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'''WordPress''' (also known as '''WP''' or '''WordPress.org''') is a [[web content management system]]. It was originally created as a tool to publish [[blog]]s but has evolved to support publishing other web content, including more traditional websites, [[Electronic mailing list|mailing lists]] and [[Internet forum]], media galleries, membership sites, [[learning management system]]s and [[Shopping cart software|online stores]]. Available as [[free and open-source software|free and open-source]] software, WordPress is among the most popular content management systems – it was used by 43.1% of the top 10 million websites {{as of|2023|12|lc=y}}.<ref name="Usage of content management systems for websites">{{cite web |date=24 Dec 2023 |title=Usage Statistics and Market Share of Content Management Systems for Websites |url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ |access-date=24 Dec 2023 |website=w3techs.com |publisher=W3Techs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CMS Usage Statistics |url=http://trends.builtwith.com/cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806231531/http://trends.builtwith.com/cms/ |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |website=builtwith.com |publisher=BuiltWith |language=en-US}}</ref>
WordPress is written in the [[PHP]] language<ref>{{cite web |title=Requirements |url=https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120114050/https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/ |archive-date=January 20, 2020 |access-date=Jan 29, 2020 |website=wordpress.org |publisher=WordPress |language=en-US}}</ref> and paired with a [[MySQL]] or [[MariaDB]] database. Features include a [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin architecture]] and a [[Web template system|template system]], referred to within WordPress as "Themes".
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