WordPress Library

The WordPress Library is a home for books about the history and development of WordPress. Each book is a volume in the Milestones series.

Volumes

Vol. 1 — Milestones: The Story of WordPress

The origins of WordPress and its first decade. Read the book · Formats: EPUB · PDF · MOBI

Vol. 2 — Building Blocks: The Evolution of WordPress

WordPress’ second decade — the Gutenberg project, the global pandemic, and a look at where the project is headed. Read the book · Formats: EPUB · PDF · MOBI

Feedback

The following feedback is particularly valuable:

• Factual errors: notes about factual errors are welcome. All suggestions for changes should be evidenced with links that back up any claims. Any facts that cannot be corroborated will not be included.
• Clarity: any paragraphs or sections that you feel are not clear. This would be of particular help in sections that are technical in nature.
• Omissions: anything that you feel has been omitted or not sufficiently covered. Suggestions about omissions should be accompanied with information about why it should be included, and backed up with evidence as to their importance.
• Images: if you have any images that you feel would complement the text, we’d love to have them.

All feedback should be opened as issues in the tracker.

License

Both books are dual-licensed under GPLv2 and Creative Commons Sharealike 4.0. Just like WordPress, you are free to read, share, distribute, and modify the content however you want, passing on those freedoms to everyone else.