WordPress Foundation

WordPress Foundation is a non-profit organization that was set up to support the open-source WordPress project.[1][2][3] The purpose of the organization is to guarantee open access to WordPress's software projects forever.[1][2] As part of this, the organization owns and manages WordPress, WordCamp and related trademarks.[1][4][5]

WordPress Foundation
FormationJanuary 2010 (2010-01)
FounderMatt Mullenweg
Type501(c)3
ProductsWordPress
Websitewordpressfoundation.org

History

In January 2010, Matt Mullenweg formed the organization[1] to own and manage the trademarks of WordPress project.[6][5] Previously – from 2006 onwards – Automattic company acted as a short-term owner of the WordPress trademarks. From the beginning, the intended was to later place the WordPress trademarks with the WordPress Foundation, which did not yet exist in 2006 and which eventually took longer to set up than expected.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. "WordPress Foundation". WordPress Foundation. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  2. Vasan, Author Anjana (2022-02-04). "What is the WordPress Foundation and Why Does it Exist?". WordPress Foundation. Retrieved 2022-03-28. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  3. Patel, Nilay (2022-03-15). "How WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird". The Verge. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. "Trademark Policy". WordPress Foundation. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  5. "WordPress Foundation | Open Source Initiative". opensource.org. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. "The WordPress Foundation". Milestones. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  7. "For-Profit Automattic Gives WordPress Trademark To Non-Profit Foundation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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