308 – Stats About WordPress’ Popularity

Announcements WordPress Survey Is there a plugin for that? With more than 43,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository. For more great plugins, download my 50 Most Useful Plugins eBook. WP Book List is plugin that allows you to create an online library! Display tons of info about your favorite books right on your website! Stat’s About WordPress’ Popularity WordPress powers almost 27 percent of the internet. Connected WordPress sites publish 24 posts per second. WordPress sites receive 22.17 billion monthly page views. WordPress blogs receive 46.6 million comments per month. There are 2.7 million global monthly searches for the word WordPress. WordPress 4.6 has been downloaded 21.7 million times. Only around 40 percent of WordPress sites are up to date. There are 72 translations of WordPress core. There are more than 47,000 WordPress plugins in the repository. Akismet is the #1 downloaded plugin. 89 WordCamps in 34 countries with more than 21,000 participants in 2015. 25 percent of WordPress users make a full-time living off of the CMS. WordPress is most popular with businesses, least popular with news sites Full article can be found here Thank You! Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my link and I want to say thank you to the following people. For all my recommended resources, go to my Resources Page View on YourWebsiteEngineer.com