15 Facts About WordPress

1.

WordPress was originally created as a blog-publishing system but has evolved to support other web content types including more traditional mailing lists and Internet fora, media galleries, membership sites, learning management systems and online stores.

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2.

WordPress has a web template system using a template processor.

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3.

WordPress themes are generally classified into two categories: free and premium.

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4.

Phone apps for WordPress exist for WebOS, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry.

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5.

WordPress features integrated link management, a search engine–friendly, clean permalink structure; the ability to assign multiple categories to posts; and support for tagging of posts.

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6.

WordPress Multisites was a fork of WordPress created to allow multiple blogs to exist within one installation but is able to be administered by a centralized maintainer.

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7.

WordPress MU makes it possible for those with websites to host their own blogging communities, as well as control and moderate all the blogs from a single dashboard.

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8.

WordPress first appeared in 2003 as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of b2.

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9.

Main releases of WordPress are codenamed after well-known jazz musicians, starting from version 1.

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10.

Past content that was created on WordPress pages is listed under what is referred to as a Classic Block.

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11.

In part to mitigate this problem, WordPress made updating the software a much easier, "one click" automated process in version 2.

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12.

In June 2013, it was found that some of the 50 most downloaded WordPress plugins were vulnerable to common Web attacks such as SQL injection and XSS.

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13.

Individual installations of WordPress can be protected with security plugins that prevent user enumeration, hide resources and thwart probes.

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14.

WordPress is developed by its community, including WP tester, a group of volunteers who test each release.

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15.

WordPress Foundation is a non-profit organization that was set up to support the WordPress project.

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