Is WordPress Killing Web Design?
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Every tool has this effect. It's a subtle influence for each individual, but when applied to large groups, it builds up into something horribly obvious.
Flash is the same way. It makes animations easy and people animate because they can't think of anything else to do despite murdering load time, performance and usability. The path of least resistance in a tool is what its users will choose overall.
If you want to solve the problems of wordpress, make a new tool, have a larger variety of example templates, make it easier to customize, etc.. Then you'll see more "creativity."
Tools are the most important part, the biggest inspiration for what can be done, the largest influence on what you do. Saying it's a "lack of imagination" while true, won't help. Most of your imagination is in the tools.