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CommunityAugust 19, 2011

State of the Word

This has been an exciting year for WordPress. We’ve grown to power 14.7% of the top million websites in the world, up from 8.5%, and the latest data show 22 out of every 100 new…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

MetaMay 27, 2010

Lucky Seven

Has it really been seven years since the first release of WordPress? It seems like just yesterday we were fresh to the world, a new entrant to a market everyone said was already…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

MetaJanuary 22, 2010

WordPress Foundation

It is with extremely great pleasure that I point you to the first post at the new WordPress Foundation site. Not only am I excited about the things that will happen under the…

By Jen · 1 min read

MetaJuly 2, 2009

Themes are GPL, too

If WordPress were a country, our Bill of Rights would be the GPL because it protects our core freedoms. We’ve always done our best to keep WordPress.org clean and only promote…

By Matt Mullenweg · 4 min read

MetaNovember 1, 2008

Showcase

Today we launched the WordPress Showcase, a display of some of the best and brightest WordPress users, who are using it to do a whole lot more than blog. Pick your flavor and…

By Nick Momrik · 1 min read

MetaJuly 18, 2008

Theme Directory

It’s been a long time since themes.wordpress.net stopped accepting new themes. Since then most theme authors have been distributing their themes from their own sites, without a…

By Joseph Scott · 2 min read

DevelopmentSeptember 24, 2007

New Faces

If you follow WordPress development closely you’ve probably noticed a few new faces around lately, or to be more accurate a few old faces who are taking on bigger roles in the…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

MetaSeptember 22, 2007

Preparing for 2.3

In just a few short days WordPress 2.3 will be coming out with tons of new features that (hopefully) will make you want to upgrade right away. Well while you have a bit of time…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

MetaJune 18, 2007

WebWare 100 Winner

The results are in, and WordPress is the winner of the Webware 100 in the Publishing category. Thanks to everyone who voted, but thank you even more to all the great people who…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read

MetaMarch 15, 2007

Plugin Directory

One of the greatest things about WordPress has always been the amazing number of high-quality plugins available for the platform. I believe that there aren’t any more “killer…

By Matt Mullenweg · 2 min read

MetaJanuary 9, 2007

Ideas and Kvetch!

It’s a new year, and we have a new major release of WordPress coming soon. (We’re currently aiming for the 22nd.) It’s as good a time as any to examine where we’ve been, and where…

By Matt Mullenweg · 2 min read

MetaJune 1, 2005

Browsing Happy with WordPress

You can get the full details from the Web Standards Project press release, but to make a long story short WordPress.org will be taking Browse Happy under its wing by continuing…

By Matt Mullenweg · 1 min read