Wordpress 2.7 - Download Frenzy!

Alright, well this is a little different from what I have been posting about. This is more on the webmaster side of things but hey, I’ll post it anyway! The new version of Wordpress, was released a few days back. Wordpress 2.7 has seen a frenzy of people downloading and installing it! In fact; within the first 20 hours of it going live, it had already had over 100,000 downloads. Imagine the owner had a dollar for every download

Now for those who are not in the webmaster niche, Wordpress is a program which you can install on a site and turn it into a blog. A blog is what you are reading right now; the difference between a blog and a site is a blog is updated more. Anyhow, back on track the current amount of times Wordpress 2.7 has been downloaded is now 370,738! Pretty damn good aye? Did I mention it updates every 20 seconds or so, and by the looks of it, the download rate continues to grow!

Now, how on Earth could one program/software get so many people downloading it? Simple, it is probably the best you can get and; it’s completely free! Below are some more reasons why people choose to download Wordpress:
- It is extremely easy to use, in fact I would probably say it is easier then some of the big programs designed to be written in. You can insert images, videos, bold text, all with ease and grace
- Now, it is also very, very easy to install. I know lazy people that take the option of using Fantastico. This program installs it at the push of a button. However, I am incredibly smart in I have never learned how to use it - So I use the manual installation method; pretty easy and only takes a few minutes. In fact most of the time taken is waiting for the files to upload via FTP.
- The amount of plugins, widgets and themes you can install is incredible. You can literally grab a hundred plugins, upload and activate them just clicking “activate”. The themes are just as easy to install. A great thing about newer versions is they also allow you to edit themes a lot faster. Rather then having to open files, reupload and so on.

That is all for now, see you all back tomorrow!