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WordPress
WordPress
Features
Screenshot
WordPress template hierarchy
WordPress has a web template system using a template
processor. [8]
Themes
WordPress Dashboard WordPress users may install and switch between themes.
Themes allow users to change the look and functionality
Developer(s) WordPress Foundation of a WordPress website or installation without altering
Initial release May 27, 2003[1] the informational content. Themes may be installed by
using the Wordpress "Dashboard" administration tool,
Stable release 3.3 / December 12,
or by uploading theme folders via FTP.[9] The PHP and
2011 (2011-12-12)[2]
HTML code in themes can also be edited for more ad-
Preview release 3.3 RC3 / December 11, vanced customizations.
2011 (2011-12-11)
Development Active Plugins
status One very popular feature of WordPress is its rich plugin
Operating system Cross-platform architecture which allows users and developers to ex-
tend its functionality beyond the features that come as
Platform PHP
part of the base install; WordPress has a database of over
Type Weblog software 17,000 plugins[10] with purposes ranging from SEO to
adding widgets.
License GNU GPLv2 (or later)[3]
Website wordpress.org Widgets
Widgets offer users drag-and-drop sidebar content place-
WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and ment and implementation of many plugins’ extended ca-
content management system (CMS) powered by PHP and pabilities. Users can rearrange widgets without editing
MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architec- PHP or HTML code.[11]
ture and a template system. WordPress is used by over
14.7% of Alexa Internet’s "top 1 million" websites and Multi-user and multi-blogging
as of August 2011 powers 22% of all new websites.[4]
WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on Prior to WordPress 3.0, WordPress supported one blog
the Internet.[5][6] per installation, although multiple concurrent copies
It was first released on May 27, 2003, by Matt Mullen- may be run from different directories if configured to
weg[1] as a fork of b2/cafelog. As of December 2011, ver- use separate database tables. WordPress Multi-User
sion 3.0 had been downloaded over 65 million times.[7] (WordPress MU, or just WPMU) was a fork of WordPress
created to allow multiple blogs to exist within one in-
stallation that is able to be administered by a centralized
maintainer. WordPress MU makes it possible for those
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with a website to host their own blogging community, as In 2011 WordPress won the Open Source Web App of
well as control and moderate all the blogs from a single the Year Award at The Critters.[24][25]
dashboard. WordPress MU adds eight new data tables for
each blog. Removal of sponsored themes
WordPress MU merged with WordPress as part of the On July 10, 2007, following a discussion on the WordPress
3.0 release.[12] ideas forum[26] and a post by Mark Ghosh in his blog
Weblog Tools Collection,[27] Matt Mullenweg announced
Mobile that the official WordPress theme directory at
Native applications exist for Android,[13] iPhone/iPod http://themes.wordpress.net would no longer host
Touch,[14] iPad,[15] Windows Phone 7, and BlackBerry[16] themes containing sponsored links.[28][29] Although this
which provide access to some of the features in the move was criticized by designers and users of sponsored
WordPress Admin panel and work with WordPress.com themes,[citation needed] it was applauded by WordPress
and many WordPress.org blogs. users who consider such themes to be spam.[30] The offi-
cial WordPress theme directory ceased to accept any new
Other features of note themes, including those without sponsored links, short-
WordPress also features integrated link management; a ly after the announcement was made. Sponsored themes
search engine-friendly, clean permalink structure; the are still available elsewhere, as well as free themes with
ability to assign nested, multiple categories to articles; additional sponsored links added by third parties.[31][32]
and support for tagging of posts and articles. Automatic On July 18, 2008, a new theme directory opened at
filters are also included, providing standardized format- http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/. It was styled
ting and styling of text in articles (for example, convert- along the same lines as the plug-ins directory,[33] Any
ing regular quotes to smart quotes). WordPress also sup- theme that is uploaded to it will be vetted, first by an au-
ports the Trackback and Pingback standards for display- tomated program and then by a human.
ing links to other sites that have themselves linked to a On December 12, 2008, over 200 themes were re-
post or article. moved from the WordPress theme directory as they did
not comply with GPL License requirements.[34] Today,
author mentions are permitted in each theme but the of-
History ficial policy does not allow for sponsorships or links to
b2/cafelog, more commonly known as simply b2 or cafelog, sites distributing non-GPL compatible themes. Non-GPL
was the precursor to WordPress.[17] b2/cafelog was es- compliant themes are now hosted on other theme direc-
timated to have been employed on approximately 2,000 tories.
blogs as of May 2003. It was written in PHP for use with
MySQL by Michel Valdrighi, who is now a contributing Releases
developer to WordPress. Although WordPress is the offi- Most WordPress releases are code named after well-
cial successor, another project, b2evolution, is also in ac- known jazz musicians starting after version 1.0.[35]
tive development.
WordPress first appeared in 2003 as a joint effort be-
tween Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork
Future
of b2.[18] The name WordPress was suggested by Christine After the release of WordPress 3.0, the development team
Selleck, a friend of Mullenweg.[19] took a release cycle off from the WordPress software to
In 2004 the licensing terms for the competing Mov- focus on expanding and improving the WordPress com-
able Type package were changed by Six Apart and many munity.[49][50] WordPress 3.1 was subsequently released
of its most influential users migrated to in February, 2011. With version 3.2, released on July 4,
WordPress.[20][21] By October, 2009, the 2009 Open Source 2011, the minimum requirement PHP version and MySQL
content management system Market Share Report were raised as well.[51]
reached the conclusion that WordPress enjoyed the
greatest brand strength of any open source content man-
agement systems.[22]
Vulnerabilities
Many security issues[52][53] were uncovered in the soft-
Awards ware, particularly in 2007 and 2008. According to Secu-
In 2007 WordPress won a Packt Open Source CMS Award. nia, WordPress in April 2009 had 7 unpatched security
In 2009 WordPress won the Packt best Open Source advisories (out of 32 total), with a maximum rating of
CMS Award. "Less Critical".[54] Secunia maintains an up-to-date list of
In 2010 WordPress won the Hall of Fame CMS catego- WordPress vulnerabilities.[55][56]
ry in the 2010 Open Source Awards.[23]
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Version Code Release Notes
Name Date
0.70 27 May b2/cafelog,
contained the same file structure as its predecessor, b2/cafelog and continued the
2003 numbering from its last release, 0.6. [36] Only 0.71-gold is available for download in
the official WordPress Release Archive page.
1.2 Mingus 22 May It’s notable for containing the support of Plugins. The same Plugin identification
2004 headers are still used unchanged in the latest WordPress releases.
1.5 Strayhorn 17 Febru- Strayhorn added a range of vital features, such as the ability to manage static pages
ary 2005 and a template/theme system. It was also equipped with a new default template
(code named Kubrick[37]) designed by Michael Heilemann.
2.0 Duke 31 Decem- This version added rich editing, better administration tools, image uploading, faster
ber 2005 posting, an improved import system, and completely overhauled the back end.
WordPress 2.0 also offered various improvements to plugin developers. [38]
2.1 Ella 22 January In addition to correcting security issues, version 2.1 featured a redesigned interface,
2007 enhanced editing tools (including integrated spell check and auto save), and im-
proved content management options.[39]
2.2 Getz 16 May Version 2.2 featured widget support for templates, updated Atom feed support, and
2007 speed optimizations.[40]
2.3 Dexter 24 Version 2.3 featured native tagging support, new taxonomy system for categories,
September and easy notification of updates. 2.3 also fully supports Atom 1.0 along with the
2007 publishing protocol, and included some much needed security fixes. [41]
2.5 Brecker 29 March Developers skipped the release of version 2.4 so version 2.5 contained two releases
2008 worth of new code. WordPress 2.5 saw a complete overhaul of the administration
interface and the WordPress website was also redesigned to match the new style. [42]
2.6 Tyner 15 July Tyner contained new features that made WordPress a more powerful CMS: you can
2008 now track changes to every post and page and easily post from wherever you are on
the web.[43]
2.7 Coltrane 11 Decem- It once again saw the administration interface completely redesigned. It also intro-
ber 2008 duces an automated upgrade feature, and automatic installation of plugins from
within the administration interface.[44]
2.8 Baker 10 June Baker offered improvements in speed, and automatic installation of themes from
2009 within the administration interface. It also introduces the CodePress editor for syn-
tax highlighting and a redesigned widget interface. [45]
2.9 Carmen 19 Decem- Carmen offers a global undo feature, a built-in image editor, batch plugin updating,
ber 2009 and numerous under-the-hood tweaks.[46]
3.0 Thelonious 17 June Thelonious offers a new default theme called "Twenty Ten" along with new theme
2010 APIs; the merge of WordPress and WordPress MU, creating the new multi-site func-
tionality; and numerous under-the-hood tweaks.[47]
3.1 Reinhardt 23 Febru- Reinhardt is most notable for the addition of the Admin Bar, which is displayed on all
ary 2011 blog pages when the admin is logged in. Also significant is the introduction of Post
Format, best explained as a Tumblr like micro-blogging feature. It provides easy ac-
cess to many critical Wordpress functions, such as comments and updates. This ver-
sion also includes internal linking capabilities, a newly streamlined writing inter-
face, and numerous other changes.[48]
3.2 Gershwin 4 July 2011 Gershwin was released only four months after version 3.1, reflecting the growing
speed of development in the WordPress community. The focus for this release was
making WordPress faster and lighter.
3.3 Sonny 12 Decem- The focus for Sonny release was making WordPress more friendly for beginners and
ber 2011 for tablet computer users.
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In January 2007, many high-profile Search engine op- 2006 in August 2006 in San Francisco, which lasted one
timization (SEO) blogs, as well as many low-profile com- day and had over 500 attendees.[64] The most recent
mercial blogs featuring AdSense, were targeted and at- event was WordCamp San Francisco in August 2011,
tacked with a WordPress exploit.[57] A separate vulner- which ran for three days and had over 1,000 atten-
ability on one of the project site’s web servers allowed dees.[65] The first WordCamp outside San Francisco was
an attacker to introduce exploitable code in the form of held in Beijing in September 2007.[66] Since then, there
a back door to some downloads of WordPress 2.1.1. The have been over 150 WordCamps around the world, for an
2.1.2 release addressed this issue; an advisory released at average of nearly one a week.[66] WordCamp San Francis-
the time advised all users to upgrade immediately.[58] co, an annual event, remains the official annual confer-
In May 2007, a study revealed that 98% of WordPress ence of WordPress developers and users.[67]
blogs being run were exploitable because they were run-
ning outdated and unsupported versions of the soft- Support
ware.[59] As a free and open source platform, WordPress relies
In a June 2007 interview, Stefan Esser, the founder on peer support. The primary support website is
of the PHP Security Response Team, spoke critically of WordPress.org.[68]
WordPress’s security track record, citing problems with
the application’s architecture that made it unnecessarily
difficult to write code that is secure from SQL injection See also
vulnerabilities, as well as some other problems. [60] • Automattic
Since then, WordPress has improved in terms of se- • bbPress
curity and the latest versions are more secure with only • List of content management systems
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