<s>
Openverse	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
open	O
content	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
WordPress	B-Application
project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openverse	B-Application
indexes	O
over	O
600	O
million	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
announced	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
open	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
stable	O
version	O
of	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
appeared	O
in	O
April	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
after	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
staff	O
changes	O
,	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
projects	O
no	O
longer	O
had	O
the	O
necessary	O
staff	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
and	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
projects	O
went	O
into	O
maintenance	O
mode	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
–	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Catherine	O
Stihler	O
(	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
)	O
and	O
Matt	O
Mullenweg	O
(	O
WordPress	B-Application
Foundation	O
,	O
Automattic	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
announced	O
that	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
joined	O
the	O
WordPress	B-Application
project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automattic	O
hired	O
key	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
team	O
and	O
sponsors	O
their	O
contributions	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
name	O
was	O
also	O
introduced	O
,	O
Openverse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openverse	B-Application
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
of	O
its	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aims	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
broader	O
open	O
content	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
continue	O
development	O
work	O
and	O
expand	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
WordPress	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
owns	O
the	O
Openverse	B-Application
trademark	O
and	O
its	O
other	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
CC	B-Application
Search	I-Application
domain	O
name	O
was	O
redirected	O
to	O
Openverse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Openverse	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
redesigned	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
searching	O
audio	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
Openverse	B-Application
moved	O
to	O
the	O
domain	O
and	O
refreshed	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
:	O
adding	O
a	O
search	O
history	O
for	O
recent	O
searches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openverse	B-Application
searches	O
content	O
from	O
over	O
45	O
different	O
media	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
Wikimedia	O
Commons	O
,	O
Europeana	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
.	O
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