WordPress is a free and open source blogging tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. It is often customized into a content management system (CMS). It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 14.7% of Alexa Internet’s “top 1 million” websites and as of August 2011 powers 22% of all new websites. WordPress is currently the most popular CMS in use on the Internet.
WordPress CMS Features:
- Themes – WordPress users may install and switch between themes. Themes allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress website or installation without altering the informational content.
- Plugins – One very popular feature of WordPress is its rich plugin which allows users and developers to extend its functionality beyond the features that come as part of the base install; WordPress has a database of over 17,000 plugins with purposes ranging from SEO to adding widgets.
- Widgets – Widgets offer users drag-and-drop sidebar content placement and implementation of many plugins’ extended capabilities. Users can rearrange widgets without editing PHP or HTML code.
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