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WordPress is open source software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

Beautiful designs, powerful features, and the freedom to build anything you want. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

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39% of the web uses WordPress, from hobby blogs to the biggest news sites online.

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Limitless possibilities. What will you create?

Extend WordPress with over 55,000 plugins to help your website meet your needs. Add an online store, galleries, mailing lists, forums, analytics, and much more.

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News From Our Blog

The Month in WordPress: December 2020

We bid goodbye to 2020 in style with the release of WordPress 5.6 and the launch of Learn WordPress. But these weren’t the only exciting updates from WordPress in December. Read on to learn more! WordPress 5.6 is here The latest major WordPress release, version 5.6 “Simone”, came out on December 8. The release ships […]

It’s Easy As…

  1. Find a trusted web host and maybe support WordPress at the same time.
  2. Download & install WordPress with our famous 5-minute installation. Publishing has never been easier.
  3. Spend some time reading our documentation, get to know WordPress better every day and start helping others, too.