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Deployment
WordPress can be deployed using various methods on a hosting environment. Users have the option to download the
current version of WordPress from WordPress.org [8] . From there, they can upload the source code and its
dependencies to their hosting environment. Previously seen as a difficult method to install WordPress, extensive
documentation as well as a user friendly installer have proved different.
WordPress can also be installed via package management system or deploying a ready-to-use TurnKey WordPress
appliance, which does not require any manual setup or configuration. [9]
WordPress can also be installed via the Microsoft Web Platform Installer which installs WordPress on Windows and
IIS. The Web PI will automatically detect any missing dependencies such as PHP or MySQL then install and
configure them [10] before installing WordPress.
Advanced users have the option to have WordPress downloaded to their server and consistently updated using SVN.
This will allow users to remain updated easily. [11]
Free hosting services such as WordPress.com offer users an easy way to deploy a WordPress blog on-line without
having to install WordPress on your own web server. Many shared web hosting services also offer automated
WordPress installation through their control panel.
History
b2/cafelog, more commonly known as simply b2 or cafelog, was the precursor to WordPress. [12] b2/cafelog was
estimated to have been employed on approximately 2,000 blogs as of May 2003. It was written in PHP for use with
MySQL by Michel Valdrighi, who is now a contributing developer to WordPress. Although WordPress is the official
successor, another project, b2evolution, is also in active development.
WordPress first appeared in 2003 as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of b2. [13]
The name WordPress was suggested by Christine Selleck, a friend of Mullenweg. [14]
In 2004 the licensing terms for the competing Movable Type package were changed by Six Apart and many of its
users migrated to WordPress, causing a marked and continuing growth in WordPress's popularity. By October, 2009,
the 2009 Open Source CMS Market Share Report reached the conclusion that WordPress enjoys the greatest brand
strength of any open source content management systems. That conclusion was based on an extensive analysis of
rate of adoption patterns and brand strength and was backed by a survey of users. [15]
Awards
In 2007 WordPress won a Packt Open Source CMS Award. [16]
In 2009 WordPress won the best Open Source CMS Award. [17]
Removal of sponsored themes
On 10 July 2007, following a discussion on the WordPress ideas forum [18] and a post by Mark Ghosh in his blog
Weblog Tools Collection, [19] Matt Mullenweg announced that the official WordPress theme directory at http:/ /
themes. wordpress. net would no longer host themes containing sponsored links. [20] [21] Although this move was
criticized by designers and users of sponsored themes, it was applauded by WordPress users who consider such
themes to be spam. The official WordPress theme directory ceased to accept any new themes, including those
without sponsored links, shortly after the announcement was made. [22] Sponsored themes are still available
[23] [24]
elsewhere, as well as free themes with additional sponsored links added by third parties.
On July 18, 2008, a new theme directory opened at http:/ / wordpress. org/ extend/ themes/ . It was styled along the
same lines as the plug-ins directory, [25] Any theme that is uploaded to it will be vetted, first by an automated
program and then by a human.