{"id":16,"date":"2015-11-13T17:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milestones.pressbooks.com\/cover\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:07:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:07:33","slug":"milestones","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/book\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading site-title\">Milestones<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"site-description wp-block-paragraph\">The Story of WordPress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This book was written entirely on GitHub. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/book\/\">Check it out and contribute.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/book\/table-of-contents\/\">Read Online<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/book\/\">Contribute on GitHub<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/book\/tree\/master\/Formats\/\">Download Book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading site-title\">Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"site-description wp-block-paragraph\">Milestones \u2014 Vol 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commemorating the 20th anniversary of WordPress, this second edition of the milestones series documents the explosive growth of WordPress from 2013 \u2013 2023, critical changes to the software, adapting to life during a global pandemic, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This book is memorialized entirely on GitHub. <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/wp20-book\">Check it out and contribute.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/book\/table-of-contents\/\">Read Online<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/wp20-book\">Contribute on GitHub<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/wp20-book\/tree\/trunk\/Formats\">Download Book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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