The History of WordPress

WordPress Is Turning 20

2023
20 Years of WordPress
20 Years of WordPress
  • Approx 810 million+ websites use WordPress, which is 43% of all the websites on the internet.
  • There are around 60,000 free WordPress plugins in the WP plugin directory.
  • I attended my 1st WordCamp @WordCampAsia #WCAsia along with @idavinder @isimrandeep @thewpweekly
  • We celebrated the 20th anniversary of #WordPress, #WP20 – (https://twitter.com/satinderspace/)
2022
WordPress 6.0
WordPress 6.0

WordPress 6.0 was released, introducing block patterns and improved accessibility.

2021
Full Site Editing
Full Site Editing

A new templates feature was introduced along with several site-wide blocks allowing you to quickly developed site-wide templates in WordPress

With WordPress 5.7, dragging and dropping a block is easy.

2020
Automatic Plugin Updates
Automatic Plugin Updates

WordPress 5.5 was released, bringing improved site speed and new features like automatic updates for plugins and themes.
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the shift of WordCamps and meetups to online events.
Images that load slowly were introduced.

2019
Critical Error Protection
Critical Error Protection

Protection for the White Screen of Death by allowing users to log in securely in case of a critical error.
Obtaining Tumblr was done by Automattic.
Series D funding puts Automattic’s valuation at $3 billion.

				
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