About WordPress
The UBC CMS service utilizes WordPress for content management. WordPress is an open-source publishing platform used to power millions of websites around the world. Thanks in large part to the thousands of plugins, widgets, and themes contributed back to the software by the open source community, WordPress has evolved beyond its original roots as a blogging tool and is now used as the basis for a broader range of online publishing needs including content management.
Source: http://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:UBC_Content_Management_System/About