There are several ways to get WordPress. The easiest is through a hosting provider, but sometimes tech-savvy folks prefer to download and install it themselves.
Either way, you can use your WordPress through a web browser and with our mobile apps.
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What’s the Latest WordPress Version Available? WordPress 5.7, nicknamed “ Esperanza Spalding ” after the Grammy award-winning jazz musician from Oregon, is the most recent rendition of WordPress available for you to upgrade. It was released on March 9, 2021, after going through multiple development stages. The main features of this WordPress theme include product search with category select, full-width slider, a featured product (or latest product) carousel, CTAs, advertising space, banners, call-out sections on the homepage, and more. Create a free website or easily build a blog on WordPress.com. Dozens of free, customizable, mobile-ready designs and themes. Free hosting and support. Live News is a premium WordPress news plugin that allows you to display real-time. WordPress is a great content manager which you will be able to create your own blog with. It is really easy to create your blog thanks to WordPress, if you have tried any other content manager you would know they are.
WordPress Hosting
Choosing a hosting provider can be difficult, so we have selected a few of the best to get you started.
Privacy-focused and dedicated to the Open Web, DreamHost provides some of the most powerful and secure managed WordPress environments in the world.
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Visit DreamHostBluehost has turned passion for WordPress into the fastest, simplest managed platform for your websites. Recommended by WordPress since 2005, each WordPress package offers a free domain, free SSL, and 24/7 support.
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Installation
With our famous 5-minute installation, setting up WordPress for the first time is simple. We’ve created a handy guide to see you through the installation process.
Release notifications
Want to get notified about WordPress releases? Join the WordPress Announcements mailing list and we will send a friendly message whenever there is a new stable release.
Requirements
We recommend servers running version 7.4 or greater of PHP and MySQL version 5.6 ORMariaDB version 10.1 or greater.
We also recommend either Apache or Nginx as the most robust options for running WordPress, but neither is required.
More resources
For help getting started, check out our Documentation and Support Forums.
Meet other WordPress enthusiasts and share your knowledge at a WordPress meetup group or a WordCamp.
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Google Delays Page Experience Ranking Signal Rollout until June 2021, Adds New Report to Search Console
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WordPress Contributors Propose Blocking FLoC in Core
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Recreating the Classic Wedding WordPress Theme Homepage With the Block Editor
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Gutenberg 10.4 Introduces Block Widgets in the Customizer
The latest release of the Gutenberg plugin (10.4) brings block widgets into the Customizer. When customizing widget-enabled areas, a new … Continue reading Gutenberg 10.4 Introduces Block Widgets in the Customizer →
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Full Site Editing Is Partly a ‘Go’ for WordPress 5.8
Today, Josepha Haden Chomphosy announced the results of yesterday’s “go/no-go” demo and decision on whether Full Site Editing (FSE) would … Continue reading Full Site Editing Is Partly a ‘Go’ for WordPress 5.8 →