Evolution of WordPress
WordPress got its start way back in 2003 as a fork of the blogging platform b2, but it’s come a long way since then. Major milestones include:
- The addition of plug-ins in 2004
- Theme system and static pages in 2005
- Widgets in 2007
- Shortcode API and Dashboard Widgets in 2008
- Image editing in 2009
- Custom menus and multisite management in 2010
- Post formats in 2011
- Theme customizer in 2012
