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December 16, 2020 by Bobbing Wide

A few useless facts about WordPress revisited

Some useless facts that might help you to create an unbelievable “Did you know?” fact about WordPress such as:

The readme.txt for the original release of WordPress contained one word – Holder.

Herb Miller – December 2020

At 1,979,581 bytes, the components.js file is three times larger than the whole of the first version of WordPress.

Herb Miller – December 2020

Figures from Dec 2020

Plugins and Gutenberg blocks

  • There are approximately 58,000 plugins. https://wordpress.org/plugins/
  • Over 500 curated plugins provide Gutenberg blocks or extend blocks. https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/blocks/
  • There are just over 8,000 themes. Almost half of them are considered to be Popular. https://wordpress.org/themes/

Some other miscellany

  • WordPress has been around for over 17 years.
  • It is now over 80 times larger than the first version. ( 51 MB vs 0.6 MB ).
  • 40% of the delivered code is in JavaScript .js files.
  • There are quite a few .js files that are individually larger than the whole of the first version of WordPress.
  • The images for the new default theme Twenty Twenty-One total 2 MB.
  • WordPress 5.6 has been downloaded over 6 million times. https://wordpress.org/download/counter
  • The Classic editor plugins is installed on 5 million sites.   https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/
    Over 300K sites are using Gutenberg; nearly half of them on the latest v9.5.2. https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/advanced/
  • In My Honest Opinion: Themes should not deliver blocks.

Top 19 or so WordPress plugins

All these plugins have been downloaded over 30 million times.

Plugin name and description Plugin links Version, total downloads, last update, tested
Yoast SEO
Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast SEO plugin.
wordpress-seo
home
20.0
509,181,116
January 24, 2023
6.1.1
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup and malware scan. Get essential free tools including stats, CDN and social sharing.
jetpack
home
11.7.1
311,743,780
January 16, 2023
6.1.1
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
Firewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24 hour team. Make security a priority with Wordfence.
wordfence
home
7.8.2
273,794,946
January 27, 2023
6.1.1
Akismet Spam Protection
The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.
akismet
home
5.0.2
274,179,726
December 1, 2022
6.1.1
Contact Form 7
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
contact-form-7
home
5.7.3
257,718,730
January 26, 2023
6.1.1
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the world’s most popular open-source eCommerce solution.
woocommerce
home
7.3.0
229,751,919
January 13, 2023
6.1.1
Elementor Website Builder
The Elementor Website Builder has it all: drag and drop page builder, pixel perfect design, mobile responsive editing, and more. Get started now!
elementor
home
3.10.2
245,553,194
January 29, 2023
6.1.1
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can grow your business.
google-analytics-for-wordpress
home
8.12.1
143,285,672
January 16, 2023
6.1.1
All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic
🤩 The original WordPress SEO plugin. Improve your WordPress SEO rankings and traffic with our comprehensive SEO tools and smart SEO optimizations! 🚀
all-in-one-seo-pack
home
4.2.9
108,820,755
January 21, 2023
6.1.1
Contact Form by WPForms – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress
The best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop online form builder that helps you create beautiful contact forms + custom forms in minutes.
wpforms-lite
home
1.7.9.1
135,695,284
January 11, 2023
6.1.1
UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin
Backup and restoration made easy. Complete backups; manual or scheduled (backup to Dropbox, S3, Google Drive, Rackspace, FTP, SFTP, email + others).
updraftplus
home
1.22.24
91,393,476
December 14, 2022
6.1.1
Popup Builder by OptinMonster – WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation
🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales – #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
optinmonster
home
2.11.2
78,759,897
January 18, 2023
6.1.1
All-in-One WP Migration
Move, transfer, copy, migrate, and backup a site with 1-click. Quick, easy, and reliable.
all-in-one-wp-migration
home
7.70
94,350,467
January 17, 2023
6.1.1
Really Simple SSL
The easiest way to improve security! Leverage your SSL certificate and protect your website visitors.
really-simple-ssl
home
6.1.1
109,662,364
January 24, 2023
6.1.1
WordPress Importer
Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.
wordpress-importer
home
0.8
42,898,776
September 29, 2022
6.1.1
WP Super Cache
A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
wp-super-cache
home
1.9.2
45,386,594
December 14, 2022
6.1.1
Page Builder by SiteOrigin
Build responsive page layouts using the widgets you know and love using this simple drag and drop page builder.
siteorigin-panels
home
2.20.4
43,414,904
January 16, 2023
6.1.1
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
The #1 (unofficial) Mailchimp plugin. Allows you to add various sign-up methods to your WordPress site.
mailchimp-for-wp
home
4.9.0
43,621,138
January 13, 2023
6.1.1
WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery
The most popular WordPress gallery plugin and one of the most popular plugins of all time with over 31 million downloads.
nextgen-gallery
home
3.33
36,827,948
January 18, 2023
6.1.1

WordPress SEO is the first plugin to reach over 290 million downloads.

Herb Miller, 16th December 2020

References

For more information about plugins see Top 10 WordPress plugins. See also:

  • https://displaywp.com/
  • https://wpcentral.io/

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