By
DSIM Team
/ 09/09/2017
- WordPress was first released in 2003. It’s now 15 years old.
- There are a total of 98 versions of WordPress that have been released to date.
- com gets average 22,000,000,000+ page views per month, and growing.
- Major core updates of WordPress are released about every 152 days on the average.
- WordPress tracks the embeds of partner services like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, and more.
- WordPress took an estimated combined 127 people years to build, with an estimated project cost of $7,000,000+.
- Anyone can edit or add to WordPress’s core code as it is classified as open-source software licensed under the GPL.
- The WordPress software incorporates the programming languages PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
- com posts receive an average 40,000,000+ legitimate comments per month.
- There are 72 (and counting) translations available for WordPress.
- The WordPress CMS powers 28.5% of all websites with a 59.4% market share.
- WordPress sites make up 14.7% of the top 100 websites in the world.
- WordPress has been used to control a missile guidance system.
- 50,000 WordPress.com websites are launched daily.
- Some of the top print publications use WordPress as their online home, including Time, USA Today, and Fortune.
- A custom WordPress website can cost anywhere between $1,000 and $100,000.
- 25% of WordPress users make a full-time living off of the CMS.
- The average premium theme costs $59.
- Genesis and Divi are the two most popular WordPress theme installations, with 10% of the market each.
- In fact, Envato’s total community earnings eclipsed $500 million in early 2017.
- Gutenberg is a new WordPress editor that will ship with WordPress 5.0.
- Akismet and Jetpack are the most installed free plugins.
- Akismet catches 7,500,000 pieces of spam per hour.
- 39% of WordPress vulnerabilities are due to cross-site scripting (XSS).
- WordPress VIP is a hosting solution for enterprise WordPress installations.
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