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- Source: sources/engineering-cms-developer.md - Entities: WordPress, Drupal - Concepts: ContentModel-first, CodeOverConfiguration - Updated: index.md (Sources/Entities/Concepts), overview.md, log.md
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---
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title: "WordPress"
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type: entity
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tags: [cms, php, open-source]
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last_updated: 2026-05-01
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---
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## Overview
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WordPress is an open-source CMS (Content Management System) written in PHP, powering 40%+ of all websites globally. Primary use cases: blogs, brochure sites, WooCommerce e-commerce stores, headless CMS with REST/GraphQL API.
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## Aliases
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- WP
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- WordPress.org (self-hosted vs wordpress.com)
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## Key Characteristics
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- **Editing simplicity**: Gutenberg block editor (5.0+), intuitive for non-technical editors
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- **Plugin ecosystem**: 60,000+ plugins via wordpress.org repository
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- **Theme system**: Child themes (never modify parent directly), code-first registration of post types/taxonomies/fields
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- **Configuration**: Settings in `wp-config.php` or code — not the database
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- **Custom post types & taxonomies**: Registered in code via `register_post_type()` / `register_taxonomy()`, not UI
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- **ACF Pro**: Advanced Custom Fields plugin for structured content; field groups synced via ACF JSON
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## WordPress Coding Patterns
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### Register Custom Post Type (code, not UI)
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```php
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add_action( 'init', function () {
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register_post_type( 'case_study', [
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'labels' => [
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'name' => 'Case Studies',
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'singular_name' => 'Case Study',
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],
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'public' => true,
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'has_archive' => true,
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'show_in_rest' => true,
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'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-portfolio',
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'supports' => [ 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'custom-fields' ],
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'rewrite' => [ 'slug' => 'case-studies' ],
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] );
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} );
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```
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### Gutenberg Custom Block (block.json + PHP render)
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**block.json** defines the block schema and registers editor + render scripts. **render.php** handles server-side rendering without JavaScript dependency.
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### ACF Block Registration
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```php
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add_action( 'acf/init', function () {
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acf_register_block_type( [
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'name' => 'testimonial',
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'title' => 'Testimonial',
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'render_callback' => 'my_theme_render_testimonial',
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'category' => 'my-theme',
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'supports' => [ 'align' => false, 'jsx' => true ],
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] );
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} );
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```
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## Connections
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- [[CMSDeveloper]] uses WordPress as a primary CMS platform
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- [[ContentModel-first]] applies to WordPress content modeling before theme code
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- [[CodeOverConfiguration]] — WordPress settings belong in wp-config.php or code
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- [[WooCommerce]] extends WordPress for e-commerce use cases
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- [[HeadlessWP]] — WordPress as headless backend with Next.js/Nuxt front-end
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## Sources
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- [[engineering-cms-developer]]
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