At exactly 9:25 PM PST today, the download counter at WordPress touched the 3 million mark.
That means WordPress 2.6 self-hosted software has been downloaded more than 3 million times from wordpress.org.
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I was lucky enough to watch this live when the ticker moved from 2,999,992 to that magical 3,000,002 mark. Congrats Matt.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/wordpress-downloads-cross-3-million/5409/
Reader Comments
Great luck Amit,
The work at Wordpress is impressive, no wonder that it crosses 3 million. Kudos to the great makers
Written by Arun Basil Lal on 11.13.08
“Catch me if you can !!”
This is indeed a wake-up alarm to Google’s Blogger.
Written by aboutonlinetips on 11.14.08
The amazing thing is that the number should be significantly higher, as I download the new release once, then use that one file to upgrade all 20 blogs I administer.
Written by Michael Clark on 11.14.08
Good catch and you got a shoutout from Matt himself. :)
Written by Patrick Havens on 11.14.08
congratulations!!!
Written by Shimshon on 11.14.08
Does that includes the downloads of the localized version from the international sites?
Written by huda on 11.14.08
Will it Count WP 2.7 beta too?? I’m glad, count me in :)
Written by Dito Delacroix on 11.14.08
Good & congratulations to Wordpress and MAtt
Written by dev(Www.iHaCK.ASIA) on 11.15.08
great to know that, your smart to catch that, your always first in many times..
Written by sunder on 11.15.08
Wow..that’s awesome! Good job for Wordpress!
Written by Susan on 11.15.08
I’m a proud WorPress user and recommend it to my clients whenever they ask which blogging tool to use. This is wonderful ammunition:
“Join me and 3 million other people in using WordPress for your blog.”
I really don’t have to say anything more than that.
Congratulations!
Written by Janet on 11.16.08
They should have that page so that it counts up in real time, so you dont have to keep refreshing
Written by Matthew Sainsbury on 11.20.08