Title: Version 0.70
Author: Akira Tachibana
Published: May 19, 2019

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# Version 0.70

## In this article

 * [Changelog](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-0-70/?output_format=md#changelog)
    - [Features](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-0-70/?output_format=md#features)

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WordPress 0.7 was [released May 27, 2003](https://wordpress.org/development/archives/2003/05/27/wordpress-now-available/),
as the first official public release of WordPress.

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-0-70/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

 * Released May 27, 2003
 * [Dev Blog Announcment](https://wordpress.org/development/archives/2003/05/27/wordpress-now-available/)

This was the very first version of WordPress, and represented a great deal of work
between Mike and Matt in improving the b2 codebase.

### 󠀁[Features](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-0-70/?output_format=md#features)󠁿

 * Texturize engine
 * Links manager
 * XHTML 1.1 compliant templates
 * New administration interface
 * Ability to do manual excerpts
 * New templates

First published

May 19, 2019

Last updated