Mfarhanonline Social Media News: The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace , the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace’s hosting solutions here . On May 27, 2003, the first public version of the open-source project known as WordPress became available for download. What started as a fork of the blogging platform b2 has evolved into one of the largest publishing platforms on the web. More than 45 million websites are powered by WordPress or WordPress.com — including Mfarhanonline . In celebration of WordPress’s eight birthday, we wanted to take a look at how the project and its user interface has evolved over the years. To Matt , Mike and the hundreds (if not thousands) of volunteers that have helped make the project what it is, we salute you! WordPress 0.7.1 The first release of WordPress was unleashed onto the interwebs on May 27, 2003. Check out the sparse backend/post page. WordPress 1.0.1 WordPress hit 1.0 in January of 2004. The update included an improved installation process, a new default theme and a more robust backend. WordPress 1.2 Released in May 2004, WordPress 1.2 introduced plugins, extending WordPress even further. WordPress 1.5 In February 2005, WordPress 1.5 was released. It included new features like the ability to create pages, as well as posts and a new default theme, Kubrick. Kubrick would stay on as the default theme until 2010. WordPress 2.0 On December 31, 2005, WordPress 2.0 was introduced to the world. WordPress 2.0 featured a redesigned (and blue) admin, WYSIWYG editing and inline uploads. WordPress 2.1 More than a year would pass before WordPress 2.1 would make its way to users in January 2007. WordPress 2.1 included autosave for posts and drafts, a tabbed post editor and the ability to set any page as the homepage of a website. WordPress 2.2 In May 2007, WordPress 2.2 was released. It in! troduced widgets to the WordPress world and kicked off a new, more frequent development cycle. WordPress 2.3 WordPress 2.3 was released in September 2007. The big new feature in 2.3 was support for tags as well as categories. That may not seem that important in 2011, but at the time, it was a huge feature. WordPress 2.5 Dashboard In March 2008, WordPress 2.5 was released. A major user interface update, WordPress 2.5 brought about some major changes to the dashboard and post screen. WordPress 2.5 Post Screen Although certainly better looking than previous versions of WordPress, WordPress 2.5 was criticized for some as being “too different.” The interface remained largely unchanged in WordPress 2.6, released in July 2008, but the backend would soon change again. WordPress 2.7 In December 2008, WordPress 2.7 became available. For the second time in less than a year, the user interface was completely revamped. This time, it was a hit. WordPress 2.7 Post Screen The overall interface remained largely the same from WordPress 2.7 through WordPress 2.9. In the intervening 18 months, however, WordPress gained lots of new features and started to really round itself out as more than just a blogging engine. WordPress 3.0 Dashboard Released in June 2010, WordPress 3.0 was a major release for the platform. Many of the new features, like custom post types and taxonomies have helped WordPress establish itself as a real, grown-up CMS. WordPress 3.0 Post Screen The post screen for WordPress 3.0 and 3.1 is customizable and modular. WordPress 3.2 Beta Dashboard The next major WordPress release, WordPress 3.2, is expected sometime in June 2011. This release features a revamped dashboard and post interface. It also marks the official end for support for Internet Explorer 6. WordPress 3.2 Post Screen WordPress 3.2 carries over many of the elements from WordPress 3.0/3.1, but with a more refined look and feel. WordPress 3.2 Distraction Free Writing Page One of the big new features in WordPress 3.2 is the introduction of the ! Distract ion Free Writing mode. This mode allows the user to just concentrate on writing, without worrying about sidebars, modules or custom fields. In some respects, the new writing mode harkens back to the earliest days of WordPress. via WPCandy Series Supported by Rackspace The Web Development Series is supported by Rackspace , the better way to do hosting. No more worrying about web hosting uptime. No more spending your time, energy and resources trying to stay on top of things like patching, updating, monitoring, backing up data and the like. Learn why. 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