WordPress
started
as
just
a
blogging
system,
but
has
evolved
to
be
used
as
a
full
content
management
system
and
so
much
more
through
the
thousands
of
available
plugins,
widgets
and
themes.
WordPress
is
limited
only
by
your
imagination
and
is
currently
used
by
over
35%
of
all
web
sites.
There
are
three
suggested
methods
of
using
WordPress
-
WordPress.Com,
Instant
WordPress
and
WordPress.Org
.
The
links
from
the
buttons
below
go
to appropriate sites and
WordPress Codex
provides Help and Documentation for WordPress.Org. A glossary of WordPress terms can be found here.
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•
WordPress.com
is
a
commercial
site
where
you
can
host
your
own
site
for
free,
but
with
some
limitations.
It
runs
on
the
open
source
WordPress
platform
co-created
by
Matt
Mullenweg
and
his
company
Automattic.
Hosting
with
WordPress.com
means
that
your
site
will
be
free
forever,
but
you
can
also
pay
to
upgrade
your
site
to
achieve
your
specific
needs.
It
also
means
your
site
will
be
well
looked
after
with
top
of
the
line
spam-fighting
power
and
automatic
security
updates.
All
you
need
to
do
is
sign
up
and
choose
your
blog
name,
then
design
your
site.
You
won’t
have
to
worry
about
installing
the
software
since
it’s
all
managed
in
the
cloud
for
you
instantly.
You
select
your
own
domain
name
and
it
is
built
into
a
web
address
such
as
dovesoft.wordpress.com
.
•
Instant
WordPress
-
Developing
and
testing
WordPress
websites
can
be
very
time
consuming
if
you
are
using
a
distant
web
server
as
a
development
machine.
The
time
that
FTPing
up
and
down
small
changes
to
PHP
files
and
CSS
tweaks
can
be
enormous.
But
there
are
other
reasons
why
using
a
local
WordPress
development
environment
also
makes
sense.
Instant
WordPress
was
originally
developed
for
a
class
in
blogging
and
WordPress
development
and
the
classroom
did
not
have
great
internet
access
and
as
a
result,
not
everyone
could
use
the
net
as
once.
It
was
decided
to
see
if
were
possible
to
get
WordPress
into
a
simple
enough
form
so
that
even
a
beginner
could
use
it,
without
taking
up
huge
amounts
of
time
in
class
configuring
Apache
and
PHP.
After
a
few
rough
versions,
the
free
Instant
WordPress
was
created
to
use
as
a
local
WordPress
installation.
The
class
did
not
have
to
worry
about
being
slowed
down
by
an
FTP
client
and
they
knew
that
they
could
not
break
anything
as
the
website
they
were
working
on
could
only
be
seen
by
them!
The
best
thing
was
that
they
could
copy
their
classroom
work
by
creating
a
portable
version
on
a
memory
stick
for
demonstrating their work elsewhere. To download and install Instant WordPress.
•
WordPress.org
-WordPress.org
is
where
you
can
grab
your
own
copy
of
the
WordPress
blogging/Content
Management
System
(CMS)
software
for
free.
It
is
recommended
that
you
always
use
the
latest
version
(Version
6.4
as
of
10/01/2024.
With
the
software
comes
the
responsibility
of
finding
your
own
hosting
company
to
house
your
WordPress
site
along
with
your
own
domain
name
to
point
visitors
to
it.
You’ll
also
have
full
control
over
the
WordPress
software
and
your
site.
The
only
limitation
you
might
have
could
be
the
resources
you’re
allotted
in
the
hosting
package
you
pick.
WordPress.org
also
includes
extensive
documentation
and
a
community
forum
where
you
can
ask
questions
if
you
get
stuck
or
help
someone
else.
It’s
also
the
site
to
go
to
if
you
would
like
to
get
involved
and
join
many
other
volunteers
in
contributing
to
the
WordPress
core
code,
mobile
apps,
translations,
and
accessibility.
Useful videos for explaining and demonstrating
WordPress.org
. are
here
.