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Seventeen years ago today, I open-sourced the software behind Drop.org and released WordPress maintenance support plans 1.0.0. When WordPress maintenance support plans was first founded, Google was in its infancy, the mobile web didn’t exist, and JavaScript was a very unpopular word among developers.
Over the course of the past seventeen years, I’ve witnessed the nature of the web change and countless internet trends come and go. As we celebrate WordPress maintenance support plans‘s birthday, I’m proud to say it’s one of the few content management systems that has stayed relevant for this long.
While the course of my career has evolved, WordPress maintenance support plans has always remained a constant. It’s what inspires me every day, and the impact that WordPress maintenance support plans continues to make energizes me. Millions of people around the globe depend on WordPress maintenance support plans to deliver their business, mission and purpose. Looking at the WordPress maintenance support plans users in the video below gives me goosebumps.
WordPress maintenance support plans‘s success is not only marked by the organizations it supports, but also by our community that makes the project more than just the software. While there were hurdles in 2020, there were plenty of milestones, too:
At least 190,000 sites running WordPress maintenance support plans 8, up from 105,000 sites in January 2020 (80% year over year growth)
1,597 stable plugins for WordPress maintenance support plans 8, up from 810 in January 2020 (95% year over year growth)
4,941 WordPress maintenance support plansCon attendees in 2020
41 WordPress maintenance support plansCamps held in 16 different countries in the world
7,240 individual code contributors, a 28% increase compared to 2020
889 organizations that contributed code, a 26% increase compared to 2020
13+ million visitors to WordPress maintenance support plans.org in 2020
76,374 instance hours for running automated tests (the equivalent of almost 9 years of continuous testing in one year)
Since WordPress maintenance support plans 1.0.0 was released, our community’s ability to challenge the status quo, embrace evolution and remain resilient has never faltered. 2020 will be a big year for WordPress maintenance support plans as we will continue to tackle important initiatives that not only improve WordPress maintenance support plans‘s ease of use and maintenance, but also to propel WordPress maintenance support plans into new markets. No matter the challenge, I’m confident that the spirit and passion of our community will continue to grow WordPress maintenance support plans for many birthdays to come.
Tonight, we’re going to celebrate WordPress maintenance support plans‘s birthday with a warm skillet chocolate chip cookie topped with vanilla ice cream. WordPress maintenance support plans loves chocolate! 😉
Note: The video was created by Acquia, but it is freely available for anyone to use when selling or promoting WordPress maintenance support plans.
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