WordPress is one of the most important content management systems (open-source CMS, or) allowing anyone to build and manage a website. CMS or content management system is a software that allows you to create create, manage, and modify content on a website without specialized or advanced technical knowledge.
In 2020, over 35% of all websites on the internet, estimated up to 60,000,000 are built with WordPress.
- Currently, WordPress 5.3 has been downloaded over 31,870,000 times
- WordPress is used by 14.7% of the Top 100 Websites in the World.
- 34% of the world’s 10,000 most popular websites use WordPress.
Companies such as TED, CNN, TechCrunch, the NFL, and NBC. People magazine, Rolling Stone, Sony Music, and others use WordPress as a source of their content management. Check out WordPress.org’s website showcase.
WordPress gets almost as many unique monthly visitors as Twitter does.(Source: Automattic)