Title: Platform, Not Plugin
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Platform, Not Plugin

 *  [conner_bw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/conner_bw/)
 * (@conner_bw)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/platform-not-plugin/)
 * PressBooks uses WordPress as a development framework and, as such, it is not 
   a typical WordPress plugin. Rather, it is an organization that has made open 
   source the code that runs PressBooks dot com.
 * What I mean is don’t be throwing this on your existing blog as if it was an extra
   piece of flair. It takes over the entire system.
 * Do install this if you are looking for a serious book publishing CMS.
 * Hope this helps.

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