There are plenty of WordPress websites focusing on WordPress out there, so we’ve picked a selection of the most useful and inspiring for you to reference. If you aren’t already running WordPress, you can take advantage of our one-click install to get started in seconds.
WP Beginner is a great introduction to WordPress, with lots of help and useful advice. Even if you’re beyond the stage of needing a beginner’s guide, WP Beginner offers something for everyone with free themes, plugins and tutorials.
If you want to keep up to date with the latest WordPress theme news, then WPThemes.com is a great website to bookmark. As well as providing news and links to themes from other websites, it boasts an extensive collection of themes, plus useful hacks and plugins.
Get some inspiration from this easy to navigate WordPress showcase, which focuses on original uses of WordPress divided into handy categories. It’s worth browsing for ideas, particularly if you want to use WordPress creatively.
Dig WP provides a comprehensive collection of hints and tips for using WordPress. Just use the ‘Category’ tags in the sidebar to find your way around and uncover a wealth of practical advice for all levels of expertise.
Introducing itself as the ‘WordPress App Store’, WP Plugins helps you sell your plugins or commission particular plugin projects. If you’re good at coding, you may want to offer your services as some plugin authors are apparently earning four figures per month.
WP Candy
WP Candy is a community-based source of WordPress information offering reviews, editorials, interviews, tutorials and even podcasts on a variety of topics. This website is particularly useful for advanced users and those looking to extensively develop their WordPress installation.
This website offers over 200 themes free for both personal and commercial use. Unlike many free theme websites, each theme benefits from close attention to detail and a nice finish. The themes are flexible for those who like to heavily customise their final look and feel, but are comprehensive enough to use without much tweaking.
WP Mojo offers links to over 800 themes from a variety of websites. Organised by category, it’s easy to sort through themes by purpose (e.g. magazines, e-commerce, free), original author or style. One worth bookmarking for future reference.
Submit your WordPress-powered website to this well-designed gallery, or vote on other people’s websites. Submission and voting are both quick and simple.
WordPress.tv is a fantastic resource for those who prefer video guides to plain text. As well as how-tos, the website also features talks from key figures such as Matt Mullenweg, and from events such as WordCamp.
A solid collection of almost 300 WordPress themes with easy previewing and downloading functionality. Free WP Themes also provides useful additional information about each theme, such as whether it is widget-ready and if it has a fixed width.
With interviews, reviews, freebies and news, WP Vibe is a good site to dip in and out of if you’re a fan of WordPress.
WP Hacks offers a range of useful how-to guides alongside security advice, tutorials, plugins and themes for your WordPress website. A great resource for beginners and intermediate users.
Like a WordPress equivalent of Digg.com, WP Vote allows you to submit and vote on WordPress-themed articles. It’s a great way to market your content if you ever write about WordPress, and an effective way to tell others about valuable content you come across.
Similarly to WP Vote, WP Scoop allows you to submit, vote and comment on WordPress related news and articles.
An extensive collection of both free and paid WordPress themes divided into logical categories. Each theme has a page of information as well as previewing capabilities and a link to the original author’s site.
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