Add "app" to the .org intro paragraph.

[willmot]

I'd like to propose that we change the .org intro paragraph from:

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

To:

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful app, website or blog. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

WordPress is being used to build web apps, see ​Matt's WPSF 2012 keynote.

I also spoke to @matt about this at WPCS, he seemed to liked the idea.

[scribu]

A few proeminent examples of such web apps perhaps?

[willmot]

Our web app ​http://wpremote.com is built on WordPress.

It uses WordPress for the backend data store and business logic, the front-end is a completely separate app written in knockout.js, they communicate via a http API. In the future there will be other "front-end apps" which also interact with the WP backend, things like an iPhone app, Mac app etc.

ManageWP (​http://managewp.com) is another example, although the separation is not so clear there as there UI is also in WordPress.

The one Matt referenced in his example was for AMC's Breaking Bad app which uses WordPress as a backend for a companion iPhone app that pushes out updates at key points throughout the show.

Another one of our client sites ​http://rufflr.com has an iPhone app which uses WordPress to store data and manage users, again it interacts with WordPress via an API.

The key here is that it's perfectly reasonably to use WordPress as the server component for all kinds of apps including web apps, mobile apps, desktop apps etc.

[scribu]

I see; so the major benefit of using WordPress in those cases is wp-admin, basically. Thanks for the examples.

[willmot]

Thats one aspect, the other benefit are the underlying WordPress API / Classes, custom post_types, $wpdb, users, xmlrpc, http api etc.

[raggedrobins]

I wouldn't lead with "app". Perhaps instead:

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or web application. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

[willmot]

Makes sense to have "app" last in the list, not sure about "web application" though, doesn't feel like such a good fit for things like an iPhone app that uses WordPress as it's back-end (or any kind of native application which uses WordPress as a back-end).

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog or app. We like to say that WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

[chriscct7]

This probably should be moved to meta.trac.wordpress.org

[chriscct7]

Migrated to meta trac in ​https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1311#ticket