Need to redesign your academic library’s website? Considering switching from your institution’s CMS to WordPress? You are not alone!
Since its inception in 2003, WordPress has increasingly gained popularity in libraries as a content management system. This has been especially true of public libraries, but more academic libraries are turning to WordPress as well.
Here are five examples I’ve found of academic libraries using WordPress:
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
How to tell what CMS a site is using:
There is no surefire way, but I like using Wappalyzer, a free Firefox addon. Want to see what theme a WordPress site is using? I like whatwpthemeisthat.com.
Know of other examples?
Please share by leaving a comment. Thanks!
I’ve always wondered how I might implement WordPress as a library CMS (my library will be migrating to Drupal). Thanks for putting the list of implementers together. I love the look of the Miami homepage. They did an admirable job of masking the behind-the-scenes switches to other platforms (the catalog, SerialSolutions, etc.).
I am definitely bookmarking that WP theme-sniffing tool. It found the parent/child themes on my websites with no problem Plugins must not be as easy to detect because the tool was a little hit or miss.
My current favorite academic WP implementation is for the Indiana University Cinema.
Thanks for sharing the Indiana site – love it! And yes, I’ve found the WP tool seems to work pretty well most of the time. Good luck with Drupal!
Hi, emily. Hope u like the granite state!
BU uses WordPress.
The Elmhurst website is not WordPress – it’s LibGuides (a Springshare product).