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WordPress

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 D P R IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

A content management system used to create websites of all kinds, especially blogs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A WordPress website.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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History

Etymology

From word + press. Coined by Christine Tremoulet, a friend of the co-founder Matt Mullenweg, who recalled the details in her podcast: He pointed out that he really liked the idea of it being somehow related to the printing press, because the printing press, so many years ago, revolutionized the power of the people because books became accessible, they were no longer so expensive and he truly believed in the power of blogging and this blogging software that he was working on... and really, out of nowhere, it suddenly hit me. I was like, WordPress!

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hebrew: ווֹרְדְפְּרֵס (wórdpres) — WordPress