Welcome
Welcome to WordPress demo site for HEE staff. This site is full of tutorials and guides to help you build your new WordPress site. From help on WordPress Blocks and plugins everything is here to guide you in order to develop your WordPress site.
HEE WordPress Community
There are further opportunities to join the HEE WordPress Community this is a group set up on MS Teams to discuss and share further knowledge on WordPress.
About WordPress
WordPress is a piece of software designed for everyone, emphasizing accessibility, performance, security, and ease of use. WordPress is easy to set up and out of the box built in functions will enable you to create easy and slick well designed web pages for your site. WordPress is an open source piece of software that has a large community of people that collaborate and contribute to the WordPress platform. WordPress contributors work around the globe, and have dedicated countless hours to build a tool that democratizes publishing. WordPress is open source software that is both free and priceless. WordPress is built on PHP and MySQL, It is also the platform of choice for over 35% of all sites across the web.
Overview of WordPress
WordPress is a free and open source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It is the most widely used CMS software in the world, and as of May 2019, it powers more than 30% of the top 10 million websites and has an estimated 60% market share of all websites built using a CMS.
WordPress started as a simple blogging system in 2003, but it has evolved into a full CMS with thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes. It is licensed under the General Public License (GPLv2 or later).
Latest News
WordPress 5.8.2 Security and Maintenance Release
16th November 2021This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes in addition to 1 security fix. Because this is a security […]
WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release
9th September 2021WordPress 5.8.1 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 60 bug fixes in addition to 3 security fixes. […]
Widgets in WordPress 5.8 and Beyond
9th September 2021WordPress 5.8 brings the power of Gutenberg blocks to widget areas — which means the highly customizable layout and styling […]
WordPress 5.8 Tatum
6th August 2021Introducing 5.8 “Tatum”, our latest and greatest release now available for download or update in your dashboard. Named in honor […]
WordPress 5.8 Release Candidate
22nd July 2021The first release candidate for WordPress 5.8 is now available! Please join us in celebrating this very important milestone in […]
WordPress at 18
27th May 2021Today marks the 18th anniversary of WordPress’ launch, a day that I fondly refer to as WordPress’ birthday, which means […]
WordPress 5.7.2 Security Release
27th May 2021WordPress 5.7.2 is now available. This security release features one security fix. Because this is a security release, it is […]
Dropping support for Internet Explorer 11
27th May 2021Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) was released over 7 years ago and is currently used by less than 1% of all […]
WordPress 5.7.1 Security and Maintenance Release
29th April 2021WordPress 5.7.1 is now available! This security and maintenance release features 26 bug fixes in addition to two security fixes. WordPress 5.7.1 […]
WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza”
10th March 2021Meet “Esperanza”, the first WordPress release of 2021. “Esperanza” is named in honor of Esperanza Spalding, a modern musical prodigy. […]