{"id":4263,"date":"2013-05-27T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2013-05-16T09:21:41","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:21:41","slug":"10-years-of-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2013\/05\/27\/10-years-of-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years of WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2013\/05\/27\/10-years-of-wordpress\/wp10logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/05\/wp10logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"200,198\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp10logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/05\/wp10logo.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4264\" alt=\"wp10logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2013\/05\/wp10logo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wp10logo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wp10logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Wow, has it really been 10 years?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it has &#8211; officially 10 years ago, on May 27th, 2003, <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\">WordPress<\/a> was released.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dougal.gunters.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/01\/wordpress-10th-anniversary-blogging-project\/\">WordPress 10th Anniversary Blogging Project<\/a>, I figured I would\u00a0 I&#8217;d share some of my memories of using WordPress over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2003, when WordPress was first released:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was still using Windows 2000 on my home computer (I did use XP at work &#8211; cutting edge at the time!)<\/li>\n<li>We were only on the 2nd Matrix movie, &#8220;The Matrix Reloaded&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>I was still using the &#8220;Mozilla Suite,&#8221; the descendent of &#8220;Netscape Communicator.&#8221; (It wasn&#8217;t until next year that it was split into Firefox &amp; Thunderbird)<\/li>\n<li>We had just lost the Space Shuttle Columbia a few months prior<\/li>\n<li>The iPod was only on its 3rd iteration, and the iPhone was still a distant dream<\/li>\n<li>Slim flip-phone cell phones were all the rage<\/li>\n<li>The Concorde made its last commercial flight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t start using WordPress myself until a little bit after its release &#8211; until around December 1st, 2005, in fact.<\/p>\n<p>When I started using WordPress in 2005:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We were just starting to lament that schools were switching to using Java (<em>the horror<\/em>!) to teach programming<\/li>\n<li>I still had a CRT TV in my living room (and on my computer &#8211; though I had just gotten an LCD display at work, and I&#8217;d soon get one at home as well)<\/li>\n<li>Digital Rights Management came into the spotlight with the discovery of Sony&#8217;s rootkit that silently installed when you inserted a music (!!) CD in your computer.<\/li>\n<li>This was the year I took down my old hand-coded personal site (which was old, dated, and not really very good) in favor of this blog.<\/li>\n<li>And, of course, 2005 is the year I unexpectedly found myself living with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/bunnyblog\/\">two wonderful rabbits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all that time, I&#8217;ve switched WordPress themes more times than I can count &#8211; and upgraded and installed numerous useful (and sometimes silly) plugins.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s amazing to see how far WordPress has come. It&#8217;s been a great 10 years, and I&#8217;m looking forward to 10 more!<\/p>\n<p>Happy 10th birthday, WordPress!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, has it really been 10 years? Yes, it has &#8211; officially 10 years ago, on May 27th, 2003, WordPress was released. As part of the WordPress 10th Anniversary Blogging Project, I figured I would\u00a0 I&#8217;d share some of my memories of using WordPress over the years. Back in 2003, when WordPress was first released:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2013\/05\/27\/10-years-of-wordpress\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10 Years of WordPress<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[203,3,201],"tags":[281,101,49,329],"class_list":["post-4263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet-technology","category-personal","category-software-technology","tag-anniversary","tag-blogging","tag-wordpress","tag-wp10","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-16L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3497,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/09\/12\/ten-years-ago\/","url_meta":{"origin":4263,"position":0},"title":"Ten Years Ago","author":"Keith Survell","date":"September 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This September 12 is the 10-year anniversary of StarKeith.net!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Internet&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Internet","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/technology\/internet-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2011\/09\/starkeith.net-whois-record.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2748,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/08\/08\/behind-the-wheel-2009-pontiac-vibe\/","url_meta":{"origin":4263,"position":1},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2009 Pontiac Vibe","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I get behind the wheel of a 2009 Pontiac Vibe and find out that this little car has got it where it counts!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cars and Trucks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":710,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/02\/14\/ultimate-sci-fi-profile-quiz\/","url_meta":{"origin":4263,"position":2},"title":"Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile Quiz","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 14, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"What can I say? 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