Wordpress is an open source content management system that was first released in 2003. It allows users to easily build and maintain blogs and websites. There are two main types - hosted on Wordpress.com which only allows approved themes and plugins, or self-hosted on your own domain which gives more flexibility but requires installing and configuring the software. Setting up a self-hosted Wordpress site involves getting a web host, downloading Wordpress, installing it which creates the database tables and wp-config.php file, and then exploring the dashboard to manage content, users, themes and plugins.

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3. Easy to maintain

4. Free and works with LAMP/WAMP

5. SEO friendly

6. Easy to Extend

7. Intuitive and User FriendlyDARN!!! WORDPRESS is not just a BLOGGING Software!#WordPress is a state-of-the-art web publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability…especially with wordpress 3.0

8. Other Examples of Sites Using WORDPRESS

9. FACTS 101 first released on May 27, 2003, by MattMullenweg

10. Started as a fork of b2/cafelog

11. November 21, 2005: wordpress.com opened to the public

12. 27 million WordPress.com publishers as of September 2010

13. 13.9 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com

14. won a Packt Open Source CMS Award in 2007

15. In 2009 WordPress won the best Open Source CMS Award

16. Over 11,426 Official Plugin

17. Over 1,239 Official Theme

18. As of August 2010, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 12.5 million times

19. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress for moreGetting Started With WordpressTwo Types of Wordpress-Hosted: Wordpress.com-Self-Hosted: Wordpress.org

20. HostedYou use the Wordpress.com system

21. Your URL is xyz.wordpress.com

22. Enhanced services allow you to use your domain name

23. Can only use approved themes and plug-insSelf - Hosted: Open Source, free to download

24. Easy to InstallRequirements:Web Host – YourDomain.com

25. Web Database provided by your host