Commemorating the 20th anniversary of WordPress, this second edition of the milestones series documents the explosive growth of WordPress from 2013 – 2023, critical changes to the software, adapting to life during a global pandemic, and much more.
Ya sea una veterana o joven creación, gracias a sus desarrolladores y mantenedores, por ofrecernos estos servicios libres, más centrados en el enfoque en el que están desarrollados, más que en recopilar y comercializar incansablemente, nuestros datos privados.
I missed it by a day, but Happy 20th Anniversary to the WordPress open source project.
The project and the community around it have had a huge impact on my career, and through it I have made many (hopefully lifelong friends). For that I will forever be grateful.
2003- WP born.
2004- Plugins
2005- Pages, Kubrick, themes, functions.php
2007- Tagging
2008- Post revisions
2009- Image editing, Trash, oEmbed
2010- CPT/tax
2011- Admin bar, post formats
2012- Customizer
2013- Auto updates, MP6
2014- Media lib
2015- Emojis
2016- Rest API
2018- Gutenberg
And yes, only so much one can squeeze into a post. But these were mostly oldschool headline features that helped define WordPress (IMO). For some, you had to be there.
Inspired by @davidbisset, here's my nod to some important changes in the WordPress themes.
2003 - WordPress started, with Classic theme
2005 - Kubrick (Default) and the WordPress theme repository
2010 - Twenty Ten, first of the yearly series
2011 - Twenty Eleven, first responsive core theme
2012 - Theme Customizer support
2019 - Twenty Nineteen, first block-based core theme
2022 - Twenty Twenty, first full site editing core theme
2003- WP
2005- Akismet
2006- WP Super Cache
2007- Yoast SEO, All In One SEO, NextGEN Gallery
2008- Duplicate Post
2009- Events Calendar
2010- ACF, UpDraftPlus
2011- Jetpack, Google Analytics for WP
2012- Easy Digital Downloads
2013- WPRocket
2016- Elementor, WPForms
I left off plugins already mentioned in past posts. Faved older plugins.
Popular approx by downloads/installs. ChatGPT used a bit for this. Acqusitions, names updated, etc.
WordPress celebrates 20 years tomorrow. It's grown from a comment on a blog post to a web spanning phenomenon. Thanks to an outstanding community and the freedoms of Open Source. Happy Birthday, WordPress! #WP20#WordPress
Video with captions https://vimeo.com/830357628
Using AI (Playground), I created a diverse celebration of the 20th birthday of #WordPress, and then enhanced it by adding a birthday banner for them to hold high. #WP20
This is my favorite #WordPress site at the moment (formacio.artxtu.com). And it's not just because I did it, but because I enjoyed seeing how easy it is to develop a website from scratch and without code, optimized for performance, using only #Gutenberg blocks.
I was extremely lucky to be one of the first to contribute to the MOBA, thanks to Anne McCarthy who kindly invited me to upload my piece "Rare Optics One".
This article is part of the #FromBlogsToBlocks campaign , a celebration of the 20th anniversary of WordPress #WP20: The story from my origins in #WordPress to today.