My lightning talk for the Brisbane Web Design Meetup Group for "What I Learnt in 2011". What I learnt in 2011 is that "WordPress Is Taking Over The Internet"
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WordPress Is Taking Over The Internet
1. What I Learnt in 2011
WORDPRESS IS TAKING
OVER THE INTERNET
Bronson Quick
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2. DOWNLOADS OF WORDPRESS 3.2
http://wordpress.org/download/counter/
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4. FREE THEMES ON WORDPRESS.ORG
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
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5. FREE PLUGINS ON WORDPRESS.ORG
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
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6. WORDPRESS ON THE GO
WordPress for iOS
WordPress for Android
WordPress for Windows Phone 7
WordPress for Nokia
WordPress for WebOS
http://wordpress.org/extend/mobile/
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7. POWERING THE INTERNET
WordPress powers 15.3% of the top 1 million websites on the web!
http://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all
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8. MATT’S STATE OF THE WORD 2011
18,000 responses from all over the world
http://ma.tt/2011/08/state-of-the-word-2011/
http://wordpress.org/news/2011/08/state-of-the-word/
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9. SELF EMPLOYED
6,800 self-employed respondents making a living from WordPress
Were responsible for over 170,000 sites personally
25 sites each!
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10. CONSULTANTS & COMPANIES
65% heavily customised installs
Features are only added if 80% of WordPress users will use them
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11. CUSTOMISED ADMIN
Only 4% of the 18,000+ people had customised the admin
Great backend UI design thanks to the WordPress UI team
“A lot of work has been done, the front end is unrecognizable, but the Dashboard
still looks like the usual WordPress interface.”
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13. REPORTED HOURLY RATES
Average hourly rate $58
Median hourly rate $50
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14. NEW DOMAINS RUNNING WORDPRESS
22 out of 50 new domains in the United States of America
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15. NUMBER OF WORDCAMPS IN 2011
47 in 2011
Including WordCamp Gold Coast!
Still 7 more to come
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16. ISN’T IT TIME YOU LEARNT WORDPRESS?
Demand is growing rapidly
WordPress community is a wealth of knowledge
WordPress blogs (Just Google it!)
WordPress Meetup groups
WordPress.tv
WordCamps
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