May 27, 2023 marks a major milestone in the history of digital publishing: 20 years since the first official public release of WordPress Core. Born from a simple need to publish writing and photos on the web quickly, it’s no surprise WordPress grew around this core capability as a blogging platform to become the world’s leading content management system (CMS). Today WordPress powers over 43% of the web and over 63% of all websites that use an identifiable CMS.
In this iThemes article, the reasons for the success of WordPress are exposed.