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WordPress

WordPress story from 2003 fork of b2/cafelog to the headless and block-editor era, with a focus on early-community voices like Matt Mullenweg.

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2003-04-04

The Panel Discussion

The Panel Discussion This entry was originally at http://kingsley.blog-city.com/read/47350.htm Anna University’s Media Sciences department conducted a National Panel Discussion on Blogging. I was on one of the panels with Anita , moderated by Kribs .

Retrospectives

2 posts

retrospective · 2026-05-17

The WordPress Gutenberg Controversy 2018-2022: What We Learned

Four years of WordPress Gutenberg controversy: Classic Editor plugin with 8M+ installs, community split, learning curve, Full Site Editing arrival in 2022, and the retrospective verdict in 2026.
retrospective · 2026-05-09

WordPress 2003-2026: From b2/cafelog Fork to Block Editor Era

Twenty-three years of WordPress evolution: 2003 fork by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, plugin ecosystem, REST API, Gutenberg block editor, headless WordPress, and the 2024-2026 AI integration.