8 things you should know about WordPress

WordPress is the most popular source used by people to set up a website or blog for themselves. The popularity of WordPress is such that it powers more than 38% of all the websites on the internet! This means that more than a quarter of the websites on the internet are being powered by WordPress! Amazing right?

Speaking technically, WordPress is an open-source content management system licensed under GPLv2. If you are wondering what a content management system is, then we must tell you that it is a tool that makes it easy to manage important aspects of a website like content, without the need to know anything about programming. This implies that any person who wants to start their blog or website can use or we should rather say modify, the WordPress software for free. This is the major advantage of WordPress; it makes building a website easy for anyone – even people who know nothing about developing a website or about programming. 

WordPress is so astonishing that it can easily blow anyone’s mind. The features it offers are like no other and that is why it is so popular among the people! If you are also surprised by the functioning of WordPress and would like to know more, then keep on reading the article to learn about 8 interesting facts about WordPress!

1.Wordpress is completely free to use:

WordPress is open-source which is free and can be used by anyone. No one has to pay a single penny to make their blog or website on WordPress.You can use WordPress to make any type of website that you want It also allows you to make changes that you want to your existing site’s code. 

WordPress can also be used to make multiple websites without the need to purchase any additional license. On WordPress, you will find millions of free themes and plugins to choose from. Choose any of them and make a website according to your desire and need. 

In addition to that, there are also several premium themes and plugins which can be purchased by you.

WordPress can also be used by the developers to create premium themes and plugins which can help them to earn money. 

2.WordPress is being used by some really big names: 

From being used by aspiring bloggers to getting used by big businessmen, and everyone in between, WordPress is omnipresent! 

WordPress is being used by such big companies and brands that everyone has heard their names! 

Some examples are: 

• CNN’s blogs are built on WordPress and so are Reuters’. 
• The Wall Street Journal and Forbes use WordPress as well.
•  Microsoft uses WordPress for its official blog. Also, products like windows and skype are powered by WordPress. 
• The New Yorker, Mashable, and The Next Web are some other famous examples that use WordPress.

• It also powers the other notable brands like the People Magazine, The Rolling Stones, Vogue, MTV News, Facebook (for their Newsroom), Harvard Business Review, and NASA.
• The official White house government is also powered by WordPress!

If WordPress is being used by such big names, then it certainly is capable enough for you to build websites like breakout for yourself and your business!

3.You can use WordPress in so many more ways than just starting a blog: WordPress earned its name as a platform for bloggers! But soon after its rise to fame, developers realized that so much more can be done with the help of WordPress. 

Now, WordPress is used to power so many other different websites! 

Not only does WordPress enable users to create a huge number of business sites and blogs, but it also enables people to create e-commerce stores. WordPress is now the most popular way to create an eCommerce store. 

 You can also use WordPress to set up the following: 

• Blogs 
• Portfolios 
• Resumes 
• Social networks 
• Membership sites 
• Business websites 
• eCommerce stores 

Pretty much every type of website you can dream of can be built with the help of WordPress!  
4. You can even earn money on WordPress:

As we mentioned above, there are premium themes and plugins on WordPress. Theme developers and Plugin developers can earn truckloads of money by selling their designs to the buyers. 

A very famous example of this is the example of  WooThemes. It is a company that started creating premium themes and plugins in 2008. Some time back, WordPress’s parent company ‘Automattic’ purchased WooThemes for a whopping amount of 30 million dollars in cash and stock. 

Don’t worry if you are not a company but an individual web-designer. Individual theme designers are also earning thousands of dollars every month by selling their premium themes to buyers as these themes are always in great demand! 

Another example of this is Kriesi, who is ThemeForest’s second-highest-selling author of all time. He made approximately 165k dollars with his sales on the site. Back in 2011, he became the first theme author to sell $1 million worth of themes! 

To sum it all up, we would like to say that you can make good money by selling pre-made premium themes and plugins. Also, this will enable you to work directly with clients, which means that you do not have to work for an employer. This will give you all the flexibility you might want in your career. 

5. WordPress is the Most Popular Content Management System out there: 

WordPress powers more websites than any other CMS (content management system). CMS is software that enables the users to write, alter and publish content on the web. 

Almost 50 to 60% of websites that use a CMS are powered by WordPress.  

A great fact about WordPress is that every second of every day, more than 17 blogs are published on WordPress! That is a lot!

6. WordPress can be used by anyone and can prove to be pretty useful: 

Entrepreneurs can seriously benefit from knowing how to use WordPress.

WordPress is such a great tool for setting up an online business (including creating online stores, landing pages, and more). Knowing how to set up WordPress, how to customize a theme, and install plugins can help you save a lot of money! If you are a small business and are just getting started then that will benefit you immensely!

Developers aren’t the only people out there who need to learn WordPress skills!

 Marketers can also make use of WordPress. As we mentioned, WordPress can be used to create landing pages and for publishing blog posts. Knowing how to use WordPress gives you the advantage of not having to wait for a developer to make minor changes to your website, or set up a new webpage!

7. WordPress was started in 2003: 

WordPress was created as a standalone project in the year 2003. It was an offshoot of a previous project called b2/cafe. 

The original creation of WordPress was a collaboration between Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. Since then, Matt Mullenweg has become the face of WordPress and the founder of Automattic (Now known as WordPress’s parent company). WordPress has pushed forward its limits and developed itself into the most popular solution to create any type of webpage! 

8. WordPress can be installed easily: 

WordPress can be easily installed with just a few clicks. 

Most of the web hosts either offer to preinstall WordPress for you so that your site is ready to go right away, or give you dedicated tools that make the installation process very easy for beginners. 

 These were a few interesting facts about WordPress! Hope you gained some knowledge from this article and found these facts to be intriguing!

Author Bio: Charlotte Lin is a content creator at escaperoom.com. She’s a passionate young woman, mother to an amazing nine-year-old, and an avid reader. Over the years, writing has helped her explore and understand the world as well as her own self. She loves to travel, meet new people, and spend quality time with her daughter. You can find her on LinkedIn