Title: Version 1.0
Author: Akira Tachibana
Published: May 19, 2019

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# Version 1.0

## In this article

 * [Changelog](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-1-0/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [Features](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-1-0/?output_format=md#features)
 * [Fixes](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-1-0/?output_format=md#fixes)

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WordPress 1.0 was [released January 3, 2004](https://wordpress.org/news/2004/01/wordpress-10/).
Named for Miles Davis.

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-1-0/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

 * Released January 3, 2004
 * [Dev blog announcment](https://wordpress.org/development/2004/01/wordpress-10/)

With the 1.0 release WordPress added features to match the best tool in the market
at that time, which was Movable Type. A fairly ambitious release schedule during
the holidays meant that 1.0 had a few significant bugs that weren’t caught in testing.

## 󠀁[Features](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-1-0/?output_format=md#features)󠁿

 * Search engine friendly permalinks (using mod_rewrite)
 * Multiple categories
 * Much simpler installer
 * Comment moderation
 * XFN support
 * Atom support
 * Edit this page/comment links
 * Trackback on edit
 * Attach XML URIs to links
 * Movable Type import
 * Textpattern import

## 󠀁[Fixes](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-1-0/?output_format=md#fixes)󠁿

 * Consistent naming structure and vision

First published

May 19, 2019

Last updated