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The name ''WordPress'' was suggested by , a friend of lead developer . WordPress is the official successor of ] and has a thriving user and developer community. The name ''WordPress'' was suggested by , a friend of lead developer . WordPress is the official successor of ] and has a thriving user and developer community.


WordPress releases are named after well-known ] musicians (e.g. ]). The current version of WordPress is 1.2.1. WordPress releases are named after well-known ] musicians (e.g. ]). The current version of WordPress is 1.2.2.


WordPress currently supports one weblog or site per installation. A future release will support multiple weblogs from one installation. WordPress currently supports one weblog or site per installation. A future release will support multiple weblogs from one installation.

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WordPress
WordPress

WordPress is a Web publishing system (a.k.a. content management system) written in PHP and backed by a MySQL database. WordPress is used to manage frequently updated Web content, especially Weblogs. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License and is available without charge.

History

The name WordPress was suggested by Christine Selleck, a friend of lead developer Matt Mullenweg. WordPress is the official successor of b2\cafelog and has a thriving user and developer community.

WordPress releases are named after well-known jazz musicians (e.g. Mingus). The current version of WordPress is 1.2.2.

WordPress currently supports one weblog or site per installation. A future release will support multiple weblogs from one installation.

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Wordpress Admin Interface (Screenshot)

Features

  • Generates standards-compliant XML, XHTML and CSS
  • Integrated link management
  • Nice-looking permalinks
  • Extensible plugin support
  • Nested categories and multiple categories for articles
  • TrackBack and Pingback
  • Typographic filters for proper formatting and styling of text

Developers

WordPress development is led by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little.

The contributing developers are

Notable WordPress Powered Blogs

External links

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