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A Dashboard WordPress W Tages NOTABLE EVENTS Links 6 Categories 2003 Pages 16 Tags Matt Mullenweg and Mike Litte fork the blogging software b2 to create WordPress. The first official release was Comments 754 8.5 Theme Social u are usina Appearan V.0.7 ismet WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MYSQL. WordPress is the most popular CMS in use today powering nearly 8.5% of all websites on the net. hemes com 2004 dgets Version v1.0 was released with v1.0.1 enus code named Miles Davis shortly after heme Option itor Ping-O-Matic is released to notify search engines of new blog content Which WordPress? bbPress which is a forum application based heavily on WordPress is released v1.2 Mingus released in May contained many changes and improvements chief of which were the plugin system VS. WordPress is open source content management software WordPress.com is a popular and free blogging service that uses the software named WordPress 2005 v1.5 Strayhorn included the Kubrick default theme and a new static page feature that is free to download from WordPress.org v2.0 Duke added rich editing and image uploading Akismet launched with the aim of stopping the growing menace of comment spam 10,935 Available Plugins WordPress.com is launched from private beta Matt Mullenweg and others form a company called Automattic 111,229,332 TOTAL PLUGIN DOWNLOADS 2006 Automattic hires former Hello Dolly was the very 1st plugin available and simply printed random lyrics from the song "Hello Dolly" to the WordPress Admin screen Yahoo executive Toni Schneider as CEO Automattic raises Popular Plugins Downloads $1.1m in funding ALL IN ONE SEO PACK 5,928,058 The first WordCamp was held in San Francisco and was GOOGLE XML SITEMAPS 4,325,698 AKISMET 3,448,529 attended by over 300 people CONTACT FORM 7 2,381,235 SPAM NEXTGEN GALLERY 2,165,195 2007 WORDPRESS.COM STATS 1,864,693 v2.1 Ella was released in January and included improved content management options The WP SUPER CACHE 1,437,392 Akismet Spam service and plugin by Automattic has caught a total of 17,744,612,938 spam comments and averages ~18,000,000/mo WPTOUCH IPHONE THEME 1,053,052 GOOGLE ANALYTICATOR 1,006,020 WordPress won a Packt Open Source CMS award WordPress.com passes 1million users NOTABLE COMMERCIAL THEMES v2.1.2 was released to fix a major security vulnerability found in v2.1.1 Themes elegantthemes v2.2 Getz saw the arrival of the widget system that allowed WoO THEMES users to add information to dynamic sidebar in themes There are 1,217 Free themes in the WordPress theme directory with over 19,843,780 downloads. Press 5 Themes include: Arras 8 Graph Paper Press Themes containing sponsored links (Sponsored Themes) were removed from the Official WordPress Theme Directory Pop Theme, TwentyTen, LightWord, Thematic, Constructor, and Crowd Favorite Pixel ESTUDIOPRESS Commercial themes are available for ithemes v2.3 Dexter featured native tagging support purchase from a number providers. THESIS PREMIUM WORDPRESS THEMES Brian Gardner a Recently a number of theme "frameworks" have been developed that allow “child" themes to share the same feature set. WordPress theme HEADWAY THEMES themeforest developer forms StudioPress to create and sell commercial ORGANICTHEMES WordPress themes Thad Allender forms Graph Paper Press focused on Photography and Video commercial WordPress Themes Interface Evolution 2008 v2.5 Brecker saw a WordPress Dashboard my weblog Post it Canrien Links Uaers Optione Template Mr Protie Vevsite Lonsut (atmin) brand new interface Visit Site Create New Post designed by Happy Cog Studios my weblog viem sie) Howdy, adr Write Manage Design Comments Post Page Link Dashboard Write Manage Links Presentation Plugins Users Options Import v2.6 Tyner added new CMS features like post Write Post Write Page Write Post revisions Write Post Title Chris Pearson creates W Test Installation earch Engines locked Title New Post Howdy, Craig Log Out Thesis Theme under Sreen Options Help Sere Dret Base Privce Post A Dashboard Dashboard the DIYThemes brand TrakakanilaRranta Dashboard W my weblog . Vist site Uedates Right Now QuickPress WordPress.com passes Discusion Content 4million users 1 Comment 1 Approved 1 Post upload/ineert anO A Dashboard Add New Post a Media 1 Page Contert Links 1 Category O Pendng O Spam WooThemes is formed D Pages O Comments * Posts O Tags by Adii Pienaar, Magnus Jepson and Mark Forrester to Mullenweg Edit Theme Twenty Ten wth 6 Change Theme Tags Widgets Add New Save Draft Upload/Insert O Appearance You are uting WordPress 3.0 create and sell Tags BI ARC Recent Comments Commercial WordPress Categories 8 Useri Recent Drafts TTool em Mr WordPreis on Hello weeldte themes Press75 was formed to 13,409,950 sell Commercial themes created by Jason Schuller v2.7 Coltrane introduced an Automated Upgrade and Plugin install feature as well as new internal interface design Downloads of WordPress 3.0 and counting at a rate of approx. 2/second Themes not complying with the GPL license requirements were removed from the Official WordPress Theme directory Notable Sites 2009 G ww Investor.gov MONIN CAME RVESTWISELY EN ESPAS v2.8 Baker saw speed improvements and a redesigned widget forbes HONE AVORALD TOOLA BlackBerr. In tosh O w Investing Di connect interface PGA TOUR TED The New York Times TechCrunch Pepsi BlackBerry Kobe Byant Levi's National Geographic OnStar Forbes JAY-Z WPTaven Investor.gov Entertainment Weeky Get Satisfaction Wheaton Wheaton College WordPress won the Packt best Open Source CMS Award NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KB24.COM EW.com Levis MOTOPIA BuddyPress was released by Andy Peatling in April 2009 and added popular Q Hollywood Inside TELGONE TO REFRESH BLOG s MAY ek bows to 1miion, Ma social network/ WordPress Tavern JAY-Z community features to a WordPress MU powered site TED HOME PAGE TODAYS PAPER VOEO MOST POPULAR TIMES TOPICS WordPress.com passes 9million users TEDxChange: Learn m the Millennium The New Hork Eimes Number10.gov.uk Development Goals The affiealaltethe Peime Minister mes U.S. N.Y. Page.ly launches a fully managed and secure hosting platform for WordPress websites College The British Prime Minister The PGA Tech Cadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunchT GET TechCrunch SATISFACTION v2.9 Carmen added a built-in image editor and numerous Start Using WordPress improvements 2010 The non-profit WordPress Foundation Goto To WordPress.org and download the free Goto WordPress.com is formed by Matt Mullenweg to "further the mission of the WordPress open source project" The prome Try a managed WordPress hosting service like Page.ly and sign-up for free software to install at the host of your choice foundation promotes the free access and right to modify and distribute the WordPress Source Pros: It's Free. Setup, Backups, Upgrades and Security are done for you. High Perfomance. Very popular. Pros: Full customization, Low Price for hosting Pros: Full customization. Setup, Backups, Upgrades and Security are done for you. High Performance code under the GPL license BuddyPress adds support for Single User WordPress Cons: Some limits on plugins and custom themes Cons: Setup, Backups, Upgrades and Security are your responsibility. Cons: Medium to High Price A nefarious plot to delay the release of v3 is uncovered. The dangerous mastermind turns out be a kitten References Credits v3.0 Thelonious merged WordPress MU into WordPress, added a new dynamic menu system and included a new default theme Data compiled by Chase Granberry of Authority Labs Search Rank Monitoring http://authoritylabs.com @authoritylabs http://trends.builtwith.com/blog/WordPre: http://wpcandy.com/uncategorized/history-of-wordpress-series-part-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress#History http://wordpress.org/about/ http://boakes.org/akismet/ http://ma.tt/ http://akismet.com/stats/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/partners/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/misc/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/traffic/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/signups/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/posting/ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/automattic http://www.crunchbase.com/company/studiopress http://www.crunchbase.com/company/woothemes http://www.crunchbase.com/company/page-ly http://www.scribd.com/doc/36135238/WordPress-3-0-at-DC-PHP http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191042/wordpress_guns_for_web called twentyten Matt Mullenweg and Chris Pearson creator of Thesis Theme face AuthorityLabs off on the issue of GPL compliance. Chris ultimately changes the license of his theme to "Split GPL" to comply Design by Joshua Strebel of Page.ly WordPress Hosting http://page.ly @pagely with the letter of WordPress guidelines. Some say split GPL is still violating the spirit of the WordPress project pagely WordPress.com passes 11million users Published under the _content_management_duties.html Creative Commons SOME RIGHTS RESERVED http://planetozh.com/blog/2008/12/a-journey-through-five-years-of-wordpress-inte rface/ Attribution 3.0 Unported License