WordPress Meet the story of the most popular CMS

Do you know the history of WordPress? The platform is currently used by 31% of all websites on the internet. Below we will look at the history of WordPress and how it has evolved over time.WordPress

The story of WordPress

WordPress started because it stopped developing blogging software b2 / cafelog from its main developers. 2003, two b2 / cafelog users, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, have decided to create a new platform on the b2 / cafelog platform.

Most likely, when they started the new project, they did not know they were going to create a platform that would be used by millions of users around the world, create thousands of jobs and keep a whole industry of developers, designers, bloggers and web publishers busy.

On May 27, 2003, Matt announced the availability of the first of WordPress. It was based on the b2 Cafelog but had significant improvements. The first version of WordPress included a new administration environment, and new templates compatible with the XHTML 1.1 standard. The publishing panel appears below:

In May of 2004, the version of 1.2 from WorPress was released, bringing the architecture for the plugin first. This allowed users and developers to extend WordPress functionality by writing their own plugins and sharing them with the rest of the community.

WordPress was launched in the community, which was totally opposed to what was happening in the blogging industry at that time.

The market leader in blogging tools at that time was the Moveable Type service. They used new licensing terms that they did not like very much to platform users. This has forced too many to look for some new blogging platform.

WordPress 1.2 was presented as an ambitious project offering users a mature, stable, easy and flexible platform with features that compete with competitors. WorPress adoption pace was launched with this release.

With the increase in the number of platform users, WorPress began to improve with the help and interest of the community.

In February of 2005, it released WordPress 1.5 Version 1.5 (Strayhorn). It brought Pages, comment management tools, a new default (Kubrick) and a completely new theme change-add system.

In December of 2005, WordPress 2.0 was released with a new control panel for admin. The new management site was a complete overhaul of WordPress management.

Use JavaScript and DHTML to create a better interface where users did not need to open another page to do some simple tasks. With the new admin panel they could add categories and tags to their posts without leaving the editor or deleting comments without having to reopen the comments page.

In version 2, the Akismet anti-spam plugin was added. A plugin for her was also released WordPress database backup (wp-db-backup). Another innovation of the release was the addition of the functions.php file to the Theme System.

On March 1, 2006, Automattic, founded by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, registered the trademark WordPress and registered logos.

2008, a web design company named Happy Cog, joined WorPress project to help design a new WordPress management interface. A usability study was conducted to design the UI for managers.

New features were added to WordPress throughout the year, such as shortcodes, one-click updates and the built-in plugin installer.

In June of 2010, Automattic, transferred ownership of the WordPress trademark and logo to WorPress Foundation. It was an important moment in WordPress's story because it ensured that WordPress will continue to grow because it has ceased to depend on a company or a group of developers.

On June 17, 2010 WordPress 3.0 was released. It was an important step as it brought many different features such as custom post types, better custom taxonomies, custom , header, menus, contextual help on admin pages, etc. The WordPress MU program was merged into WordPress core to create Multisite networks.

The new version came with Twenty Ten theme, which began delivering a new preselected theme for each year.

In 2012, added theme customizer, theme previews and new media. These features have helped new users immensely in creating image galleries and previewing themes before switching themes.

2013, WorrdPress 3.7 was released. It brought the new auto-update feature. Yes, WordPress could now automatically update its software in minor versions.

In December 2013 released WorPress 3.8, which brought MP6, the new WordPress management interface. The new environment was responsive and aimed at providing a better user experience on any device or screen size.

On April 16 2014, WordPress 3.9 was released. The version improved the WorrdPress visual post editor. Users can now process images directly through the processor and view their previews within the processor. WorPress 3.9 also brought live widgets, playlist previews and various other enhancements.

However, more improvements were made to the WordPress kernel throughout the year for the next versions of WordPress 4.0 and WordPress 4.1.

2014 was also the first year in which non-English versions of WordPress overcame English versions.

2015, released by WordPress 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4. These releases focused on improving localization, emoji support, customization of topics, and the creation of infrastructure for the WordPress REST API.

In the same year, the , the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin, has been acquired by Automattic.

In 2016, WordPress versions 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 were released. Each version brought new features and improvements. The most important changes during the year were the improved updates to the plugins and themes, the content using browser storage and custom css inside the customizer.

2017, WorPress 4,8 and 4,9 were released with many new default widgets for adding audio, video, images, galleries, text and HTML. These releases have also laid the groundwork for it Project Gutenberg, a new and modern publishing experience from WorPress.


The development of Gutenberg continues with 2018.

WordPress What will follow?

WorPress is constantly evolving to meet the needs of millions of websites around the world. WorPress's direction appears to be directly dependent on the needs of its users.

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