WordPress for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffMay 15, 2017

WordPress has developed into one of the most robust and customizable website development platforms on the Internet today and only continues to grow. As a free, open-source platform, it offers thousands of options for expansion and customization, whether through themes and plug-ins or custom code.

Pros

Extremely customizable platform: WordPress is highly customizable. From creation of custom pages to quick changes to the permalinks of your pages, it allows you to do just about anything you want with a site. Even then, plug-ins and themes are available to upgrade and enhance your website in many ways.

Open source and supported by many tools: WordPress is an open-source platform, so it is free. You can download it from Wordpress.org and install it in minutes if you have your own server. The last part can be a hurdle for some who are not experienced in website development, but the support community for this tool is immense with more than a decade's worth of updates, plug-ins, themes, and third-party tools that integrate with it.

Cons

Installation and maintenance require some technical knowledge: The one con of using a tool like WordPress is that it is not as simple as some plug-and-play website builders. You will need your own server, and you'll need some basic skills to create the necessary resources and upload the files to that server. Ongoing maintenance can also be technical to a degree, so it is important that you feel comfortable doing this or have access to a resource to help with it.

Bottom Line

Whether you're a website creation pro, or you're just building your first site, WordPress is a great platform. Offering plenty of entry-level themes and plug-ins for a quick-to-create website experience and the depth needed by seasoned developers to really experiment, it's a true standout in the world of open-source software.

What’s new in version 3.6

Version 3.6 includes new Twenty Thirteen theme, built-in HTML5 media player, and better filters for how revisions work, so you can store a different amount of history for different post types.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: August 2, 2013

Latest update: May 15, 2017

Version: 3.6

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows 95
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 2000

Additional Requirements: PHP 4.1, MySQL 4.0

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 130,901

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

4.1/5

13 User Votes

Wordpress is best.
January 31, 2016
Pros
You can do most anything with it. Excellent as Content Management Software (CMS) as it is for bloggers. Most hosting companies have a "quick-install" routine for Wordpress and other free software. Plenty of great free themes (skins, templates) and plugins (specialized add-on enhancements)
Cons
Learning curve.
Summary
I love building websites with Wordpress now that I've got some experience at it. It is amazing all the powerful things you can create.
Find it amazing! So simple to use but very powerful!
88chandruFebruary 8, 2013
Pros
More than just being an open source.. I find the WordPresss a great tool, so simple to use even for a novice like m.
Cons
none that i can think of at the moment.
Summary
it has proven satisfactory
DWARNER497July 23, 2011
Pros
it has proven satisfactory
Cons
it has proven satisfactory
Summary
it has proven satisfactory
Superior blogging and content management platform
trader7757July 30, 2010
Pros
absolutely simple to install, set up a sql data base, unzip the file, get your passwords and you are ready to go. There are plenty of free plug-ins, and even more low priced plug-ins, so you can do virtually anything you want.
Cons
It takes a little practice to use if you are not familiar with sql, so you need to know a smattering of php and have some basic idea of how to set up your sql database.
Summary
I have many blogs on this platform and they run virtually problem free. There are often a flurry of update to install as security issues are uncovered and plug-ins update to work with the releases. I really enjoy using this platform.
Wordpress is a developers nightmare
rogueilluminatusMarch 5, 2010
Pros
Certainly there are a lot of good features, but these are shared by virtually every other blog product on the market.
Cons
The obfuscation of code is outrageous, if not unethical and immoral. Simple changes that should take minutes take hours to simply find WHERE to make the change. Official documentation is incomplete, not including many important function calls.
Summary
If you know enough php to edit your scripts, then you're better off writing your own scripts WITHOUT SENSELESS OBFUSCATION and building a fully custom blog from scratch. It may take two to three times as long, but eventually you'll get what you want, and if you have any maintenance to do or subtle changes to make, you'll save big time in the long run. Sorry Wordpress, but I have to give you a D-.
Could not install
bustertoadDecember 10, 2009
Pros
The description sounded very good and the download seemed to go okay.
Cons
Could not get program to install. Quit after two hours. No program removal function.
Summary
I downloaded the program because of the good reviews. I hate to have to unzip anything, but I did it for this one. Why is it necessary to still have use zipped functions. The programs claims to have an easy five minute install. I spent two hours and was never able to get it to install or function at all. The error messages were even confusing. I must be a dunce because all the other reviews are great. When I finally gave up, I found out that there was no way to uninstall this program. I wanted it to work and I really tried.
Had my first blog up and running in no time
geezewebAugust 10, 2009
Pros
I could understand the installation language except for on word
Cons
Account for WordPress purposes has a different meaning that what is used in the business wold.
Summary
Best Hands Down
BlitzBoy1120March 15, 2009
Pros
Does what I need it to do, easy to edit php files, thousands of plugins for me to use, hassle free to add posts, pages, tags, media, etc. Can be used easily on a day to day basis.
Cons
You can't edit how you design each page individually.
Summary
It's no longer just a blogging software, it can be used for practically anything.
Efficient product...
smark82December 3, 2008
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Efficient product...
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Efficient product...
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eugeneisoAugust 16, 2008
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Developer’s Description

By WordPress.org

Get your own Web site up and running with this open-source blogging platform.

WordPress is a personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, Web standards, and usability. WordPress was born out of a desire for an elegant, well-structured personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL and licensed under the GPL. It is the official successor of b2/cafelog. WordPress is fresh software, but its roots and development go back to 2001. It is a mature and stable product. We hope by focusing on user experience and web standards we can create a tool different from anything else out there.

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