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As you know, we all want to learn some cool WordPress facts. WordPress turns 14 years old today, so we considered the best way to celebrate the world’s most popular website-building software. Here are some interesting facts about WordPress that you may not know.

Interesting facts you didn’t know about WordPress

• The Name – WordPress
• It’s free
• WordPress is Older Than Twitter and Facebook
• It’s Open Source and Free
• WordPress is THE Most Popular Content Management System in the World
• It’s Not Just for Blogging
• WordPress Can be Used for Intranet Sites, Facebook
• It’s Great for Freelancers
•  And also,itss Sites are Easy to manage
• Any Company does Not own it
• WordPress is Used by Governments All Over The World
• More Non-English WordPress Downloads
• It Gets 487 Billion Spam Messages Every Month
• WordPress Is Available in 196 languages
• WordPress Community

The Name – WordPress

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

 WordPress is free!

WordPress is free software that you can easily download from wordpress.org and use. However, you have to pay for web hosting to use it on the Internet, which might cost you a few dollars.

WordPress is Older Than Twitter and Facebook

The first version of WordPress was released on May 27, 2003, which makes it older than Facebook and Twitter.

WordPress is Open Source and Free

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

WordPress is THE Most Popular Content Management System in the World

WordPress powers more websites than any other content management system (CMS) in the world (a CMS is a piece of software that lets you easily write, edit, and publish content on the web). WordPress powers 4.5% of the ENTIRE internet(opens in a new tab).

Between 50% and 60% of websites that use a CMS are built on WordPress. Seventeen blog posts are published on WordPress sites every second of every day.

WordPress is Not Just for Blogging

WordPress got its start as a blogging platform, but somewhere along the way, developers realized you could do so much more with it.

Whether you want to create a basic website for a local business or a huge online store selling thousands of products, it can be done with WordPress. And, of course, it’s still great for blogging!

WordPress Can be Used for Intranet Sites, Too

There are thousands of plugins available that can extend WordPress’s functionality. Still, many people don’t realize that some plugins are perfect for the back-end functionality companies need.

WordPress makes things like customer relationship management software, Issue tracking, and even all-in-one intranets(opens in a new tab) possible. Self-hosting these apps without paying a service provider can save you money each year, especially if you can manage all those plugins yourself.

WordPress is Great for Freelancers

In addition to working in an agency or corporate job, you can freelance as a WordPress specialist. Whether you want to offer basic services like site setup and theme customization or go all-in with fully customized sites with all sorts of back-end programming, there are many opportunities.

WordPress skills are also super valuable for bloggers, marketing consultants, SEO consultants, and anyone else who works with sites hosted on WordPress.

Also, WordPress Sites are Easy to Manage

WordPress sites are easy to manage, both in terms of maintenance and from a client’s perspective of managing the content on the site. Because WordPress has been around for so long (it was first released in 2003), a vast online community and extensive documentation are available. Any question or issue you may have encountered has probably been experienced (and hopefully solved) by someone else already.

Any Company does not own WordPress.

To protect the freedoms offered by open-source software, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg created the WordPress Foundation. This non-profit organization owns the ‘WordPress’ trademark and protects the software’s open-source license.

WordPress is Used by Governments All Over The World

WordPress powers thousands of government websites worldwide, including dozens of US Federal and State government websites, counties, small towns, high schools, etc.

More Non-English WordPress Downloads

In 2014, non-English WordPress downloads surpassed the English version. And in later years, WordPress made it possible to install language packs from the WordPress admin area. In the final release of 2016, WordPress added the language switching feature for users on a WordPress site.

Spam comments have skyrocketed in the last several years. The Akismet stats tell us that the number of spam comments generated over one month is 6,208 times higher than that of legitimate comments. In other words, WordPress gets bombarded by 487 billion spammers. Luckily, Akismet can fend off 99.9% of the spam.

A quick look at WordPress’s translation website shows 196 locales, 40 of which are 100% translated. Thus, the total number of available locales is 196. We wonder how long it will take before WordPress is available in virtually every language.

WordPress Community

Essential facts about the WordPress community: It is one of the largest on the Internet, with 249973 active members in more than 840 meetup groups around the globe.