WordPress is an open source blog tool and publishing platform powered by MySQL and PHP
It is a blogging platform designed to be ready for either casual or professional blogging
Features
There are thousands of plugins available to bloggers
WordPress is also themeable; there are many themes available to users on the WordPress theme market, and users can design their own themes in PHP, HTML, and CSS
Bloggers can optionally enable comments and sharing features on their blog posts so that users can comment on or contribute to the blog
Embed media videos to your blog
Although WordPress is traditionally a blogging platform, it is being used more and more to create dynamic non-blog websites
It can be used with mobile phones
You may have as many blogs as you want
You can import your content from Blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad, or an existing WordPress blog
You can export your blog
Getting started
It can be downloaded and installed on your own server
For a simpler experience, you can sign up for an account at wordpress.com, completely free of charge
