
WordPress is a content management system (or CMS for short). So, before we determine just what part of all websites worldwide function with WordPress’s help, let’s first see who wins the popularity contest among web-building solutions. We’ve now established that WP is immensely useful and well-liked for a reason. And how can it not - the latest stable version of WordPress already amassed over 8 million downloads in less than a month. With such rapid growth, we should expect worldwide usage to hit ten digits in the next few years. Yes, that’s not a typo the number is 455 with six zeroes. There are currently over 455 million sites that use WordPress.

In fact, doesn't even have a CEO - the project is entirely run by volunteers across the world.

Part of this sudden spike in popularity was a highly controversial story about how one blogger lost her job after posts on her web blog page. This is the story of how one blogging tool became а legend in website building.īlogging has been around since the late '90s, but it wasn't until the early '00s that it really took off.
