 25000 plugins
 Over 10000 Themes
 15 percent of Internet running on WordPress
 24.5 percent domains running on WordPress
 Over 60 million WordPress Sites in the World
 About 40 percent of WordPress on Self-hosted
platform (.org vs .com)

7. WordPress Use Cases
 Blog (duhh…)
 News / online magazine
 Static Websites
 Dynamic Websites
 Private Journal / Diary
 But WordPress does much…much more…

8. E-Commerce Websites
 Full Fledged E-Commerce website can be built
on WordPress
 Entire shopping cart flow and PayPal payment
gateway integration
 Many Free as well premium plugins and themes
available
 Plugins: WP e-Commerce, Jigoshop,
ShopperPress (premium), eshop,
WooCommerce & many more

10. Job Board / Classified Websites
 Using WordPress you can create a entire Jobsite or a
Classified website in matter of hours.
 Businesses can use it for their recruitments and
attracting resumes
 Many Full-featured Job-board themes and plugins
are available
 Themes & Plugins: JobRoller, JobPress, Tapp Jobs,
WP Job Board, WP Careers, Templatic Job Board, 9
to 5, and many more…

12. Private Social Network /
Community Website / Intranet
 BuddyPress, a full-featured Social Networking
platform, comes from Automattic, the company
behind WordPress.
 With BuddyPress you can create a fully featured
niche social-network with a few easy clicks.
 BuddyPress installation can be used as
community website or even as an Intranet for a
large office setup.
 And again, it is free…

15. Portfolio Websites / Showcase
 WordPress offers hundreds of themes and plugins
for professionals to showcase their work
 WordPress is probably the most popular platform
used by artists, photographers and designers
across the world

17. Q&A Website / Discussion Forums

18. Membership Websites

19. Wiki Websites

20. And Many more…
 Comparison Engine
 Event Management sites
 Full Fledged Project Management
 Video Sites
 Directory sites
 Recipe / Cooking sites
 Fan Sites
 Landing Pages
 Music Sites
 Hotel Bookings
 Real Estate Showcase

21. Most Important Resources
 WordPress Plugin Repository - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
 WordPress Theme Repository - http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
 WordPress Showcase - http://wordpress.org/showcase/
And lastly just search in Google… 

22. “ Question to Audience:
Can you name 3 Web apps that are not
available (or can’t be developed) on
WordPress?
”