The days when WordPress was only useful as a [...]]]> WordPress is awesome. It’s easy to use, search engine friendly, highly extend-able and the support community is unrivaled. Despite all of this, there is quite often a lot of debate and uncertainty about the ability of WordPress to be used used as a (Content Management System) CMS to power larger sites.

The days when WordPress was only useful as a little blogging platform are well and truly in the past, with recent updates and improved functionality Wordpress is now nothing short of a very capable, easy to use CMS. For anyone that still doubt the ability of WordPress to power large, high trafficked, dynamic sites though, here are some awesome examples of WordPress in action:

Techcrunch

http://techcrunch.com/

Pages – 112,00

Alexa – 279

With 112,00 indexed pages, internet news/review site Techcrunch is a brilliant example of just how larger site you can create with WordPress.

h-MAG

http://www.h-mag.com/

Pages – 3,660

Alexa – 93,208

Hmag uses Buddypress (a WP “Social networking in a box” plugin) to allow its users to interact and submit content to the site. It’s a great example of how such a large dynamic site can be created using the help of existing plugins.

Blackberry

http://blogs.blackberry.com/

Pages – 1,400

Alexa – 539

A great example of a large corporation with plenty of technical expertise and budget deciding to use WordPress for their blog.

Adobe Blogs

http://blogs.adobe.com/

Pages – 52,000

Alexa – 52  (adobe.com)

This massive site from Adobe is a cleverly designed example of WordPress being used on a larger scale.

Aqua resorts

http://www.aquaresorts.com/

Pages – 377

Alexa – 170,942

Not the largest or most trafficked of the selection but its visually impressive and shows how WordPress can be integrated with more complex technologies – in this case a booking platform.

Katy Perry

http://www.katyperry.com/

Pages – 2,100

Alexa – 64,492

International superstar Katy Perry has opted for WordPress as her chosen CMS (well at least her designers did!).

Playstation Blog

http://blog.us.playstation.com/

Pages – 14,100

Alexa – 768 (playstation.com)

This was recently a very popular site as the PS3 network was down due to hacker – still a great bit of design work and a large site that gets a lot of hits.

Delicious Days

http://www.deliciousdays.com/

Pages – 6,940

Alexa – 22,348

This simply delicious design is a great minimalistic piece of work – it’s also home to the awesome cforms contact plugin for WordPress.

Freelance Switch

http://freelanceswitch.com/

Pages – 24,800

Alexa – 6,274

A great site for Freelancers with tons of useful advice (about 24k of pages worth!). They have also integrated a popular job board into their WordPress install.

Web Designer Wall

http://webdesignerwall.com/

Pages – 4,160

Alexa – 5,028

Recently redesigned, Web Designer Wall is a beautiful example of clever CSS3 usage. The whole site changes to fit regardless of the size of your browser window – try it out it’s awesome!