WordPress powered a large share of the blogs and news sites of 2010, and WordPress.com offered hosted blogs with themes and stats for free. WordPress 3.0, released in June 2010, merged the multi-site feature and introduced the Twenty Ten default theme.
- Domain in 2010
- wordpress.com
- Launched
- 21 November 2005
- Founders
- Matt Mullenweg
- Owner in 2010
- Automattic
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Hosted blogs with free themes
- Company and news sites on self-hosted WordPress
Interface characteristics
- Blue W logo
- Kubrick and Twenty Ten themes
- Admin dashboard with grey sidebar
Notable features
- WordPress 3.0 with custom post types (June 2010)
- Akismet spam filtering
What happened later
WordPress runs a large fraction of all websites; Automattic later bought Tumblr.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
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