Happy 20th Anniversary, WordPress! We Wouldn’t Be Here Without You
Happy 20th anniversary, WordPress! We can’t wait to see what the next two decades — and beyond — will bring.
On May 27, 2003, co-founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little announced that WordPress was available to the public. Their vision, as you can still read in their original post on WordPress.org, was to foster a means by which anyone could easily share and discuss their ideas with the world.
What started as a humble open-source blogging platform is now the driving force behind over one-third of the internet’s most popular websites, including The New York Times, Salesforce, and Disney. But the non-profit WordPress project continues to further its mission of democratizing publishing for the entire world. Just as Version 0.7 was available as a free download under the General Public License (GPL) 20 years ago, WordPress remains free today — at Version 6.2 and counting.
Automattic — the parent company of WordPress.com, Jetpack, Tumblr, and other web platforms and services — didn’t yet exist when Mike and Matt launched WordPress. But since its birth in 2005, the two organizations have worked hand in hand. Through the Five for the Future initiative, Automattic commits 5% of our company’s resources — including over 4,000 employee hours per week — to the open source WordPress project. In turn, we benefit from the amazing work they do in improving WordPress and ensuring the best possible experience for building and maintaining your website, no matter how small or large.
It’s a symbiotic relationship for which we have a deep appreciation. The WordPress community often uses a saying that we love: “A rising tide lifts all boats.” A healthy and thriving WordPress project benefits all of us.
So, to our friends in the WordPress open source community, we extend a heartfelt congratulations and thank you. Happy 20th anniversary! We can’t wait to see what the next two decades — and beyond — will bring.
- May 26, 2023
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Congratulations on 20 years of thriving success! I’ve been happily using WordPress since 2008. 😀
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Thank you for changing our lives as well. ❤️
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Thank you WordPress! You have changed my life.
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Congratulations! I’ve had my WordPress site for 11 years and counting. Keep up the great work — here’s to another 20 years!
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Happy 20th birthday, WordPress! I have been on WordPress for almost nine of those years.
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Happy 20th anniversary and Thanks for the good work.
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Congratulations
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Happy 20th anniversary wordpress with regards.
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Complimenti! Auguri!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
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Truly, I give thanks for this opportunity every day.
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Yay!!! Congratulations WordPress!!! Been with you for a few years now….
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Happy 20 years & cheers to many more decades to come! My only regret was not joining WP sooner 🙂
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Congratulations 👏🎉
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Thank you for being amazing platform, as for me who is using a amazing free one. ❤
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I remember wishing you a happy 3rd anniversary. Keep going!
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Congratulation 👏
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Thank you WordPress for providing people a platform where we can express ourselves.
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Congratulations!
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✨️💯🙏
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Thank you for making blogging more accessible.
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Congratulations!!I’ve been blogging for almost 8 years using WordPress🙂
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I happy for the past
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congo🔥🔥
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Congratulations 🎉🎉
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What an amazing legacy. Congrats to the creators.
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Thank you, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little! Mabuhay from the Philippines! God bless you and WordPress, exceedingly!
Ray
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Congratulations!!!!!!!!
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WordPress is brilliant!!
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HAPPY anniversary 🎉
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Congratulations
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Congratulations Word press
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Congrats
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Happy 20th, WP!
In January, earlier this year, we celebrated our 19th anniversary with WP.
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Brilliant!!
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Congratulations
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Congratulations 🖤🖤
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Thank you WordPress!
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Thank you ❤️
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Congratulations 🎊
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Congrats
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Happy 20t anniversary, WordPress
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Congratulation
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happy birthday
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Happy 20th anniversary WordPress. May You grow stronger by the day!
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🎉Amazing!
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Congratulations on 20th years of thriving success!!🌹🌹🌹♥️ I’m very happy to join the family I have just started using WordPress .
Many many thanks for making blogging more accessible!!!!
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Congratulations
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