Do You Think, You Know Everything About WordPress?

Using WordPress? You may know about how to use it. But do you know some of the facts about WordPress? in this article, we will tell you some interesting facts about WordPress.

Here are some interesting facts, we bet, some of these you don't know.

1. Name
Christine Selleck Tremoulet, a prolific blogger and a friend of Matt Mullenweg (co-founder of WordPress), suggested the name WordPress.

2. WordPress Powers Nearly 28% of All Websites
According to W3Techs web technologies surveys, WordPress currently powers nearly 27% of all websites.

3. WordPress Dominates 76.4% of CMS Market Share
According to Wappalyzer, WordPress dominates the content management software usage with 76.4% market share.

4. WordPress is Open Source and Free
WordPress is released under GNU GPL license, which allows anyone in the world to download and use it. The source code is freely available for anyone to study, use, modify, and build upon.

5. WordPress is Not Owned by Any Company
In order to protect the freedoms offered by open source, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg created the WordPress Foundation. This non-profit organization owns the ‘WordPress’ trademark, and protects freedoms offered by the software’s open source license.

6. WordPress Doesn’t Have a CEO
Since WordPress is an open source project not owned by any company, it does not have a CEO. The project is run by volunteer developers from all over the world.
There is a thorough decision making process in place which allows anyone to submit bug reports, patches, suggest features, and so on.

7. Almost 1.48 Billion Plugin Downloads
WordPress plugin downloads crossed 1.48 Billion total downloads in 2016. That’s 48% increase since 2015 when plugin downloads surpassed 1 Billion mark.

8. WordPress is Used by Governments All Over The World
WordPress powers thousands of government websites in all parts of the world. The list includes dozens of US Federal and State government websites, counties, small towns, high schools, etc.

9. More than 50,000 Free Plugins
Plugins are like apps for your WordPress site. There are currently more than 50,000 free WordPress plugins available for download. From creating an online store to adding a contact form, whatever you want to do there is a good chance that you will find a plugin for that.

11. WordPress is Available in 68+ Languages
WordPress is fully translated into 68 languages, and it is partially translated into dozens more. Many popular WordPress plugins and themes are also available in different languages.

12. WordCamp Events in 41 Countries
Official WordPress events are called WordCamps. In 2016, there were 115 WordCamp events in 41 countries attended by 36,000 WordPress users.

13. WordPress Cousins
The community behind WordPress also runs sister projects like bbPress, BuddyPress, and GlotPress. They are all open source software built on top of the WordPress core and principles.

14. 20% of WordPress is Written in JavaScript
20% code in the WordPress core is JavaScript. This is expected to grow as WordPress becomes more and more like an application development framework.

15. WordPress has a built-in Auto Update System
WordPress automatically updates itself for minor releases. It can also push plugin updates automatically if there is a severe vulnerability found that threatens millions of websites.

16. WordPress.com is Not The Same as WordPress.org
WordPress is the open source software that allows you to build your website. You will need WordPress hosting to install WordPress.
On the other hand, WordPress.com is a blog hosting service run by Automattic.

17. WordPress for Multisite Networks
WordPress has a built-in multisite feature which is hidden by default. It allows you to create a network of websites using the same WordPress installation.

18. WordPress is Older Than Twitter and Facebook
The first version of WordPress was released on May 27, 2003. This makes WordPress older than both Facebook and Twitter.

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