Do you want to know about the history of WordPress? If you are starting a WordPress blog or website today, then you see a popular website builder which powered more than 32% of all websites on the internet. In this article, we want to take a look back at the history of WordPress to show you how it evolved over time.
您想了解WordPress的历史吗？ 如果您今天开始创建WordPress博客或网站 ，那么您会看到一个流行的网站构建器，该构建器为Internet上所有网站的32％以上提供了支持。 在本文中，我们想回顾一下WordPress的历史，向您展示WordPress随着时间的演变。
The story of WordPress tells us how open source communities work to make something so useful without compromising software freedom. WordPress project is driven by a community of dedicated developers, users, and supporters (Related: Why is WordPress free?).
WordPress的故事告诉我们开源社区如何在不损害软件自由的情况下使如此有用的东西起作用。 WordPress项目由一群敬业的开发人员，用户和支持者驱动(相关： WordPress为什么免费？ )。
WordPress started out because the development of an existing blogging software b2/cafelog was discontinued by their main developers. In 2003, two users of b2/cafelog, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, decided to build a new platform on top of b2/cafelog.
WordPress之所以开始，是因为现有的博客软件b2 / cafelog的开发已被其主要开发人员中止。 2003年，b2 / cafelog的两个用户Matt Mattlenweg和Mike Little决定在b2 / cafelog之上构建一个新平台。
They probably didn’t know that they are about to start a journey that would eventually benefit millions of users around the globe, create thousands of jobs, and a whole industry of developers, designers, writers, bloggers, and web publishers would make their living off it.
他们可能不知道自己是否将开始一段旅程，该旅程最终将使全球数百万用户受益，创造数千个工作机会，整个行业的开发人员，设计师，作家，博客作者和网络发布者都将以此为生离开它。
On May 27, 2003, Matt announced the availability of the first version of WordPress. It was well received by the community. It was based on b2 Cafelog with significant improvements. The first version of WordPress included a new admin interface, new templates, and generated XHTML 1.1 compliant templates. The post editor looked like this:
2003年5月27日 ，马特宣布WordPress的第一个版本可用。 受到社会的好评。 它基于b2 Cafelog进行了重大改进。 WordPress的第一个版本包括一个新的管理界面，新模板以及生成的符合XHTML 1.1的模板。 帖子编辑器如下所示：
In May 2004, version 1.2 of WordPress came with plugin architecture. This enabled users and developers to extend the functionality of WordPress by writing their own plugins and sharing them with rest of the community.
2004年5月 ，WordPress的1.2版附带了插件体系结构。 这使用户和开发人员可以通过编写自己的插件并与社区其他成员共享来扩展WordPress的功能。
As WordPress was opening itself to the community, something totally opposite was happening in the blogging industry at that time.
当WordPress向社区开放时，当时博客行业发生了完全相反的事情。
The market leader in blogging tools industry at that time was Moveable Type. They announced new licensing terms which were not liked by many of their users. This forced many of their users to look for a new blogging platform.
当时博客工具行业的市场领导者是Moveable Type。 他们宣布了许多用户不喜欢的新许可条款。 这迫使他们的许多用户寻找新的博客平台。
WordPress 1.2, presented itself as an ambitious project offering users a mature, stable, easy and flexible platform with features that rivaled their proprietary competitors. The adaption rate of WordPress skyrocketed with this release.
WordPress 1.2本身就是一个雄心勃勃的项目，它为用户提供了一个成熟，稳定，简单而灵活的平台，其功能可以与专有竞争对手匹敌。 WordPress的适应率在此版本中猛增。
With the increase in the number of users, WordPress started getting better with the help and interest of the community.
随着用户数量的增加，WordPress在社区的帮助和兴趣下开始变得更好。
In February 2005, WordPress 1.5 came with Pages, comment moderation tools, new default theme Kubrick, and a completely new Theme System. Matt announced themes with these words:
在2005年2月 ，WordPress 1.5附带了Pages，注释审核工具，新的默认主题Kubrick和全新的Theme System。 马特用这些话宣布了主题：
In 1.5 we have created an incredibly flexible theme system that adapts to you rather than expecting you adapt to it. You can have your entire weblog run through a single file, just like before, or you can literally have a different template for every single different category. It’s as much or as little as you want. We’ve also broken common site elements like headers, footers, and sidebars into their own files so you can make a change in one place and see it everywhere immediately. “Matt Mullenweg – Announcing WordPress 1.5”
在1.5中，我们创建了一个非常灵活的主题系统，它可以适应您而不是期望您适应它。 您可以像以前一样将整个Weblog运行在一个文件中，也可以为每个不同的类别使用不同的模板。 随你想要多少。 我们还将常见的网站元素(如页眉，页脚和侧边栏)分解为自己的文件，因此您可以在一个位置进行更改并立即在任何地方看到它。 “ Matt Mullenweg – 宣布WordPress 1.5 ”
In December 2005, WordPress 2.0 was released with a new admin dashboard. This new admin area was a complete overhaul of the administration screens in WordPress.
在2005年12月 ，WordPress 2.0随新的管理控制台一起发布。 这个新的管理区域是对WordPress管理屏幕的完整检查。
It used JavaScript and DHTML to make a better user interface where users did not need to load a page to perform some simple tasks. Users were now able to add categories and tags to posts without leaving the post editor or delete comments without reloading the comments screen.
它使用JavaScript和DHTML制作了更好的用户界面，用户无需加载页面即可执行一些简单任务。 用户现在可以在不离开帖子编辑器的情况下向帖子添加类别和标签 ，或者在不重新加载评论屏幕的情况下删除评论。
The shiny new admin UI was not the only significant improvement in this release.
闪亮的新管理界面并不是此版本中唯一的重大改进。
It was the first release that came with Akismet anti-spam plugin pre-installed. It also came with a WordPress database backup plugin, wp-db-backup, which was then dropped in 2007. Another first for this release was the introduction of a functions.php file in the Theme System.
这是预先安装了Akismet反垃圾邮件插件的第一个版本。 它还带有一个WordPress数据库备份插件wp-db-backup，该插件于2007年被删除。该版本的另一个首个功能是在Theme System中引入了functions.php文件 。
On March 1, 2006, Automattic, the company founded by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, filed the trademark registration for WordPress and WordPress logo.
由WordPress共同创始人马特·穆伦维格(Matt Mullenweg)创立的公司Automattic于2006年3月1日提交了WordPress和WordPress徽标的商标注册。
In 2008, a web design company called Happy Cog joined the WordPress project to help design a new WordPress admin interface. A usability study was conducted to design the admin UI.
2008年 ，一家名为Happy Cog的网页设计公司加入WordPress项目，以帮助设计新的WordPress管理界面。 进行了可用性研究，以设计管理员界面。
Throughout the year new features such as shortcodes, one-click updates, and built-in plugin installation were added to WordPress with different releases.
全年中，带有短版本 ，一键更新和内置插件安装等新功能已以不同版本添加到WordPress。
In June of 2010, Automattic, the company founded by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, transferred the ownership of WordPress trademark and logo to the WordPress Foundation. This was a significant moment in WordPress history, because it ensured that WordPress will continue to grow, and is not dependent on a company or a group of developers to continue the project.
WordPress联合创始人Matt Mullenweg创建的Automattic公司于2010年6月将WordPress商标和徽标的所有权转让给WordPress基金会 。 这是WordPress历史上的重要时刻，因为它确保WordPress将继续增长，并且不依赖公司或一组开发人员来继续该项目。
On June 17, 2010, WordPress 3.0 was released. It was a major step towards WordPress as CMS. This release introduced several features such as custom post types, better custom taxonomies, custom backgrounds, header, menus, contextual help on admin screens, etc. WordPress MU project was merged into WordPress core to create Multisite networks.
2010年6月17日， WordPress 3.0发布。 这是将WordPress作为CMS的重要一步。 此版本引入了一些功能，例如自定义帖子类型 ，更好的自定义分类法 ，自定义背景，标题，菜单，管理屏幕上的上下文帮助等。WordPress MU项目已合并到WordPress核心中以创建多站点网络 。
It also came with Twenty Ten, which started the tradition of a new default theme for each year.
它还带有二十十，这开始了每年新的默认主题的传统。
In 2011, Post formats and admin bar made their way into WordPress.
在2011年 ， 帖子格式和管理栏进入了WordPress。
Around that time, some really cool WordPress plugins were building powerful eCommerce platforms on top of WordPress. This enabled WordPress users to create online stores and build powerful ecommerce websites using WordPress.
在那个时候，一些非常酷的WordPress插件正在WordPress之上构建强大的电子商务平台 。 这使WordPress用户可以使用WordPress 创建在线商店和建立功能强大的电子商务网站。
In 2012, theme customizer, theme previews, and new media manager were introduced. These features tremendously helped new users in creating image galleries and previewing themes before they change to a new theme.
在2012年 ，引入了主题定制器，主题预览和新媒体管理器。 这些功能极大地帮助了新用户创建图像库并预览主题，然后再更改为新主题。
In 2013, WordPress 3.7 came with the new automatic updates feature that allowed WordPress to automatically update your site’s software for minor releases. The automatic updates feature is very similar to what Google Chrome browser does. Several users didn’t like the feature, so we wrote a tutorial on how to disable automatibecometes.
在2013年 ， WordPress 3.7附带了新的自动更新功能，该功能使WordPress可以自动更新您网站的软件以进行次要发行。 自动更新功能与Google Chrome浏览器的功能非常相似。 有几个用户不喜欢该功能，因此我们编写了有关如何禁用automatibecometes的教程。
By this time WordPress had already became the most popular CMS in the world.
到这个时候，WordPress已经成为世界上最受欢迎的CMS。
In December 2013, WordPress 3.8 was released which introduced MP6, the new WordPress admin interface. This new interface was responsive and was aimed to provide a better user experience to users, on any device or screen size.
2013年12月， WordPress 3.8发布，其中引入了新的WordPress管理界面MP6。 这个新界面具有响应性，旨在在任何设备或屏幕尺寸上为用户提供更好的用户体验。
On April 16, 2014, WordPress 3.9 was released. It focused on improving the WordPress visual post editor. Images can now be dragged and dropped directly into the post editor. Users are now able to edit images right inside the editor and see their gallery previews inside the editor. WordPress 3.9 also introduced live widget previews, audio playlists, and several other enhancements.
2014年4月16日 ， WordPress 3.9发布。 它专注于改进WordPress可视化帖子编辑器。 现在可以将图像直接拖放到帖子编辑器中。 用户现在可以直接在编辑器中编辑图像，并在编辑器中查看其画廊预览。 WordPress 3.9还引入了实时小部件预览，音频播放列表和其他一些增强功能。
More refinements were made to WordPress core throughout the year with subsequent WordPress 4.0 and WordPress 4.1 releases.
在随后的WordPress 4.0和WordPress 4.1版本中，全年对WordPress核心进行了更多改进。
2014 was also the first year when non-English downloads for WordPress surpassed English downloads.
2014年也是WordPress非英语下载量超过英语下载量的第一年。
In 2015, WordPress 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4 were released. These releases focused on improved localization, emoji support, theme customizer, and laying down infrastructure for the WordPress REST API.
在2015年， WordPress的4.2 ， 4.3和4.4被释放。 这些版本专注于改进的本地化，表情符号支持，主题自定义程序以及WordPress REST API的基础架构。
In the same year, WooCommerce, the most popular WordPress eCommerce plugin was acquired by Automattic (the company founded by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg).
同年，最受欢迎的WordPress电子商务插件 WooCommerce被Automattic(由WordPress联合创始人Matt Mullenweg创立的公司)收购。
In 2016, WordPress 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7 were released. Each release introduced some new features and improvements. Most notable changes during the year were streamlined updates for plugins and themes, content recovery by using browser storage, and custom css feature for theme customizer. By the end of the year, WordPress.org announced actively supporting HTTPs
在2016年 ，WordPress的4.5 ， 4.6和4.7被释放。 每个版本都引入了一些新功能和改进。 这一年中最显着的变化是简化了插件和主题的更新，使用浏览器存储的内容恢复以及主题定制器的自定义CSS功能。 到今年年底，WordPress.org宣布积极支持HTTPs
In 2017, WordPress 4.8 and 4.9 were released. These releases brought several new default widgets to add audio, video, images, gallery, rich text, and HTML. These releases also laid the groundwork for the new WordPress block editor.
2017年 ， WordPress 4.8和4.9发布了。 这些版本带来了几个新的默认小部件，以添加音频，视频，图像，图库，RTF和HTML。 这些版本也为新的WordPress区块编辑器奠定了基础。
In 2018, WordPress 5.0 was released with a brand new editing experience. The new WordPress block editor project was codenamed Gutenberg. See our complete Gutenberg tutorial – WordPress block editor.
2018年 ， WordPress 5.0发行了全新的编辑体验。 新的WordPress区块编辑器项目的代号为Gutenberg。 请参阅我们完整的Gutenberg教程-WordPress块编辑器 。
WordPress的下一步是什么？ (What’s next for WordPress?)
WordPress is continuously evolving to address the needs of the millions of web publishers around the world. The direction of WordPress directly depends on the needs of users. We can safely assume that it will continue to empower people around the world to create wonderful web spaces.
WordPress不断发展，以满足全球数百万网络发布者的需求。 WordPress的方向直接取决于用户的需求。 我们可以放心地假设它将继续使世界各地的人们拥有创造美好的网络空间的能力。
We hope this article helped you understand the history of WordPress. You may also want to see how WordPress works behind the scenes (infographic) and what are the best WordPress plugins that every website should use.
我们希望本文能帮助您了解WordPress的历史。 您可能还想了解WordPress在后台的工作方式 (信息图表)，以及每个网站应使用的最佳WordPress插件是什么 。
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如果您喜欢这篇文章，请订阅我们的YouTube频道 WordPress视频教程。 您也可以在Twitter和Facebook上找到我们。
翻译自: https://www.wpbeginner.com/news/the-history-of-wordpress/
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