WordPress

WordPress —  is a content management system (CMS) for managing website content. It can be used to create any kind of website, including blogs, news portals, and online stores.

WordPress is very popular and loved by many developers. Though WordPress was originally created as a simple platform for personal blogs, it has powerful features. Everything from business card sites to major projects is built on WordPress. BBC America, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal also run their websites on WordPress.

WordPress benefits

Simple interface. Even inexperienced users with no programming skills can create and update websites.

Wide plug-ins selection. You can add features and create beautiful visual effects. WordPress makes it easy to create dynamic and interactive websites without much effort.

A wide selection of themes for website design. WordPress has a huge selection of design templates for all possible cases: online stores, blogs, business cards, in different styles.

Online community and support. WordPress has a large community of users willing to share and help. Lots of documentation, forums and resources with useful information.

The history of WordPress

The WordPress system was developed as an open source project in 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. It was based on an earlier blogging platform called b2/cafelog and quickly became a popular web development tool. Over time, WordPress has gone through many updates and versions, adding more and more features and becoming one of the most popular CMSs in the world.

WordPress.com and WordPress.org — what’s the difference?

You may notice that WordPress has two different sites in the .org and .com domain zones. How are they different? 

WordPress.com — is a hosting service for WordPress websites. WordPress.com offers a free plan with limitations (ad inserts on sites, payment fees and no domain) and paid plans without ads with improved options.

WordPress.org — is for free WordPress installation. You can choose between a self-installation or a simplified installation on the hosting of the chosen provider. In addition to WordPress itself, you can install modules and plugins for it on the site.

If you have a server with an ispmanager panel, setting up WordPress is a matter of minutes. This video shows you how this can be done.