WordPress is an open source software that was forked from the code of b2/cafelog. It was created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little and launched in 2003. It started as a blogging tool but quickly grew. It expanded to have features like plugins, themes, custom posts, and turned into a full content management system. WordPress uses PHP code and MySQL database to store all the data that is used for the web sites that are created using it. WordPress powers over 40% of all websites on the internet worldwide. It is also the most popular CMS in the world.
WordPress.org is a website that offers a free and open sourced web content. It is self hosted, meaning that the user needs to find a third party hosting service. They would then need to install WordPress on the host's server, and build and maintain their own website. The creator can see and modify their own source code.
Unlike WordPress.org, WordPress.com is a paid service for web content. It is still a content management system (CMS) that includes a template layout and allows a user to plug and play develope a custom website for blogs, e-commerce, portfolios, and business. WordPress.com is used for people who don't have coding experience. WordPress.com is also self hosted. Users don't have to worry about finding their own third party hosting service. WordPress.com is owned by Automattic, Inc.
WordPress is a content management system created by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little released is 2003. WordPress.org is a free open sourced platform that users must find their own hosting and manage their own website, including full access to source code. WordPress.com is a paid and more user friendly service where the user doesn't need any coding experience. It has built in hosting and plug and play content build style. WordPress is extremely popular and the most used CMS on the web.
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