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title: "What is WordPress?"  
description: "WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL."  
author: "Uttam Misra"  
published: 2012-04-27  
updated: 2020-08-11  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/302/what-is-wordpress  
category: "wordpress"  
tags: ["wordpress"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is WordPress?

[WordPress](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12248/franco-elegant-woocommerce-wordpress-theme) started in 2003 with a single bit of code to enhance the [typography](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/188181/how-to-choose-the-right-hebrew-typography) of everyday [writing](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12997/5-essential-tips-on-resume-writing-for-business-analysts) and with fewer [users](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2244/issue-preventing-users-from-accessing-facebook-s-social-networking-platforms-has-been-resolved) than you can [count](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157774/selecting-count-with-distinct) on your fingers and toes. Since then it has grown to be the largest [self](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44535/smart-ways-to-secure-self-storage-facilities)-hosted blogging [tool](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12857/customization-software-a-perfect-tool-for-e-store-owners-to-make-big-bucks) in the [world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87468/defining-humanity-as-given-in-sanatan-dharma-best-in-world), used on millions of sites and seen by tens of [millions of people](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85723/punjab-the-state-where-millions-of-people-are-addicted-to-drugs) every day.\
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