2004
WordPress 1.0
Platinum. A tiny publishing tool with a very different idea of an administration screen.
Classic forms · original theme · link manager
2004 — 2022 · SIX ORIGINAL RELEASES
The web was
a little different.
Step inside WordPress as it used to be. Pick a year, open a private installation, and get your hands on the original interface.
Your own sandbox. Thirty minutes. A fresh start every time.
YOUR PRIVATE VISIT
Preparing your exhibit…
Sign in inside the original WordPress screen:
- Username
- Temporary password
Keep this entrance open for your countdown and visit controls. Open the exhibit in a new tab, or use the same-tab option and return here with Back.
Choose your era
Original releases. Modern PHP. FakeSQL underneath.
2005
WordPress 2.0
Duke. A new blue administration, richer writing tools, and the beginning of a familiar shape.
Visual editor · classic publishing · categories
2010
WordPress 3.0
Thelonious. Meet Twenty Ten and explore the administration that defined an era of blogging.
Twenty Ten · classic editor · comments
2014
WordPress 4.0
Benny. A more polished writing experience in the unmistakable charcoal administration.
Twenty Fourteen · classic editor · live writing
2018
WordPress 5.0
Bebo. The block editor arrives and changes what making a WordPress page feels like.
Twenty Nineteen · first core block editor
2022
WordPress 6.0
Arturo. Blocks reach beyond posts, with a new generation of site-building tools to explore.
Twenty Twenty-Two · block editor
Preserved, with boundaries.
These are the six exact original releases, adapted for PHP 8.5 and FakeSQL’s SQLite backend. Their historical screens and original assets are preserved. Authentication, request validation and selected behaviours have been strengthened.
Write and edit posts, explore the theme, moderate comments and try supported settings. Software installation, uploads, file editors, user management, mail and external services are disabled. Some original controls remain visible but unavailable.
Use made-up content only. Each visit has unique temporary credentials, ends after thirty minutes, and is erased by the cleanup service. Ending your visit revokes access immediately. The browser countdown does not control expiry.