Milestones

The Story of WordPress

This book charts the story of WordPress, from its humble beginnings as a few lines of code written in an apartment above a bar in Corsica, to the dominant web platform that it is today.

This book was written entirely on GitHub. Check it out and contribute.

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Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress

Milestones — Vol 2

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of WordPress, this second edition of the milestones series documents the explosive growth of WordPress from 2013 – 2023, critical changes to the software, adapting to life during a global pandemic, and much more.

This book is memorialized entirely on GitHub. Check it out and contribute.