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Brad Williams

@williamsba

WORDPRESS IS POPULAR

Brad Williams

@williamsba

Top 1 Million Sites

68.1% of websites do not use a CMS

17.5% of all websites run WordPress

54.7% of all websites running a CMS are using WordPress

Source: http://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management/all

Source: http://en.wordpress.com/stats/

WORDPRESS IS POPULAR

Brad Williams

@williamsba

23,675 free plugins1,693 free themes

WordPress.org

WORDPRESS IS MOBILE

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WORDPRESS IS COMMUNITY

Brad Williams

@williamsba

67 WordCamps Worldwide in 201234 WordCamps in the USA

Total Attendees: 17,000+

Source: http://central.wordcamp.org/news/2013/02/04/wordcamps-in-2012/

WordCamps

WORDPRESS IS COMMUNITY

Brad Williams

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400 WordPress Meetups Worldwide91,683 WordPress Meetup Members

Source: http://central.wordcamp.org/news/2013/02/04/wordcamps-in-2012/

WordPress Meetups

Philadelphia WordPress Meetup Group: 849http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-WordPress-Meetup-Group/

Philly burbs Meetup Group: 136http://www.meetup.com/philly-burbs-wordpress-meetup/

WORDPRESS IS FUN

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@williamsba

WHO IS BRAD?

Brad Williams

@williamsba

Brad WilliamsCo-Founder WebDevStudios.comCo-Author Professional WordPress

& Professional WordPress Plugin Development

Co-Organizer WordCamp PhillyCo-Host DradCast

WORDPRESS RESOURCES

Brad Williams

@williamsba

• Self Hosted• http://wordpress.org – WordPress open source project hub• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ - WordPress plugin directory• http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ - WordPress themes directory

• Hosted• http://wordpress.com – WordPress hosted

• Community• http://central.wordcamp.org – WordCamp Central• http://wordpress.meetup.com – WordPress Meetups