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== Features == | == Features == | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 25 August 2016
WordPress is a free and open-source web application framework based on PHP and MySQL.
Contents
Description
WordPress began as blog software.
It has since evolved into a web-based content management system which can be customized for a wide range of purposes, including traditional non-blog websites, portfolio websites, e-commerce websites, etc.
Features
Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
Themes
WordPress uses a system of themes. See WordPress theme and WordPress theme examples.
Plugins
WordPress uses a system of plug-ins, allowing third-party software developers to create new features for WordPress.
See WordPress plugin.
Popularity
WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015.
WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites.
License
The license under which WordPress software is released is the GPLv2 (or later) from the Free Software Foundation.
See also
- Content management system
- Custom taxonomy (WordPress)
- Custom type (WordPress)
- Framework (computing)
- Web content management system
- Web application framework
- Web template system
- WordPress and JavaScript
- WordPress database
- WordPress terms
- WordPress theme
- WordPress theme examples
- XML-RPC
External links
- WordPress @ Wikipedia
