What is WordPress?
WordPress is a free open source blogging software and dynamic content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL.
WordPress is the most popular web platform in the world, with 72.4 million different websites using it as of March 2012.
In total, there have been 98 versions of WordPress published. 14.7% of the top 1 million websites were using WordPress, as of 2011. Different content management systems can be hosted with different companies. An example of a great web hosting company to host your WordPress website on is Bluehost web hosting.
Who are some of the major players using WordPress?
- Honda
- NFL
- New York Times
- Ford
- CNN
- BBC Top Gear
- National Geographic
- Adobe Blogs
- Harvard Law School
- NASA
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