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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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".
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.
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.