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Why does this “my account” page feature a wordpress logo?
On a slightly technical level, WordPress is an open-source content management system licensed under GPLv2, which means that anyone can use or modify the WordPress software for free. A content management system is basically a tool that makes it easy to manage important aspects of your website – like content – without needing to know anything about programming.
The end result is that WordPress makes building a website accessible to anyone – even people who aren’t developers.
WordPress was created as a standalone project all the way back in 2003, originating as an offshoot of a previous project called b2/cafelog.
WordPress is open-source software, so nowadays a huge community of contributors participate in advancing its technology. But if we were to trace WordPress’ origins back to its roots, its original creation was a collaboration between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little.
Since then, Matt Mullenweg has largely become the face of WordPress. He’s also the founder of Automattic, which is the company behind the for-profit WordPress.com service.
The history of WordPress between its founding as a blog platform back in 2003 and today is a long one.
But suffice it to say, WordPress has pushed forward and, thanks to its contributors and huge community, developed into the most popular solution to create any type of website.
Who Uses WordPress? WordPress is used by individuals, big businesses, and everyone in between! On a personal note, we use WordPress! So WordPress powers the very site that you’re looking at right now.
Many other, far better known entities use WordPress as well. Here are some of our favorite examples:
Many years ago, WordPress was primarily a tool to create a blog, rather than a more traditional website. However, that hasn’t been true for a long time. Nowadays, thanks to changes to the core code, as well as WordPress’ massive ecosystem of plugins and themes, you can create any type of website with WordPress.”1
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