Wordpress is a CMS more comparable to something like django-cms (haven't used it). Django is more generic than Wordpress.

An example is worth 1000 words? Here's my app setup for the website I've been developing for 5 years.

    # these are the "drop-in" apps we've been discussing    
    THIRD_PARTY_APPS = (
        # django-allauth
        'allauth',
        'allauth.account',
        'allauth.socialaccount',
        #'allauth.socialaccount.providers.facebook', # to add later on
        'django_hosts',
        
        'bootstrap3',
        'imagekit', # for thumbnails
        'paypal.standard.ipn',
        'template_debug',
        'import_export', # CSV import and export
        'jfu',
        'extra_views',
        
        'post_office',
        'django_xworkflows',
        'markdown_deux',
        
        'django_mobile_app_distribution',
        'hijack',
        'compat',
    )
    
    # Ones I've written...
    LOCAL_APPS = (
        'membership',
        'awards',
        'reports',
        'entryhandling',
        'folio',
        'judging_console',
        'email_manager',
        'printing',
        'judges',
        'logs',
        'honours',
        'api',
        'questions',
    )
    
    INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS