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Web Domination
An introduction to WordPress
Baki Goxhaj
WordPress Developer – @banago
What isWordPress
Created by Matt Mullenweg & Mike Little in 2003
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
Me &WordPress
We met about 8 years ago when I started to write
Me &WordPress
We met about 8 years ago when I started to write
I wrote about my frustrations
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I wrote about my research
I wrote about how it feels to be a fshatar
Looking for anaudience
I needed a way to publish my articles online
Peshku Pa Ujë
Peshku pa ujë was initially build on WordPress
BANAGOwas born
I then built my own blog on WordPress
Passion toProfession
I started selling WrodPress services
8 longYears
WordPress grew to take over the Web
StatsFun
What are the numbers
22.0%
Percentage of websites running WordPress – w3techs.com
59.8%
Percentage of websites that run CMSs using WordPress – w3techs.com
HowCome?
Factors why WordPress did so well
1.Open Source
WordPress is open source software and free to use
2.Focus
WordPress tried to solve only one problem: blogging
3.Easy
Very easy to install, setup and use out of the box
4.Blogging
Initial success was because blogging became popular
5.Technology
PHP/MySQL hosting is easy and cheap
6.Themes
Abundance of free and premium themes
7.Plugins
Abundance of free and premium plugins
8.Developers
Low learning curve/easy to start developing
10.Backwardcompatibility
End users are the number one priority
NowIs Great
WordPress is a massive success and leading the way
FutureSeems Bright
WordPress is conquering new territoires every day
Issue:CodeArchitecture
Developers are not the number one priority
TheOpportunity
A great opportunity for new developers looking for work
Success is replicable
Learn from the success of WordPress
Ask@banago
... and you shall receive an answer