This article is about the web content management system (WordPress, WordPress.org). For the blog host, see WordPress.com.
WordPress
WordPress 6.4 Dashboard
Original author(s)
Mike Little
Matt Mullenweg
Developer(s)
Community contributors
WordPress Foundation
Initial release
May 27, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-05-27)[1]
Stable release
6.5.2[2]
/ 9 April 2024; 11 days ago (9 April 2024)
Repository
core.trac.wordpress.org/browser
Written in
PHP
Operating system
Unix-like, Windows, Linux
Size
23.2 MB (compressed)
Type
Blog software, content management system, content management framework
License
GPLv2 or later[3]
Website
wordpress.org
WordPress (also known as WP or WordPress.org) is a web content management system. It was originally created as a tool to publish blogs but has evolved to support publishing other web content, including more traditional websites, mailing lists and Internet forum, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems and online stores. Available as free and open-source software, WordPress is among the most popular content management systems – it was used by 43.1% of the top 10 million websites as of December 2023[update].[4][5]
WordPress is written in PHP hypertext preprocessor language[6] and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as "Themes".
To function, WordPress has to be installed on a web server, either as part of an Internet hosting service or on a computer running the WordPress software package.[7]
WordPress was released on May 27, 2003, by its founders, American developer Matt Mullenweg[1] and English developer Mike Little.[8][9] WordPress Foundation owns WordPress, WordPress projects, and other related trademarks.[10]
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