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History of WordPress

WordPress has come a long way since 2003. What started as a few lines of code and a mission to build a better web has become a prevalent web platform and thriving community. Explore major releases below.

Since the very beginning, WordPress release names have been inspired by jazz artists, an ode to the spirit of collaboration, experimentation, and creative freedom at the heart of open source.

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Milestone Books

Explore WordPress’s first twenty years through Milestones and Building Blocks.

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Creative 3D Museum

Explore WordPress history through the fun 3D Museum built by the community.

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State of the Word

Since 2006, WordPress has hosted its annual State of the Word keynote.

Releases

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7.1

Responsive styles, Admin bar in every editor, Inline notes with mentions

19 aogositra 2026

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7.0

Design your navigation overlay, Modernized dashboard, Connectors hub for AI services

May 20, 2026

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6.9

Notes for block-level collaboration, Command Palette across the dashboard, Abilities API

2 desambra 2025

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6.8

Refreshed Style Book, Speculative loading, Stronger password security with bcrypt

15 Aprily 2025

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6.7

Twenty Twenty-Five, Zoom Out view, Block bindings for custom fields

12 novambra 2024

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6.6

Overrides in synced patterns, Rollbacks for plugin auto-updates, New page layout in the Site Editor

16 jolay 2024

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6.5

Font Library, Interactivity API, Revisions for templates

2 aprily 2024

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6.4

Twenty Twenty-Four, Pattern categories and filtering, Block Hooks

7 novambra 2023

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6.3

Unified Site Editor, Command Palette, Footnotes and Details blocks

8 aogositra 2023

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6.2

Reimagined Site Editor, Style Book, Openverse media in the editor

29 martsa 2023

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6.1

Twenty Twenty-Three, New templates, Fluid typography

1 novambra 2022

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6.0

Style switching, Block locking, Improved List View

24 mey 2022

Full site editing, Twenty Twenty-Two, Navigation block

25 janoary 2022

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5.8

Block-based widgets, Query Loop block, Template editing

20 jolay 2021

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5.7

Simpler color palette, One-click HTTPS migration, Lazy-loading iframes

9 martsa 2021

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5.6

Twenty Twenty-One, Expanded auto-updates, Application Passwords

8 desambra 2020

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5.5

Block patterns, Block directory, Plugin and theme auto-updates

11 aogositra 2020

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5.4

Buttons and Social Icons blocks, Cleaner editor interface, Custom fields for menu items

31 martsa 2020

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5.3

Twenty Twenty, Automatic image rotation, Admin email verification

12 novambra 2019

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5.2

Site Health Check, PHP error protection, Plugin compatibility checks

7 Mey 2019

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5.1

Site Health, Faster editor performance, Multisite metadata

21 febroary 2019

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5.0

Block editor, Twenty Nineteen, Classic Editor plugin

6 desambra 2018

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4.9

Scheduled Customizer changes, Code syntax highlighting, Gallery widget

15 novambra 2017

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4.8

Media widgets, Rich Text widget, Nearby WordPress events

8 jona 2017

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4.7

Twenty Seventeen, Video headers, REST API content endpoints

6 desambra 2016

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4.6

Streamlined updates, Native system fonts, Content recovery

16 aogositra 2016

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4.5

Inline linking, Live responsive previews, Custom logos

12 aprily 2016

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4.4

Twenty Sixteen, Responsive images, Embed everything

8 desambra 2015

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4.3

Menus in the Customizer, Formatting shortcuts, Site icons

18 aogositra 2015

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4.2

Press This, Emoji support, Theme switching in the Customizer

23 aprily 2015

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4.1

Twenty Fifteen, Distraction-free writing, Log out everywhere

18 desambra 2014

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4.0

Media library grid, Visual embed previews, Improved plugin search

4 septambra 2014

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3.9

Improved visual editor, Drag-and-drop images, Live widget previews

16 aprily 2014

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3.8

Modern admin design, Admin color schemes, Twenty Fourteen

12 desambra 2013

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3.7

Automatic background updates, Stronger password meter, Better language support

24 oktobra 2013

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3.6

Twenty Thirteen, Revamped revisions, Post locking and autosave

1 aogositra 2013

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3.5

New media manager, Twenty Twelve, Retina-ready dashboard

11 desambra 2012

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3.4

Theme Customizer, Twitter embeds, HTML in image captions

13 jona 2012

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3.3

Drag-and-drop uploader, New toolbar, Hover navigation menus

12 desambra 2011

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3.2

Faster and lighter, Refreshed dashboard, Twenty Eleven

4 jolay 2011

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3.1

Admin bar, Post formats, Network Admin

23 febroary 2011

Twenty Ten, Custom menus, Multisite

17 jona 2010

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2.9

Trash and undo, Built-in image editor, Batch plugin updates

18 desambra 2009

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2.8

One-click theme installs, Redesigned widgets, Syntax highlighting in the editor

11 jona 2009

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2.7

New admin interface, Comment threading, One-click plugin installs

10 desambra 2008

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2.6

Post revisions, Press This, Theme previews

15 jolay 2008

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2.5

Cleaner dashboard, Dashboard widgets, Multi-file upload

29 martsa 2008

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2.3

Native tagging, Update notifications, Canonical URLs

24 septambra 2007

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2.2

Widgets, Atom support, Blogger importer

16 mey 2007

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2.1

Autosave, Spell checking, Static front page

22 janoary 2007

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2.0

Redesigned dashboard, Faster administration, WYSIWYG editing

31 desambra 2005

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1.5

Pages, Theme templates, Comment moderation

17 febroary 2005

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1.2

Sub-categories, Plugin architecture, Localization

22 mey 2004

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1.0

Search-friendly permalinks, Multiple categories, Comment moderation

3 janoary 2004

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0.7

Links manager, XHTML 1.1 compliance, Manual excerpts

27 mey 2003