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By: WordPress – 9 years since it’s conception | Mike Little's Journalized

WordPress – 9 years since it’s conception | Mike Little's Journalized — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:06:32 +0000

[...] D reminded me that it is now nine years since my fateful comment on Matt’s blog that kicked off this whole WordPress thing! [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:51:25 +0000

There are lots of plugins for it, here’s one: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/text-control-2/

By: Charley Ramm

Charley Ramm — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:16:07 +0000

“Well, it would be nice to have the flexibility of MovableType, the parsing of TextPattern, the hackability of b2, and the ease of setup of Blogger. Someday, right?”

What happened to ‘the parsing of TextPattern’? I have been dreaming of using WordPress with Textile or some kind of wikitext.

By: WordPress – 8 Years in the making | Mike Little's Journalized

WordPress – 8 Years in the making | Mike Little's Journalized — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:01:35 +0000

[...] Another year has passed and it is now eight years since my fateful comment on Matt’s blog that kicked off this whole WordPress [...]

By: Happy Anniversary WordPress! | Site5 Webmaster Blog – Learn about all those internet tube things!

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:36:18 +0000

[...] January 25, 2003, a seemingly one-off comment by Mike on Matt Mullenweg’s blog started a chain reaction that resulted in the creation of WordPress. [...]

By: Happy birthday WordPress « Blog Alex

Happy birthday WordPress « Blog Alex — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:01:19 +0000

[...] 25, 2010 Today the widely popular blogging software (the one being used right here) WordPress is 7 years old. Matt Mullenweg is the founder of WordPress. You can read his blog on http://ma.tt and check out [...]

By: mnhart

mnhart — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:34:49 +0000

Happy B-Day WordPress!

By: Decade in Web Design | Pro Blog Design

Decade in Web Design | Pro Blog Design — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:52:42 +0000

[...] developer had vanished and updates were non-existent. Enter Matt Mullenweg with his thoughts on forking the development, and WordPress was [...]

By: Will the GPL Kill WordPress Development? | Pro Blog Design

Will the GPL Kill WordPress Development? | Pro Blog Design — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:02:48 +0000

[...] reins and carry it on. That’s how WordPress came to be in the first place; Matt and a few others picked up the reins of another GPL project that had died when its original developer [...]

By: ach1m

ach1m — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:31:41 +0000

Congrats Matt

By: WordPress - von der Idee zum ersten Release - aber das ist eine andere Geschichte, WordPress, Matt, Little, „WordPress, Mike - WordPress Deutschland Blog

Wed, 27 May 2009 11:32:06 +0000

[...] 24. Januar 2003 dachte Matt Mullenweg in seinem Blog laut über „The Blogging Software Dilemma“ nach. Mit der von ihm eingetzten Blog-Software b2/cafelog , dessen Wurzeln in das Jahr 2001 [...]

By: Kompas Suka Tidak Teliti

Kompas Suka Tidak Teliti — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:10:20 +0000

[...] Kalau kita berkunjung ke situs Wikipedia, dan sebenarnya ini sudah pengetahuan umum di penggiat WordPress, jelas informasi di atas salah. Matt tidak menciptakan software blog b2. B2 dibuat oleh programer bernama Michel Valdrighi. Matt kemudian membuat fork (istilah untuk membuat cabang program baru dari sebuah program lama) dari b2 yang kemudian dia beri nama WordPress (lihat posting Matt sendiri mengenai awal ketika ia melakukan fork atas b2). [...]

By: Pande

Pande — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:50:51 +0000

6 years!!!, my daughter 6 th birthday was two mondays ago…

By: Oleh-oleh Inspirasi dan Pengetahuan dari Matt Mullenweg « Hidup Sudah Semakin Susah

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:17:40 +0000

[...] pengen banget bikin software yang sesuai keinginannya dia.. Dia nulisin itu di postingannya di http://ma.tt/2003/01/the-blogging-software-dilemma/. Karena satu komentar dari pengunjungnya (lihat komentar pertama dari Mike) yang menggugah hatinya [...]

By: TheFrosty

TheFrosty — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:47:46 +0000

Glad to be part of the WordPress history!

By: Site news: Anniversaries, Blogoversaries and updates | Peoria Pundit

Site news: Anniversaries, Blogoversaries and updates | Peoria Pundit — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:41:54 +0000

[...] (actually yesterday) in 2003, the notion of the blogging platform that would become Word Press was conceived. Congratulations [...]

By: Alex Leonard

Alex Leonard — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:55:03 +0000

Quite cool reading the post that started it all.

Congrats on reaching birthday number 6

Here’s to many more and keep up the incredible work!

By: Happy Birthday WordPress! WP Turns 42 in Internet Years | eGrace Creative Web Solutions

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:33:05 +0000

[...] about a success story. WordPress began six years ago today as a result of a simple discussion at Matt Mullenweg’s web site about the need for a [...]

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:13:47 +0000

It’s like WordPress is turning 42 in internet years! Happy B-Day!

By: Dennis Goedegebuure

Dennis Goedegebuure — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:47:45 +0000

Historic post! Congrats today and looking forward to the coming years and development.

By: Blogging Software Dilemma — Matt Mullenweg

Blogging Software Dilemma — Matt Mullenweg — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:31:34 +0000

[...] The Blogging Software Dilemma. On this day, 6 years ago, WordPress was conceived in the comments section of this blog. Hat tip: Mike Little! [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:34:31 +0000

Happy Birthday folks!!

By: Notes from Wordcamp Indonesia 2009 | RyanKoesuma.com

Notes from Wordcamp Indonesia 2009 | RyanKoesuma.com — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:47:24 +0000

[...] something. Of course I do try to behave casually, but I couldn’t stop thinking that this is the guy who started it all. We spoke about the .bdg too (which I’m wearing the [...]

By: Oleh-oleh dari WordCamp Indonesia 2009

Oleh-oleh dari WordCamp Indonesia 2009 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:44:29 +0000

By: saber

saber — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:52:28 +0000

Thanks Matt, WordPress is cool enough as it is but i think you can still make it better by doing it the Microsoft way like copying everything from Movable Type, Text Patten and the whole lot

Then we can have the best of everything plus this has worked for Microsoft they are still on top now and probably will be