WordPress is a PHP-based, open source content management system (cms) for creating websites and blogs. Through its dynamic presentation of content, webmasters have the flexibility to create beautiful and useful websites easily. Through its system of filters and hooks, WordPress allows developers to extend functionality through pieces of code called functions, which can be grouped into separate executables called "plugins". It is also possible to customize a WordPress installation via the creation of custom themes.
WordPress is used by 29.1% of all the websites, that is a content management system market share of 59.9%
WordPress as a content management platform should be distinguished from wordpress.com, which is a hosted solution by the creators of WordPress. For a discussion of the differences, visit WordPress.com and WordPress.org. The latest version is WordPress 4.9.1 (November 29, 2017)
This tag is for programming-specific questions related to WordPress, especially those that involve a mix of languages and technologies (PHP, MySQL, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery and others). Questions about plugin and theme development, WordPress administration, management best practices and server configuration are best asked on Stack Exchange WordPress Development.
History
b2 was the precursor of WordPress and developed in 2001. It used PHP and MySql, but was not so successful(only 3000 Blogs until 2003). WordPress appeared the first time in 2003 as a fork of b2, the version 1.0 was developed until January 2004. From this time until today, WordPress was improved many times by updates (latest version: 4.9 or Tipton, released in November 2017)
Links
- WordPress Development Stack Exchange
Stack Exchange's dedicated WordPress site. Questions about programming themes, drop-ins and plugins and about the administration of WordPress are on topic there. - WordPress.org
The main site where you can download the code, plugins and themes. There is also a forum. - WordPress Codex
Documentation wiki with lots of good tutorials, references and links. - Wordpress Code Reference
Advanced search for WordPress' functions, classes, methods, and hooks. - Make WordPress
Official resources to help people develop for WordPress. - WordPress Mailing Lists
18 lists to discuss nearly every aspect of WordPress. - WordPress Trac
Bug tracker for WordPress. Useful to keep on track of the latest changes – and to report the bugs you found. - WordPress Chat
Here you may sometimes get help very fast. - Installing WordPress
Installing WordPress & getting started. - Plugin Handbook
WordPress Plugins allow easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. - Plugin API
Article is specifically about the API of "Hooks", also known as "Filters" and "Actions", that WordPress uses to set your plugin in motion. - Theme Development
WordPress themes are easy to create and make it useable. WordPress has it's own tutorial site, where everyone can educate themselves, beginner or expert. - WordPress Multisite
You have the ability to create a network of sites by using the multisite feature. This article contains instructions for creating a multisite network. - Wordpress Download Download WordPress latest version.
- Getting Started Getting Started with WordPress