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WordPress was first released on May 27, 2003.
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It was opened to the public on November 21, 2005 by invitation only.
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As of February 2011, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 32.5 million times.
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There are more than 20 million websites powered by WordPress.
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On an average day, about 500,000 bloggers create 500,000 new posts which generate 400,000 new comments. That's about 347 posts per minute and 278 comments per minute.
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The most popular plug-in is Contact Form 7 which has been downloaded 3,800,000 times.