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 === WordPress at Evergreen vs WordPress.com ===
 * Evergreen's instance is not connected with or available through WordPress.com or the WordPress app.
-* Evergreen WordPress can be accessed and managed via mobile web browsers.
+* Evergreen WordPress can be accessed and managed via desktop/laptop and mobile web browsers.

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-WordPress is a leading industry-standard website creation platform. We have two custom instances at Evergreen - [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] and [https://sitesevergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu] - for use by students, faculty, and staff for creating a site, blog, journal, research presentation, and more! Questions? Please contact Academic Technologies staff via [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu].
+'''WordPress is a leading industry-standard website creation platform. Our custom instance at Evergreen, [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu wordpress.evergreen.edu], is available to students, faculty, and staff for a variety of curricular and institutional uses. To request site creation, please contact Academic Technologies staff via [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu]. Curricular requests are prioritized.'''
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-==== Who is using it? ====
+=== Who is using it? ===
-* WordPress is utilized by individuals, groups, colleges/universities, non-profits, businesses and companies of different scale, and more users.
+* WordPress is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] platform actively contributed to by a large community of developers and designers world-wide and utilized by individuals, groups, colleges/universities, non-profits, businesses and companies of different scale around the globe.
-* As of 2024, over 810 million websites use WordPress, which is about 43.6% of all websites on the internet. (source: Google browser search, A.I.-generated result)
+* As of 2026, over 541 million websites use WordPress, which is about 43% of all websites on the internet. (source: Google browser search, A.I.-generated result)
-==== Why use WordPress? ====
+=== Why use WordPress? ===
-* Easy to use
+* Easy to use for class sites, portfolios, capstone projects, study abroad journals, research presentations, institutional sites, student activity groups, and more!
-* Quickly create presentable websites that adhere to web standards design- and Accessibility-wise
+* Quickly create presentable websites that adhere to web standards design- and digital Accessibility-wise
 * Easily integrates with rich media and many 3rd-party web tools such as YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
 * Students - you can take your sites with you when graduating or taking a break - see guide, [[Exporting and importing your site]]
-==== How can I access WordPress at Evergreen? ====
+=== To access wordpress.evergreen.edu ===
-Evergreen offers community members two custom instances:
-* [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] - allows site creation by students and anyone with an active Evergreen account
-* [https://sites.evergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu] - for use by faculty/program/course and institution - available by request submitted at [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu]
-===== To access either instance: =====
+# Go to [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu]
-# Go to [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] or [https://sites.evergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu]
 # Log in (using the same username and password you use to access My Evergreen and Canvas)
 # Once you are logged in, there should be a “My Sites” link at the upper left-corner of the WordPress page
-# Hover your cursor over or click directly on “My Sites” to access the list of sites associated with your account*
+# Hover your cursor over or click directly on “My Sites” to access the list of sites associated with your account - this list will include sites you are an owner and/or member of
-* At [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu wordpress.evergreen.edu], the page which lists your sites will also have an "Add new" button to create a new or additional site.
-* You can create as many sites as you like, though please note - individual sites allow 250 MB storage space - instead of uploading video and audio content to your site, post the video/audio file to an online platform (e.g., YouTube, SoundCloud) and link that into your site.
-===== Evergreen's WordPress vs WordPress.com =====
+==== Please note ====
-* Evergreen's instances are not connected with or available through WordPress.com or the WordPress app.
+* '''Availability of Support:''' WordPress is available to all Evergreen community members with an active college account and you can make multiple site creation requests. Although sites are not restricted to curricular use, Academic Technologies staff are not able to prioritize support for non-curricular usage.
 * Evergreen WordPress can be accessed and managed via mobile web browsers.
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-WordPress is web software you can use to create a website or blog
+WordPress is a leading industry-standard website creation platform. We have two custom instances at Evergreen - [https://wordpress.evergreen.edu '''wordpress'''.evergreen.edu] and [https://sitesevergreen.edu '''sites'''.evergreen.edu] - for use by students, faculty, and staff for creating a site, blog, journal, research presentation, and more! Questions? Please contact Academic Technologies staff via [https://help.evergreen.edu help.evergreen.edu].
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-====Who is using it?====
+==== Who is using it? ====
-*As of 2015, 25.5% of all websites are running WordPress.
+* WordPress is utilized by individuals, groups, colleges/universities, non-profits, businesses and companies of different scale, and more users.
-====Why would you want to use WordPress?====
 * Easy to use
-* Quickly create good looking websites that adhere to web standards
+* Quickly create presentable websites that adhere to web standards design- and Accessibility-wise
-* Easily integrates with rich media and many of the current web tools out there like YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
+* Easily integrates with rich media and many 3rd-party web tools such as YouTube, Flickr image galleries, RSS feeds, Google Maps, etc.
-* Students can take it with them after they graduate using the Export feature
+* Students - you can take your sites with you when graduating or taking a break - see guide, [[Exporting and importing your site]]
 * WordPress is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source open source] and is actively contributed to by a large community of developers and designers
-====How can I access it?====
-WordPress is already installed on our web servers at blogs.evergreen.edu.
+==== How can I access WordPress at Evergreen? ====

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