Is WordPress a PHP framework?

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WordPress is not a framework in the way the term is commonly used. It is a Content Management System that can be customized and extended. It is already a full-functioning web application. On the surface WordPress is a content management system which is used by most of its users as a content management system. The PHP Application Development Services act as a guideline and onlooker to PHP development.

WordPress, as a PHP framework

1.    Wordpress is not just a content management system and it offers all of the features of a content management system. It is like a framework, more specifically a PHP Framework:

•    Routing
•    ORM/ Database Interface abstraction
•    Templating
•    Authentication/ User management
•    Administration Panel
•    Media Management

2.    A framework can be thought of as a better starting point for building an application- better than starting from scratch. Framework usually includes boilerplate, code and well-worn design patterns so that you don’t have to waste time writing that stuff yourself.

3.    Since a framework is just a starting point, it is often not a full-functioning application until you write code on top of it to make it one.

4.    A framework is a thing which is used to create something again and again in computers so that it does not become necessary to build up things again from scratch. WP is used to build up blog and sites so, it is not a php framework but you can say a website building framework.

5.    Frankly speaking, WordPress is considered a Content Management system but if you look at the different types of features it offers, it may be considered as a framework.

6.    WordPress is an open source CMS (Content Management System). You can develop a CMS using framework, but you cannot develop a framework using CMS.

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