WordPress is very small in size, easy to install, and easy to administer. This chapter will show you the different processes for installing WordPress and for setting it up..

WordPress is available in easily-downloadable formats from its website at
http://wordpress.org/download.Currently, WordPress version 2.0.5 is available for download. WordPress is a free open‑source application, which means you need not pay a single penny for whatever purpose you use it. WordPress is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

There is also a different version of WordPress with a multi-user blogging flavor, i.e. several users can maintain their blog separately with a single installation of WordPress. They can register and maintain their blogs independently of one another. This special version of WordPress is neither stable nor mature enough. Moreover, it is not officially supported. This version of WordPress is known as WordPress MU or WordPress multi user.

Plug-ins are the most exciting feature of WordPress. They are small pieces of code that can be managed from the administration panel. The WordPress plug-in management system is so flexible that if you upload your plug-ins in the plug-in folder, you will immediately get access to them via the plug-in section of the administration panel. You can also activate and de-activate them instantly.

WordPress plug-ins are basically meant to extend WordPress features. For example, if you want to add a photo gallery and a photo management system in conjunction with the world’s best photo-sharing system Flickr (http://www.flickr.com), you can use FAlbum. You can syndicate RSS in your post using RSS processor plug-ins, The best sources of plug-ins available over the net are the following:

• The plug-ins at http://wp-plugins.net

There are thousands of theme developers for WordPress and most of their work
free for public use. They all use some specific repository to publish their themes.
The best source of themes and plug-ins is Codex. Let us look at the following URLs for themes:

• Codex at Using_Themes/Theme_List
• You will also find some themes developed by me at
  http://hasin.wordpress.com/my-wordpress-themes/
• If you want to develop themes, then the following URL is the best tutorial youcan have:custome themes at UrbanGiraffe To be informed about the arrival of new themes always visit the themes section in Codex and see the themes marked as new.