WordPress was born in 2003 when Mike Little and Matt Mullenweg created a fork of the defunct b2/cafelog CMS created by French PHP programmer Michel Valdrighi in 2001.
The need for an elegant and well-designed personal publishing system was evident even then. Today, WordPress is based on PHP and MySQL, is GPLv2 licensed, and is also the platform of choice for more than 42% of all websites on the internet.
This open source WordPress project has evolved progressively over time, with the support of expert developers and enthusiasts, designers, scientists, bloggers and others. WordPress offers the possibility for anyone to create and share any content. People with little experience in technology, design or programming can use it "just like that", and experts can customise it almost without limits.
Here you will find articles related to this popular and veteran CMS, its plugins, optimisation tips, bug fixes, etc.
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By default, WordPress performs native searches using very resource-intensive MySQL queries that force the database to carry out a full scan of the `wp_posts` table (filtering using `LIKE %keyword%` in the titles and content of each post). As your site grows, this record-by-record scan severely impacts server performance, causes CPU usage in MySQL ... Read more
Here’s the Chatbot Local plugin in action. (At the moment, there aren’t many questions added.) If you’d like to try it out with more answers added, You can do it here. If you’re looking for "chatbot" In the WordPress repository, you’ll find hundreds of AI-based plugins or external services. AI is everywhere. It’s ... Read more
10 August 2026. This solution has now been turned into a plugin. See updated note. It’s no secret that the WordPress search function is rubbish. Aesthetically speaking, it’s relatively easy to fix; however, its functionality is another matter entirely, as it offers no configuration options whatsoever – and to make matters worse, its ... Read more
Well, it’s now available in the repository; it took them less than two days to review and approve it this time. You can tell the WordPress plugins team have really got their act together, just as they said they would. Little Notes ("Pequeñas Notas" for want of a better translation in spanish) is ... Read more
There are several plugins that do something similar, but almost all of them are designed for use when you’re designing or reviewing a website with clients (or for your own projects) to streamline the feedback process by allowing you to add notes in the post and page editor or on your WordPress dashboard. ... Read more
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