17/01/2023
WordPress has been around for quite some time now – 14 years to be precise. In the time since its initial release back in 2003, it’s become the most popular CMS (content management system) for everyone looking to build a website. In fact, almost 30% of the entire internet runs on WordPress. And the platform claims almost half of the entire CMS market. So you can’t really argue its dominance.
There are a number of advantages to using WordPress that have allowed it to stay ahead of other CMS out there. Now we’re exploring the five critical factors that have helped the platform maintain its reign on the web
1. It’s open source and free
This is probably the biggest reason why WordPress is the most popular CMS. First off, it’s free to download and free to use, so you’re saving money from the get go. There’s more to it than that though. It’s also open source which means it’s constantly up-to-date and and upgraded. There have been 32 major versions since its inception, with new updates released every five months on average.
Despite being around for over a decade, WordPress is still the fastest growing CMS with over 500 new websites being developed every day on the platform. Every second, 17 users hit the “Publish” button on a new blog post they’ve uploaded onto WordPress.
