# Matt Mullenweg

> Matt Mullenweg is co-founder of WordPress. WordPress on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-27

Co-founder, WordPress.

Matt Mullenweg co-founded WordPress in 2003 with Mike Little, forking the b2/cafelog blogging software after its developer abandoned it, and released it under the GNU General Public License. He later founded Automattic. He briefly worked at CNET, which agreed to let him spend time on WordPress development.

## What Matt builds

- [WordPress](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/wordpress.md), graded B, 64.8/100, in CMS & website publishing. WordPress is an open-source content management system that its owner hosts. Agents create, revise and publish posts, pages and media through the built-in REST API, WP-CLI or the MCP Adapter, a canonical plugin in the WordPress.org directory. Co-founder, WordPress, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Mike Little](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mike-little/), Co-founder, WordPress

## Questions

### Who is Matt Mullenweg?

Matt Mullenweg co-founded WordPress in 2003 with Mike Little, forking the b2/cafelog blogging software after its developer abandoned it, and released it under the GNU General Public License. He later founded Automattic. He briefly worked at CNET, which agreed to let him spend time on WordPress development.

### What does WordPress.org (open-source project) make?

Anchor Terminal lists WordPress from WordPress.org (open-source project). WordPress is an open-source content management system that its owner hosts. Agents create, revise and publish posts, pages and media through the built-in REST API, WP-CLI or the MCP Adapter, a canonical plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

### How are Matt's tools graded?

WordPress is graded B, 64.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://wordpress.org/about/
- https://make.wordpress.org/chat/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Mullenweg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Little

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