WordPress is free, open-source software made by developers Mike Little and Mike Mullenweg with PHP scripting language. Mr. Mullenweg still keeps running WordPress.org, the web service that provides web design to any person who wants to create their own blog or website. WordPress has become one of the key instruments not just for beginners or amateurs of coding, but also for professional web developers. Among other tools it has started the age of accessible web development! The latest WordPress version was downloaded by dozens of millions of users.
WordPress was released in 2003 and initially was just a simple blogging platform, yet it has rapidly developed into a more advanced Content Management System.
All website content, including settings, blog posts and pages, are stored in a database. MySQL is the most popular choice of database, but some website owners may use alternative solutions.
Not so many people know that there are actually two websites for WordPress. WordPress can be downloaded from WordPress.org. This site delivers all the data on WordPress, lots of interesting tutorials as well as the WordPress community communication along with the basic WordPress software. Since one can easily install this software anywhere and effectively modify it if needed for the project, the users get a vast control over their websites. WordPress features assist very much in website administration and maintenance.
On the other hand WordPress.com that is often confused with WordPress.org has a different approach. WordPress.com is a third-party hosting service, allowing users to run their web pages for free but only as subdomains of WordPress.com. Its basic features are free-to-use, but users can upgrade their profiles to premium. That opens more options for the clients as well as provides a unique personal domain name. Unlike WordPress.org, which can be easily installed and modified, WordPress.com sites are limited to the platform’s choice of themes, and users don’t have access to the site’s PHP code or the many plugins and other themes available for use with WordPress itself. Anyway when to use WordPress is a question that has to be answered leaning on the platform’s advantages and disadvantages.