The Power of WordPress

THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Typo3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES OCTOBER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO5 NOO7 NO00 NO-0 THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Туро3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES ОСТОВER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO4 NOO5 NOO6 NOO7 NO00 NO-0 THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Туро3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES ОСТОВER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO4 NOO5 NOO6 NOO7 NO00 NO-0 THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Туро3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES ОСТОВER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO4 NOO5 NOO6 NOO7 NO00 NO-0 THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Туро3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES ОСТОВER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO4 NOO5 NOO6 NOO7 NO00 NO-0 THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Туро3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES ОСТОВER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO4 NOO5 NOO6 NOO7 NO00 NO-0 THE POWER OF WORDPRESS WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), primarily used as a blog publishing application. It is powered by PHP and MYSQL and its features include a robust plug-in architecture and template system. CMS + BLOG = WORDPRESS IN THE WWW TIMELINE Of the top 1 million websites (ranked by Alexa) MAY WordPress 0.7 is released as a joint effort between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little to create a fork of o blogging platform b2 12.4% use 22.5% use WordPress CMS DECEMBER 3 WordPress Wiki is launched, now known as the WordPress Codex WordPress MARCH WordPress sees an influx of users 55.3% after licensing terms were changed for Movable Type by Six Apart 0 CMS MAY 4 Version 1.2 is introduced, which includes support for plugins MARKET SHARE 10.8% 6.3% "6.2% FEBRUARY Version 1.5 is released and offers Joomla many major features such as the template system and static page management Drupal vBulletin Туро3 2.7% Blogger 2.7% phpBB 2% Others 14% DECEMBER O Version 2.0 is introduced, which 5 offers a lot of new functionality including image uploading and better administration tools A BREAKDOWN OF WORDPRESS The first ever WordCamp is held in As of September 2010, there are over 27m WordPress publishers San Francisco JANUARY Version 2.1 is released over a year after version 2.0. Introduces a redesigned interface, editing tools including auto save .9 Million 13.8 Million WordPress.org Active Installs 27 Million+ WordPress WordPress Publishers Blogs MAY Version 2.2 introduces widget support for themes 7 *These stats account only for the blogs hosted on WordPress.com SEPTEMBER Version 2.3 is released, featuring native tagging support as well as security fixes MARCH Version 2.5 is shipped with a admin interface WORDPRESS VERSIONS completely redesigned Percentages of websites using different versions of WordPress JULY Version 2.6 is made available and includes functionality to track changes and post easily from anywhere on the web. v2 57% DECEMBER v1 Version 2.7 is introduced with v3 .1% another redesign of the admin interface 42.9% JUNE Version 2.8 is made available with support for automatic installation of themes from the admin interface WORDPRESS LANGUAGES ОСТОВER 2 Market Share Reports o announces that WordPress enjoys o the greatest brand strength of any open source CMS WordPress blogs are written in over 120 different languages CMS English DECEMBER Version 2.9 is released with several backend tweaks as well as batch plugin updating and more 66% JUNE Long awaited Verion 3.0 is shipped, with a new default theme, Twenty Ten, WordPress Multisite and more - Others 6.1% Spanish 8.7% Portuguese 6.5%- Indonesian 3.5% Italian 2% German 1.8% Turkish 0.8% -French 1.4% SEPTEMBER Matt Mullenwig announces the trademark for WordPress is being handed over to the WordPress Foundation 0 Russian 1.1% Vietnamese 1.1% Swedish 1.0% SEPTEMBER Microsoft replaces Windows Live Spaces with WordPress.com DAILY USER ACTIVITY Blog Posts vs Comments per day 350,000 400,000 BLOG POSTS COMMENTS WORDPRESS NUMBERS As of November 2010 23,211,650+ WordPress 3.0 DOWNLOADS 12,000+ PLUGINS 1,285+ THEMES WORDPRESS IN GOOGLE'S TOP 1000 SITES According to Google's 1000 most-visited sites on the web in September 2010 WORDPRESS.com had 96,000,0000 UNÍQUE VÍSITORS & 1,100,000,000 PAGE VIEWS RANKING 15TH OVERALL & 1 ST in BLOGGING SERVICES 0.8% of the top 1000 use WordPress 12. http://wordpress.com 309. http://aweber.com 367. http://informer.com 489. http://iminent.com 696. http://mashable.com 850. http://techcrunch.com 866. http://top100.cn 892. http://wired.com 992 websites Sources: http://wordpress.org/download/counter/ http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/06/google-top-1000-sites-interesting-stats-about-them.html NOOM NOO4 NOO5 NOO6 NOO7 NO00 NO-0