This document is an introduction to WordPress that discusses its history and success. WordPress was created in 2003 by Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little as an open source blogging platform. It has grown tremendously over the past 8 years, with over 22% of websites now running on WordPress. Its success is attributed to being open source, focusing on blogging, ease of use, abundant themes and plugins, and a large developer community. While its code architecture can be an issue, WordPress continues conquering new areas and remains a massive success leading the way.

1. Web
Domination
An introduction to WordPress

2. Baki
Goxhaj
WordPress Developer – @banago

3. What is
WordPress
Created by Matt Mullenweg & Mike Little in 2003

4. There was Blogger. There
was MovableType. There
was a b2. There were all
these different ones, but b2 was
the only one that was open source.
– Matt Mullenweg

5. Me &
WordPress
We met about 8 years ago when I started to write

6. Me &
WordPress
We met about 8 years ago when I started to write

7. I wrote about my frustrations
%

8. I wrote about my research

9. I wrote about how it feels to be a fshatar

10. Looking
for an
audience
I needed a way to publish my articles online

11. Peshku
Pa Ujë
Peshku pa ujë was initially build on WordPress

12. BANAGO
was born
I then built my own blog on WordPress

13. Passion to
Profession
I started selling WrodPress services

14. 8 long
Years
WordPress grew to take over the Web

15. Stats
Fun
What are the numbers

16. 22.0%
Percentage of websites running WordPress
– w3techs.com

17. 59.8%
Percentage of websites that run CMSs using WordPress
– w3techs.com

18. How
Come?
Factors why WordPress did so well

19. 1.
Open Source
WordPress is open source software and free to use

20. 2.
Focus
WordPress tried to solve only one problem: blogging

21. 3.
Easy
Very easy to install, setup and use out of the box

22. 4.
Blogging
Initial success was because blogging became popular

23. 5.
Technology
PHP/MySQL hosting is easy and cheap

24. 6.
Themes
Abundance of free and premium themes

25. 7.
Plugins
Abundance of free and premium plugins

26. 8.
Developers
Low learning curve/easy to start developing

27. 10.
Backward
compatibility
End users are the number one priority

28. Now
Is Great
WordPress is a massive success and leading the way

29. Future
Seems
Bright
WordPress is conquering new territoires every day

30. Issue:
Code
Architecture
Developers are not the number one priority

31. The
Opportunity
A great opportunity for new developers looking for work

32. Success
is replicable
Learn from the success of WordPress

33. Ask
@banago
... and you shall receive an answer