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WordPress is actually a folk of another blogging software called b2/cafelog which started back in 2001

The first release of WordPress was version 0.7. It was released on May 27, 2003. It was the upgrade from b2 version 0.62 that a lot of people had waited for. It was XHTML 1.1 complaint, had new default templates and a new admin interface.

On June 9, 2003 WordPress 0.71 was released. This was a pretty major update to the software with loads of bug and security fixes, as well as a 300% speed-up in performance! Also in this release there was the introduction of the post status (Publish, Draft and Private), as well as a much cleaner admin panel. Soon after version, 0.7.1.1 was released to fix a small bug.

It wasn’t until the October 11, 2003 that version 0.72 was released which had a large list of upgrades. These updates included Blogger import, security and bug fixes and lots of improvements on original functions.

On December 19, 2003 the WordPress Wiki was launched which held all the documentation for WordPress. We now know it as the WordPress Codex.

It wasn’t too long until WordPress 1.0 was released on January 3, 2004. This release was a large upgrade from the previous version. Features included the edit link on posts and comments, new admin interface changes and multiple categories. Features that are still available and very useful in today’s version of WordPress


In the next releases of WordPress the versions had codenames, and it was decided that each major release would be named after a famous Jazz musicians.

Version 1.0.1 was released a couple of weeks later, fixing bugs, speed, and other miscellaneous features. This version was codenamed Miles after Miles Davis. 1.0.1 was released on January 25, 2004.

WordPress 1.0.2, released on March 14, 2004 codenamed Blakey after Art Blakey. This version included cosmetic fixes and Movable Type import improvements.

May 22, 2004 was the next big release of WordPress, version 1.2, codenamed Mingus after Charles Mingus. There were massive changes to the software, such as post preview, the new plugin architecture, and a more advanced comment moderation system. Several months later, October 6, 2004, Version 1.2.1 was released that fixed some bugs and minor security issues.
WordPress 1.2.2 was released on December 15, 2004. This release addressed issues such as login problems, a security fix and some email encoding issues.


2005 was a very exciting year for WordPress, as it saw the release of our 1.5 version which was downloaded over 900,000 times, the start of hosted service WordPress.com to expand WP's reach, the founding of Automattic by several core members of the WP team, and finally the release of version 2.0.

The latest stable release of WordPress (Version 2.3.2)
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