WordPress

By: Kenneth Jay L. Dugaria

 Overview of WordPress
• WordPress is a free and open source content management system
(CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It is the most widely used CMS
software in the world, and as of May 2019, it powers more than 30%
(https://w3techs.com/ ) of the top 10 million websites and has an
estimated 60% market share of all websites built using a CMS.
• WordPress started as a simple blogging system in 2003, but it has
evolved into a full CMS with thousands of plugins, widgets, and
themes. It is licensed under the General Public License (GPLv2 or
later).
https://wordpress.org/support/article/overview-of-wordpress/
 Features of WordPress
To name few of many features of WordPress
• Easy to use
• A Serious Platform for Serious Content
• Inter-site Communication
• Community Building
• Multilingual

https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-features/
 Sites Created through WordPress
To name few of many sites that can be created through WordPress.
• Personal Blogs
• eCommerce
• Blog Networks
• Social Networks
• Colleges and Universities
• Small Businesses
• Job Board
• And Many More
https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/x-type-of-websites-you-can-create-
with-wordpress/
 Advantages of WordPress

• Easy to use
• Community
• Easy to Set Up
• Easy to Extend
• Plugins
• Templates
• Menu management
• Non-standard fields
 Disadvantages of WordPress
• Modification requires knowledge of PHP
• Plugins and efficiency
• PHP security
• Tables and graphics formatting
• SQL queries
 Installing WordPress
System Requirements for WordPress
• Database: MySQL 5.0+
• Web Server:
• WAMP (Windows)
• LAMP (Linux)
• XAMP (Multi-platform)
• MAMP (Macintosh)
• Operating System: Cross-platform
• Browser Support: IE (Internet Explorer 8+), Firefox, Google chrome, Safari, Opera
• PHP Compatibility: PHP 5.2+
• Download WordPress When you open the link https://wordpress.org/download/,
Thank You!
Let’s start the
demonstration.