What is WordPress and what are its features and characteristics?

WordPress is an open source content management system, built in PHP and MySQL databases, distributed by Automattic (Is a web development company founded in 2005, employing 297 employees) under the GNU General Public License version 2 or higher.

 The first version of Wordpress in May 2003, version number 0.70 was developed by Matt Mulling and Little Mike. Now, version number is: 5.0.2.

WordPress uses a template system, and the template allows changing the appearance of sites that originate in Wordpress. The WordPress user can change the look of his or her website at any time.

 It is being developed by a group of volunteer developers. The functions on which WordPress is available enable the management of any Web site such as websites and personal blogs.

What are its features and characteristics?

Features and characteristics of WordPress:

WordPress features a variety of features and characteristics that make it unique of other content management systems, as:

Ø  Integrated system management: Provides a control panel to manage the system in an integrated manner.

Ø  Ability to create labels nested.

Ø  Ability to create static pages.

Ø  Provide special applications for tablet systems.

Ø  Ability to share writing with a number of people.

Ø  Wordpress Supports Plugins, and is one of the most popular features of Wordpress (more than 35,000 Plugins).

Ø  Support for tags and Keywords.

Ø  Links for WordPress, friendly for search engines.

Ø  Alerts and comments: alerts you if a topic has been linked to another site.

Ø  The ability to create boxes in the side menu easily.

Ø  Template modification and preview modification directly.

Ø  Split one post into multiple pages.

Ø  Paste the URL to make links in the Visual Text Editor

Ø  The ability to stop a specific Internet protocol (IP) from writing any comment.

Ø  Provide special applications for mobile (Samsung, Nokia, I phone).

Ø  Shortcuts help you write faster.

Ø  Move, Add, or Delete ‘Widgets’ of Control Panel.

Ø  Preview the templates without activating them.

Ø  Ability to create a list of visitors who wrote comments in the blog.

Ø  The possibility to show or hide Slider show in the blog.

Ø  Hidden settings page in wordpress (This page is hidden to avoid spoiling something by novice users.).

Ø  Easy access to Widgets.

Ø  Possibility to develop and modify it.

Ø  Template system: where the design can be changed easily.

Ø  Include links, video and multimedia

Ø  Edit images in WordPress.

Ø  Ability to grant multiple labels to a single article and supports tags for articles.

Ø  Show / hide things via screen options.

Ø  Wordpress does not require knowledge of programming languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Ø  Compatible with Smartphone and tablets.

Does WordPress allow creating more than one blog?

WordPress allows the user to create more than one blog on one site, on the same database, on a sub domain, or in a subfolder.

  The blog administrator can monitor blogs and modify their content freely from one control panel.