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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
15.9
304,187,969
February 23, 2021
5.6.2
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
The best WP plugin for backup, anti spam, malware scan, CDN, AMP, social, search, contact form, and integrations with Woo, Facebook, Instagram, Google
jetpack
home
9.4
215,597,491
February 2, 2021
5.6.2
Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan
Secure your website with the most comprehensive WordPress security plugin. Firewall, malware scan, blocking, live traffic, login security & more.
wordfence
home
7.4.14
185,589,633
December 3, 2020
5.6.2
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
4.1.8
188,664,856
January 6, 2021
5.6.2
Contact Form 7
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
contact-form-7
home
5.4
171,957,473
February 24, 2021
5.7
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the world’s most popular open-source eCommerce solution.
woocommerce
home
5.0.0
127,208,195
February 9, 2021
5.6.2
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
3.1.1
94,208,552
January 31, 2021
5.6.2
Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights
The best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can keep them coming back.
google-analytics-for-wordpress
home
7.16.2
90,054,758
February 22, 2021
5.6.2
All in One SEO
The original WordPress SEO plugin. Improve your WordPress SEO rankings with our comprehensive All in One SEO plugin and toolkit.
all-in-one-seo-pack
home
4.0.15
74,849,076
February 3, 2021
5.6.2
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 with just a few clicks.
wpforms-lite
home
1.6.5
62,918,779
February 18, 2021
5.6.2
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
1.16.47
48,570,357
January 29, 2021
5.6.2
Marketing Toolkit by OptinMonster – Popups, Email Optin Forms & Newsletter Subscribers
Create popups, opt-in forms, & floating bars to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and increase sales conversion – #1 marketing popup p …
optinmonster
home
2.2.0
47,026,501
February 19, 2021
5.6.2
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
7.37
47,929,332
February 18, 2021
5.6.2
Really Simple SSL
No setup required! You only need an SSL certificate, and this plugin will do the rest.
really-simple-ssl
home
4.0.9
47,678,607
February 22, 2021
5.6.2
WordPress Importer
Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.
wordpress-importer
home
0.7
35,114,333
April 4, 2020
5.4.4
WP Super Cache
A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
wp-super-cache
home
1.7.1
34,407,896
December 9, 2020
5.6.2
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
2.11.8
31,400,075
December 9, 2020
5.6.2
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
Mailchimp for WordPress, the #1 unofficial Mailchimp plugin.
mailchimp-for-wp
home
4.8.3
32,271,035
January 21, 2021
5.6.2
WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery
The most popular WordPress gallery plugin and one of the most popular plugins of all…
nextgen-gallery
home
3.7.0
31,496,799
February 17, 2021
5.6.2

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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