Welcome back to Free Friday. Today I thought I’d geek out a bit and share with you possibly my favorite thing on the Internet: WordPress.

WordPress is at it’s core a blog engine, but it can be so much more! I’ve seen and used it before to create entire websites, and it’s more than up to the task.

And the best part about it is because it’s Open Source GPL, WordPress is FREE! With thousands of themes available, it’s easy for newcomers to set up a blog or site, and if you are willing to learn a bit, it’s easy for you to create your own themes.

What It Is: WordPress is open source “web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.” You can install it for free on your hosting platform and customize, extend, and design it to your heart’s content.

Where You Can Get It: Download the latest version over at WordPress.org or if your web hosting provider has a “One-click install” get it there.

What I Use it For: Pretty much any and everything I design on the interwebs. This blog is powered by WordPress, and most of the stuff I’ve done in my portfolio is built on WordPress. It’s the most flexible and easy to use software out there.

Awesomeness Scale: 9.5 out of 10. The only reason this doesn’t get a 10 out of 10 is because you technically still have to pay for the hosting. But other than that this is probably the coolest thing out there. I <3 WP!