Table of Contents

• Introduction
1. Part One
• Hello World
• The Only Blogger in Corsica
• The Blogging Software Dilemma
2. Part Two
• Guiding Principles
• The GPL
• WordPress’ First Developers
• Inside the Bazaar
• Support and Documentation
• Freedom Zero
• WordPress 1.2 “Mingus”
• The Birth of wp-hackers
3. Part Three
• Themes
• Development in a Funnel
• A New Logo
• WordPress Incorporated
• WordPress.com
• Akismet
• Shuttle
• Automattic
• Growing Pains
• WordCamp 2006
• Speeding Up the Release Cycle
• Trademarks
• Habari
4. Part Four
• Creating a Folksonomy
• Sponsored Themes
• Update Notifications
• Happy Cog Redesign
• Premium Themes
5. Part Five
• Riding the Crazyhorse
• Themes Are GPL Too
• Improving Infrastructure
• Meeting in Person
• Update Notifications Redux
• The WordPress Foundation
• WordPress 3.0
• The WordCamp Guidelines
• Dealing With a Growing Project
• Thesis
6. Part Six
• The Transition to Release Leads
• The Community Summit
• The Spirit of the GPL
• The Problem with Post Formats
• MP6