Yahoo Inc. will make available to subscribers of its Web hosting services the open-source WordPress blog publishing software.

The deal is similar to one Yahoo struck before with Six Apart Ltd., maker of Moveable Type, and is intended to broaden the blogging software options accessible to individuals and companies that use Yahoo to host their Web sites.

Like Moveable Type, WordPress will be a free option to all new and existing Yahoo Web hosting subscribers, starting with the most basic plan that costs US$11.95 per month.

WordPress also has similar deals with other Web hosting providers that also automate and simplify the installation of the software and, like Yahoo, offer complementary services, such as storage, traffic analysis, e-mail addresses and domain names.

Yahoo hosting services are available from the company’s small business division, but subscribers don’t have to be small businesses to sign up for a plan, Yalif said.

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