# Matt Mullenweg (slim)

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

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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.

## 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.

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

Anchor Terminal lists WordPress from WordPress.org (open-source project).

### 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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