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CTOnews.com May 30, the blog platform WordPress celebrates its 20th anniversary on May 26. Co-founders Matt Mullenweg,Mike Little and Dries Buytaert posted commemorative articles on the official WordPress website and discussed the future of open source and the 20 years WordPress has gone through.

Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little, co-founders of ▲ source WordPress's official website, have announced that WordPress is open to the public, and their vision is to develop a way in which "anyone can easily share and discuss their ideas with the world."

▲ source WordPress official website WordPress was originally an obscure open source blogging platform. In January 2004, WordPress released version 1.0 and began the tradition of naming its major version after musicians. Version 1.0 (Miles) is named after American trumpeter Miles Davis.

Today, the latest big version of WordPress, named after the Mexican jazz musician Arturo O'Farrill, has more than 79 million downloads, driving more than 1/3 of the most popular websites on the Internet, including the New York Times, Salesforce and Disney.

The success of WordPress is inextricably linked to its open source nature, and as announced under the General Public license (GPL) 20 years ago, WordPress is still free today and is constantly updating and expanding features that anyone is free to use, modify, and share. WordPress also has a good community driving force, thanks to the virtuous circle of the user group, the whole user group continues to expand. According to CTOnews.com, the number of WordPress users has exceeded 60 million and the market share has reached 43%.

Co-founder Mike Little cites a phrase often used by the WordPress community as an example: "when the tide comes in, all ships are lifted." "A healthy and thriving WordPress project can benefit everyone, so we would like to express our heartfelt congratulations and thanks to our friends in the WordPress open source community," he said. Happy 20th anniversary! we can't wait to see what the next two decades-and beyond-will bring.

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