WordPress Introduction

WordPress is a free and open source Content Management System (CMS) framework. It is the
most widely used CMS framework of recent time. WordPress provides the most amazing way of
creating websites and blogs. More than 43.2% of the websites are built using WordPress. So, it
can be said that this popular content management system is famous for developing blogging sites
and websites. Today, WordPress has proudly brought the most supportive and useful blogging
community on the web. Thousands of sites (news, updates, resources, training, tutorials— the list
is endless) exist which inherit and make use of WordPress. In this tutorial, you will learn about
the primary purpose of WordPress and its types and features.

What is Content Management System?

A content management system (CMS) is an application used to create and manage digital
content. Content is what makes any organization stand out from the crowd, content must be
regular and well organized in order to maintain any branding possible thus rather than doing it
manually CMSes are used for enterprise content management (ECM) and web content
management (WCM).

What is WordPress?

WordPress is a content management system (WCM) i.e. it is a tool that organizes the whole
process of creating, storing and showcasing web-content in an optimal way.

It comes full-featured out of the box, but is also extendable. There are two ways to do this:

 Themes – These dictate the look of your site, although some also provide extra
functionality.

 Plugins – This is how you extend the functionality of your site, and the plugin
ecosystem is huge. You’ll be able to find a plugin for any practical application and
might need.

Since WordPress is an open-source platform, you’re also able to develop your site using any
coding skills you have. In other words, its full code is available to view and download for free,
and contributors across the globe keep improving the offering. You’re also able to use
WordPress for any purpose — we’ll talk about this in another lesson.