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 WordPress 6.4 Dashboard | |
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| Developer(s) |
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| Initial release | May 27, 2003[1] |
| Stable release | 6.7.1[2] 
/ 2024-11-21; 10 months ago |
| Repository | |
| 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 |
WordPress (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, Internet forums, 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 the PHP 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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- ^ "Usage Statistics and Market Share of Content Management Systems for Websites". w3techs.com. W3Techs. December 24, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
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- ^ "Support disaggregating WordPress.com and WordPress.org". wordpress.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ^ mikelittle (April 21, 2003). "Commit number 8". Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ Patterson, Dan (February 6, 2017). "WordPress "quietly" powers 27% of the web". www.techrepublic.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Trademark Policy". WordPress Foundation. September 9, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2022.