We all know the amazing things WordPress can do. Itβs a robust CMS and ecommerce platform, sure. But I think we sometimes forget that it started as a blogging platform and is still, you know, kind of absurdly good at it.
And it better be, with between 3.9 and 4.4 million mom blogs out there, many of which are powered by WordPress. Being one of those bloggers can be big business, too. Especially with the rise of influencer marketing.
If you want to make a name for yourself in a saturated market like this one, you need every edge you can get, know every trick, and be familiar with what the top-tier is doing to make themselves stand out from the rest.
You have to equip that blog with a stellar design, and then you gotta attack motherhood from a fun and engaging angle. Thatβs hard work!
These ladies, though, are examples of what you can do with WordPress to make your site stand out in a crowd of me-too mom blogs.
- 1 1. Love Taza
- 2 2. Hurrah for Gin
- 3 3. 5 Kids is a Lot of Kids
- 4 4. Enjoying the Small Things
- 5 5. Cuddles and Chaos
- 6 6. Dooce
- 7 7. Her Bad Mother
- 8 8. Mom Generations
- 9 9. Plus Size Birth
- 10 10. Mummy, Daddy, and Me Makes Three
- 11 11. Hands Free Mama
- 12 12. You Baby, Me Mummy
- 13 13. Pick Any Two
- 14 14. A Cup of Jo
- 15 15. Design Mom
- 16 Wrapping Up
1. Love Taza
Naomi (otherwise known as Taza) and her family give readers their take on family life in New York City. The mother of three young children, Love Taza features a beautiful design with stunning photography. Make sure you donβt miss the blogβs family-friendly guides to NYC when planning a trip.
2. Hurrah for Gin
Good blog design doesnβt mean that you have to go overboard iwth hero images and parallax and micro-interactions. Sometimes, it can just mean having a pleasing aesthetic. Hurrah for Gin succeeds with that. You just canβt go wrong with stick-figure art, a snarky attitude, and hilarious stories about life with kids.
3. 5 Kids is a Lot of Kids
Winner of the βBest URL B.J. Has Ever Seenβ award for putdowntheurinalcake.com, this blog covers those moments in child rearing that those of us without kids canβt even imagine. Like the title says, five kids is a lot of kids, and there are some good stories and lessons you can learn here. Many of them involve the bathroom, but with five kids, how can they not?
4. Enjoying the Small Things
Sometimes, you just need a reminder to keep your chin up and your eyes wide open. Well, here you go. Written by Kelle Hampton, mother of multiple childrenβincluding a daughter with Down Syndromeβyou canβt close your browser tab without filling uplifted.
5. Cuddles and Chaos
The name says it all.
6. Dooce
Recipe to make a Dooce: one part family life, one part photography (look at that dog in that picture!), and one part knowing exactly what mom blogs are. She knows exactly what sheβs doing. As she puts it, βThis used to be called mommy blogging. But then they started calling it Influencer Marketing: hashtag ad, hashtag sponsored, hashtag you know you want me to slap your product on my kid and exploit her for millions and millions of dollars.β
7. Her Bad Mother
I donβt think Catherine Connors really believes that sheβs a bad mother. Being a former academic and high-ranking Disney executive, she knows is honed in on this motherhood thing. And she is gonna teach us all about it. Lead the way, I say.
8. Mom Generations
Mom Generations is cool because itβs written by, you guessed it, multiple moms across multiple generations! Theyβve got a take on everything from fashion to design to raising teenagers. Thatβs refreshingβbunches of mom blogs focus solely on raising a smaller child or a family of many ages. So itβs nice to hear about the realities of raising teens.
9. Plus Size Birth
Remember how I said earlier that mom blogs tend to focus on raising small children or families? Well, this one has a different take on motherhood: pregnancy and birth from the perspective of plus-size ladies. Thatβs decidedly different from the general photography/travel/food niches of mom blogs, and itβs definitely worth checking out and reading up on.
10. Mummy, Daddy, and Me Makes Three
Speaking of photography/travel/food mom blogsβ¦*ahem*. Just because the internet is full of them doesnβt mean there arenβt any fantastic ones. And thatβs what weβve got here.
11. Hands Free Mama
All about making sure youβre not looking at a screen and missing whatβs going on around you, Rachel uses WordPress for her blog to practice what she preaches. Simple, meaningful, and enlightening.
12. You Baby, Me Mummy
Camp, festivals, kids, and business (mamapreneurship, actually) really make this blog pop. The photography is fun, and the focus is on enjoying life and being grateful.
13. Pick Any Two
There is no doubt that mothers are real-life superheroes. But, like any superhero, a mom canβt have every super power all the time. Katie writes about focusing on just two things and being good at them. That way, you donβt try to do everything (poorly). Itβs a nice dose of pragmatism.
14. A Cup of Jo
Sure, Joanna and her family live in a posh Brooklyn apartment most of us will never be able to come close to affording, but her blog makes it just a few clicks away from being a part of our lives. Her blog is clean and well-designed, and it combines two of my favorite things in the world: puns (a cup of Jo, like a cup of Joe? As in coffee? Get it? #snicker) and just being nice. Between posts on motherhood like βWhy Youβre Already a Perfect Motherβ and a weekly βHave a Great Weekendβ article, you canβt help but want to be friends with her and her family. Or at least I canβt.
15. Design Mom
How in the world can we not include something called Design Mom? Branding her website as βthe intersection of design and motherhood,β this mom blogβs got it going on. Gabrielle has published over 6,000 posts on how to make your family life better and more beautiful in every way. Thatβs a lot. Youβre bound to find something that tickles your fancy over there.
Wrapping Up
As you can see, mom blogs donβt have to be all about giveaways, influencer marketing, and Pinterest infographics. You can craft yourself a truly stand-out web presence using WordPress, carve out your motherhood niche, and build a community like these folks have. Hero graphics, bright colors, parallax, or just clean lines and iPhone photographyβ¦it doesnβt matter.
If youβve got the desire to do it, WordPress has the tools to make it happen.
Did I miss one of your favorite mom blogs? Tell me about it in the comments!
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Great! Very interesting MOMS!! π regards from Italy
great blogs planning to design one like this with dive theme
Make sure you share it with us when you get it finished! π
That love Taza one is beautiful! Everything is great about it, colour combo, fonts, images. the header is great. Lots of good ideas that could be used on any other site.
You are so right. I saw it, and I thought, “wow, this isn’t a normal mommy blog!” Good content, too!
Congratulations for the Divi Blog. I really appreciate it and you are usually spot on with the post subjects. However, I feel it’s somewhat disconnected with the official DIVI theme development. There are so many great “hacks” that you develop on the blog that would be amazing official features on the theme. I feel DIVI is lagging in terms of new modules. For example, I’ve been using the paid DP’s “Portfolio Posts Pro Plugin” for a long time and I feel that by now those functionalities should already be included on the standard DIVI.
Just wondering, is the next blog in the series, 15 Examples of Dad Blogs Built with WordPress ??
haha, yeah, we’ve got one of those coming too!
Hi, More blogs on Extra theme customization/tweaks would be really appreciated. We get regular blogs on Divi. We need more such blogs for Extra theme too, please.
I think it’s 10 examples, though. π
More women like to blog than men I guess.