Every other website on the internet runs on WordPress. According to W3Techs data from June 2026, the platform accounts for 41.9% of all web resources, nearly 600 million sites by NetCraft's count. And still you hear: "serious businesses need a custom CMS, not a free engine."

This myth shatters against reality. Disney, Microsoft, the White House, The New York Times, Sony Music, and another 96 companies from ten industries chose WordPress not for cost savings. The platform solves problems faster than alternatives: no months of development, a ready ecosystem of 60,000 plugins, and no vendor lock-in.

We collected 101 live examples with screenshots and links to primary sources. From technology corporations and government portals to music labels and athletes' personal websites.

💡 Quick overview:

• Explore 101 live examples of companies on WordPress: Disney, Microsoft, the White House, The New York Times
• Learn why big business chooses an open platform over custom solutions
• Evaluate scalability: TechCrunch and Bloomberg handle millions of visitors daily

Why large companies choose WordPress

Disney and Microsoft could have commissioned a custom CMS for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead, they chose an open platform. The reason is not just cost: over twenty years WordPress has become the standard for content projects of any scale.

Ease of launch. Editors publish content without developers. The interface is intuitive; mastering basic operations takes a couple of hours. For media and corporate blogs this is critical: a journalist uploads material and schedules publication without bothering the tech department for every edit.

Flexibility without rewriting. Sixty thousand plugins in the official directory cover SEO, security, integrations with CRM and mailing services, multilingual support, and caching. Open source allows you to add your own. Large companies often develop internal plugins for specific processes without rewriting the entire CMS from scratch.

Control without lock-in. Unlike Wix, Squarespace, or Tilda, WordPress deploys on your server or in your cloud. Backups, PHP settings, CDN choice: everything is under your control, not on the platform's side. For corporations with compliance requirements this is a decisive argument: data stays within the company's perimeter.

Scalability under load. With proper hosting and caching, WordPress handles millions of visitors daily. TechCrunch, Reuters, and Bloomberg confirm this every day. A Varnish/Nginx + Redis + CDN stack at the Cloudflare level serves peak loads without speed degradation, as Belov Digital writes in their 2026 enterprise case study review.

Platform economics. The core is free (GPLv2): you only pay for hosting and a domain. According to WPBeginner estimates, a basic site costs $50-200 per year; a corporate project with a custom theme and plugin set costs $2,000-5,000 at launch. For comparison: a license for an enterprise CMS like Adobe Experience Manager starts at $50,000 per year, and custom development from scratch starts at $100,000 not counting support.

Technology sites

jQuery

jQuery, the world's most popular JavaScript library. The documentation and plugin catalog site runs on WordPress.

Plesk

Plesk, a hosting control panel and direct competitor to cPanel. The company website and user documentation run on WordPress. Interesting detail: Plesk itself sells hosting and an automation platform, but for its own web presence chose WordPress.

NGINX

NGINX, a high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy (under F5 Networks since 2019). The official product website runs on WordPress. The technology that powers a third of the world's largest sites trusts WordPress for its own web presence.

IBM Blogs

IBM Blogs, dozens of corporate blogs about cloud technologies, artificial intelligence, and business strategies. All on WordPress. IBM chose a unified platform for corporate content instead of disparate solutions for each division.

Dyn

Dyn, a cloud DNS services provider. Part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure since 2016; during its lifetime the site ran on WordPress. Even companies acquired by enterprise vendors often keep their original infrastructure on WordPress: the platform survives ownership changes without requiring migration.

Microsoft News

Microsoft News, the corporation's official news hub: product announcements, press releases, employee stories. Microsoft could use any technology from its ecosystem, but for the public news section chose WordPress.

MaxCDN

MaxCDN, a content delivery network (2009-2022). After StackPath's acquisition the service was decommissioned; during its lifetime the site ran on WordPress. Ironic: a CDN provider trusted WordPress with a business-critical content resource.

MindTouch

MindTouch, a platform for creating knowledge bases and technical documentation. The company website runs on WordPress. A company that sells a knowledge management system chose WordPress for its own marketing: simplicity and launch speed outweighed the temptation to use its own product.

Marin Software

Marin Software, a paid search management platform for advertising agencies. Corporate website on WordPress. When a company specializes in digital advertising, choosing WordPress for its own site speaks to trust in the platform's SEO capabilities.

Loggly

Loggly, a cloud log management and monitoring service. Site and documentation on WordPress. A SaaS company with a technical product chose WordPress for public presence, saving development resources on a custom CMS.

SparkPost

SparkPost, an email delivery service: from free 100,000 emails per month to corporate volumes. Site on WordPress. An email infrastructure provider with millions of daily transactions trusts the content side of its business to WordPress.

News sites

The New York Times

The New York Times, the world's most influential newspaper. Corporate website and several editorial projects on WordPress. The main news portal runs on custom infrastructure, but for auxiliary projects the publication chose WordPress for launch speed.

The New Yorker

The New Yorker, an iconic magazine about culture, politics, and science. Entirely on WordPress. A publication with ninety years of history and millions of readers trusted the platform with all content, from text to multimedia.

Wired

Wired, an authoritative publication about technology and its impact on society. Runs on WordPress. A media outlet covering cutting-edge technology chose WordPress instead of developing its own platform: the plugin and theme ecosystem proved more advantageous than custom.

MTV News

MTV News, the news section of the iconic music television channel. Platform: WordPress. MTV combines text content with video and interactive elements, and WordPress handles this task without custom solutions.

Metro UK

Metro UK, a British newspaper with responsive design and fast loading. Entirely on WordPress. A publication with millions in circulation and high site traffic runs all infrastructure on WordPress without speed degradation.

The Observer

The Observer, a publication about politics, art, and lifestyle. Site on WordPress. The platform allows a small editorial team to publish dozens of articles daily without technical support from developers.

FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight, a statistical analysis project covering politics, economics, and sports. On WordPress. A project with interactive graphs and data-driven content uses WordPress as its foundation, supplementing it with custom visualization tools.

TechCrunch

TechCrunch, a leading tech media outlet with millions of monthly readers. Runs on WordPress. The publication regularly ranks among the top for traffic, and the platform handles the load thanks to caching and CDN.

Etsy Blog

Etsy Blog, a magazine about lifestyle and handmade goods. The marketplace itself runs on a custom platform; the blog runs on WordPress. Etsy separated its infrastructure: the transactional part stays on custom, the content part on WordPress for publication speed.

Variety

Variety, an entertainment industry publication: film reviews, Hollywood news, box office results. Entirely on WordPress. A publication founded in 1905 migrated its entire archive and current publishing to WordPress, maintaining editorial speed.

The Sun

The Sun, one of the most-read British tabloids. Platform: WordPress. A publication with an aggressive publication schedule (dozens of articles per hour) runs everything on WordPress without performance drops.

Vogue

Vogue, a fashion world icon. News, runway shows, celebrity interviews: all on WordPress. A glossy magazine with high visual standards trusted the platform with multimedia content and social media integration.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times, a Chicago publication covering sports, politics, and entertainment. Site on WordPress. A local media outlet with high traffic uses WordPress for quick publications without needing developers for every article.

Larry King Live

Larry King Live, the talk show site of the legendary TV host (passed away in 2021). Ran on WordPress. Even a celebrity's personal project with an archive of interviews and videos found sufficient tools in WordPress for multimedia publishing.

Samsung Newsroom

Samsung Newsroom, official news about products and events from the South Korean giant. On WordPress. A technology corporation with its own software development chose WordPress for its public news hub instead of an internal solution.

Boing Boing

Boing Boing, one of the oldest popular blogs (since 2000). Platform: WordPress. The blog started long before WordPress appeared but eventually migrated to the platform and has been running on it for over a decade.

Fortune 500 companies

The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, one of the world's largest entertainment corporations. Corporate site on WordPress. Disney could build any platform from scratch, but for public presence chose WordPress: saving development resources while maintaining control over content.

General Motors

General Motors, an automaker in the Fortune 500 top 20. Manufacturing in 37 countries; corporate site on WordPress. GM manages a global network of factories and dealerships, but for the central corporate site chose a ready platform.

UPS

UPS, one of the world's largest delivery operators. Corporate blog and several internal projects on WordPress. A logistics empire with its own IT infrastructure keeps the content part on WordPress while keeping transactional systems on specialized platforms.

eBay

eBay, an e-commerce giant. Corporate company site on WordPress. The marketplace runs on a custom platform, but for corporate blog and investor news eBay chose WordPress.

Best Buy

Best Buy, the largest electronics retailer in the US. Corporate site and several projects on WordPress. A retailer with thousands of stores uses WordPress for communication with investors and press, leaving the transactional part on a specialized e-commerce platform.

Service and corporate sites

Renault Group

Renault Group, a French automaker. Corporate site about innovation and strategy on WordPress. An auto group with its own R&D divisions chose WordPress for public communication, saving development resources.

Toyota

Toyota Brazil, a local site of one of the world's largest automakers on WordPress. A global corporation uses WordPress for localized sites in specific countries where launch speed and regional team autonomy matter.

Time Inc.

Time Inc., one of the world's largest media companies (now part of Dotdash Meredith). Site on WordPress. A publishing empire with dozens of brands kept its corporate site on WordPress until acquisition.

Home Depot

Home Depot, the largest home improvement retailer in the US. Corporate site and careers section on WordPress. A retailer with thousands of stores uses WordPress for HR communication.

Quantcast

Quantcast, a digital analytics and targeting platform. Corporate site on WordPress. A company specializing in data and analytics chose WordPress for marketing presence, leaving the technology stack for the product.

Tucows

Tucows, a domain registrar and internet provider from Canada. Site on WordPress.

SiteMinder

SiteMinder, a booking management platform for hotels and travel companies. Site on WordPress.

AMC

AMC, an American TV network known for series like "The Walking Dead" and "Breaking Bad." Site on WordPress.

The Walking Dead

"The Walking Dead", AMC's cult series. Official site on WordPress.

James Bond 007

007.com, the official James Bond franchise site. On WordPress.

Microsoft Studios

Microsoft Studios, a Microsoft division: games for Xbox, Steam, and Windows. Site on WordPress.

Music sites

Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment, a world-famous record label. Official site on WordPress. One of the three largest music labels in the world keeps its corporate site on WordPress, integrating artist releases and industry news.

Beyoncé

Beyoncé, American singer. Official site with biography, music, and videos on WordPress. One of the world's most influential artists keeps her personal site on WordPress, managing content without a technical team.

Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones, the legendary British rock band. Official site on WordPress. A band with half a century of history uses WordPress for recording archives, tour announcements, and merchandise.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry, American singer and songwriter. Official site on WordPress. A pop star with a million-strong audience keeps her site on WordPress, integrating music, videos, and concert schedules.

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer and songwriter. Official site on WordPress. The artist uses WordPress for direct communication with fans without intermediaries like social networks.

Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza, one of the world's largest music festivals. Site on WordPress. A festival with hundreds of thousands of attendees keeps its site on WordPress, publishing lineups and selling tickets through integrations.

Personal sites

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt, the fastest man on the planet, eight-time Olympic champion. Personal site on WordPress. The track and field legend uses WordPress for his personal brand, publishing news about business and philanthropy.

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg, American rapper, producer, and entrepreneur. Official site on WordPress. An artist with dozens of projects keeps his site on WordPress, integrating music, merchandise, and news about entrepreneurial initiatives.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the greatest footballers in history. Personal site on WordPress. An athlete with millions of social media followers keeps his own site on WordPress as an independent communication channel.

Megan Fox

Megan Fox, American actress and model. Official site on WordPress.

Jay-Z

Jay-Z, American rapper and entrepreneur. Life+Times site on WordPress.

Educational sites

University of Washington

University of Washington, a research university in Seattle, founded in 1861. Site on WordPress. One of the leading US universities uses WordPress for its public site, integrating news, events, and information for applicants.

Georgia State University

Georgia State University, a leading US research university. Site on WordPress. A university with tens of thousands of students keeps its central site on WordPress, publishing campus news and information for applicants.

RenWeb

RenWeb, an information system for students and educational institutions. Site on WordPress. A platform for managing educational processes keeps its marketing site on WordPress, separating content and product infrastructure.

Wheaton College

Wheaton College, a liberal arts college founded in 1860. Site on WordPress. An educational institution with over 150 years of history uses WordPress for its site, integrating program information and campus life.

Skillcrush

Skillcrush, an online design and programming school for entering IT. Site on WordPress. An educational platform teaching web development keeps its own site on WordPress as a practical example of the technology.

College Choice

College Choice, a service helping applicants choose a college. Site on WordPress. A platform with a large database of educational institutions keeps the content part on WordPress, integrating search and filters.

Fashion and modeling sites

IZOD

IZOD, an American brand of casual and athletic clothing and golf accessories. Site on WordPress.

Hypebeast

Hypebeast, an influential publication about men's fashion, art, and street culture. Site on WordPress. A media outlet with a million-strong audience keeps all content on WordPress, publishing dozens of articles daily about trends and releases.

StyleWatch

StyleWatch, a magazine about fashion trends and celebrity style from People. On WordPress. A fashion publication uses WordPress for integration with the main People site and quick trend publications.

Political sites

The White House

The White House, the official site of the US presidential administration. One of the most secure sites in the world, on WordPress. The US government chose WordPress for its public site, proving the platform meets government-level security requirements.

The National Archives of the United Kingdom

The National Archives, the official archive of the UK government. Site on WordPress. A government archive with millions of documents keeps its public portal on WordPress, integrating collection search.

Official site of Sweden

Sweden.se, the official source of facts about Sweden, funded by the government. On WordPress. A government project about the country uses WordPress for multilingual content about culture, economy, and society.

This is Finland

This is Finland, everything about Finland: art, design, customs, and nature. Site on WordPress. A Finnish government project about the country keeps its multilingual portal on WordPress, publishing content for international audiences.

Republican Party of the United States

Republican Party of the United States, the official site of the Republican National Committee. On WordPress. One of the two main US political parties keeps its site on WordPress, integrating news and platform.

Popular blogs

Slack Blog

Slack Blog, in 2018 the company moved its blog from Medium to WordPress. Product news and customer case studies. Slack chose WordPress over Medium for platform control and independence from an external service.

Mozilla Blog

Mozilla Blog, news and updates from the project behind Firefox. On WordPress. The browser developer and open web advocate keeps its blog on WordPress, practicing open source principles.

cPanel Blog

cPanel Blog, guides and announcements from the popular hosting control panel. On WordPress. cPanel, a Plesk competitor and hosting panel market leader, keeps its blog on WordPress rather than its own platform.

CNN Press Blog

CNN PressRoom, the press blog of the first 24-hour news television network. On WordPress. CNN uses WordPress for press communication, leaving the main news portal on custom infrastructure.

GoDaddy Garage

GoDaddy Garage, a blog from the largest domain registrar about web development and hosting. On WordPress. GoDaddy sells WordPress hosting but also uses the platform for its blog, demonstrating product capabilities.

WSJ Law Blog

WSJ Law Blog, The Wall Street Journal's legal blog. On WordPress. The financial publication keeps specialized blogs on WordPress, separating content infrastructure by topic.

Bloomberg Professional

Bloomberg Professional, a blog about financial services and analytics. On WordPress. Bloomberg keeps its thematic blog on WordPress, integrating product news and analytical content.

Skype Blogs

Skype Blogs, updates, news, and announcements from the video calling service. On WordPress. Microsoft keeps the Skype blog on WordPress rather than its own platform, demonstrating flexibility of choice even within the corporation.

Reuters

Reuters, news, images, and videos from around the world. Blog and several projects on WordPress. One of the world's largest news agencies keeps auxiliary projects on WordPress, leaving the main news stream on custom infrastructure.

TED Blog

TED Blog, a media organization spreading ideas through conferences. Blog on WordPress. TED keeps its blog on WordPress, integrating lecture videos and articles about speakers and presentation topics.

Facebook Newsroom

Facebook Newsroom, Meta's official news hub. On WordPress. A technology giant with its own infrastructure keeps its press news section on WordPress for publication speed.

PlayStation Blog

PlayStation Blog, news about PS5, PSN, game announcements. On WordPress. Sony keeps the PlayStation blog on WordPress, integrating game announcements, patches, and console service news.

Flickr Blog

Flickr Blog, news from the largest photo hosting site, launched in 2004. On WordPress. The photo platform keeps its blog on WordPress, publishing product news and user stories.

Spotify News

Spotify News, the official blog of the largest music streaming service. On WordPress. Spotify keeps its news hub on WordPress, publishing feature announcements, artist case studies, and corporate news.

Video: why WordPress, the choice of leaders

A short video about how WordPress works and why companies of any scale choose it: from startups to governments.

⁉️🤔 Frequently asked questions

Is WordPress only suitable for blogs?

No. Over twenty years WordPress has evolved into a universal CMS: news portals at the TechCrunch level, online stores on WooCommerce, corporate sites for Sony and Microsoft, government portals. According to W3Techs statistics from June 2026, WordPress's share among sites with a known CMS is 59.4%. Of the 101 examples in this article, only a third are blogs; the rest are corporate sites, news publications, and government projects.

Is WordPress secure for large businesses?

With proper configuration, yes. Security is ensured by regular core and plugin updates, specialized solutions like Wordfence and Sucuri. The White House uses WordPress, and its site is among the most secure in the world. Large companies typically employ dedicated specialists or use managed hosting with built-in protection, monitoring, and backup.

How much does a WordPress site cost?

The CMS is free (GPLv2); you only pay for hosting ($5-50 per month), a domain ($10-15 per year), and premium extensions if desired. A basic site costs $50-200 per year; a corporate project with a custom theme costs $2,000-5,000 at launch, according to WPBeginner data. For comparison: a license for an enterprise CMS like Adobe Experience Manager starts at $50,000 per year, and custom CMS development from scratch starts at $100,000 not counting support.

Can WordPress handle millions of visitors?

Yes, with proper caching and CDN. TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and Reuters serve millions of readers daily on WordPress. The key is quality hosting, database optimization, and a CDN at the Cloudflare level. A Varnish/Nginx + Redis + object caching stack handles peak loads without speed degradation. Everything depends on architecture, not CMS choice.

Why is WordPress better than a custom CMS?

Ecosystem and launch speed. Custom requires a team of developers and months of work. WordPress provides a ready core, 60,000+ plugins, thousands of themes, and a huge community. For most tasks this is sufficient; custom is justified only for unique logic that does not exist in the ecosystem. Large companies often write internal plugins for their processes without rewriting the entire CMS from scratch.

Can you launch an online store on WordPress?

You can, and successfully. The WooCommerce plugin powers over a third of all online stores worldwide according to Colorlib data, from small storefronts to projects with thousands of products. The platform supports integrations with Stripe, PayPal, warehouse systems, and shipping services. The WooCommerce site itself also runs on WordPress.

From Disney to the White House: what the numbers say

101 companies, from technology giants to government portals and celebrity blogs, chose WordPress not for cost savings. The platform solves business problems faster than alternatives: no months of development, no vendor lock-in, a ready ecosystem of 60,000 plugins.

The numbers speak for themselves. 41.9% of internet sites is not a coincidence. When Disney, Microsoft, and the White House trust the platform with their corporate sites, and TechCrunch and Reuters serve millions of readers on it daily, this is a deliberate choice rather than a compromise "for lack of budget."

If you are choosing a platform for a content project: ask yourself what your business needs that WordPress does not have. In most cases the answer is nothing. Choose deliberately, do not skimp on hosting, and use the experience of market leaders. And 60,000 plugins and open source will cover everything else.