10 popular websites that were built on WordPress

You might be one of those people who think that you can’t built a professional, successful website with WordPress, because WordPress is free and WordPress is for amateurs. Well, this article is here to make you think again.

Though it started as a simple blogging tool, WordPress has now become one of the most powerful and widely used CMS (content management system) out there.

So it might come as a surprise to you, but there are some big brands out there who created their website using WordPress.

Here are 10 of them:

1. Walt Disney. Yes, you’ve read correctly. We are talking about the Walt Disney Company, which is one of the biggest entertainment providers in the world 
   
2. The New Yorker, one of the most read American magazines 
   
3. Katy Perry's official website. The pop icon has become one of the best-selling artists of all time, with more than 100 million records sold so far 
4. Harvard University Graduate School of Design
5. BBC America, the digital cable and satellite TV network of more than 78 million households in the US 
6. The Star Wars blog 
7. Sony Music. Sony Music Entertainment, represents huge artists such as Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Celine Dion and many others 
8. MTV News
9. Mercedez-Benz 
10. The Wall Street Journal