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Beyond The Blog: WordPress Used By 60 Percent of Top-100 Inc. 5000
According to Nelio Software, in 2016 more than 60 percent of the top 100 sites on Inc. 5000 used WordPress to power their sites. This is up more than 20 percent from 2015, showing a rapid increase in adoption among America’s fastest-growing private companies. The continuous and rapid growth points to the maturation of the CMS and highlights just how far it’s come since its humble beginning as a blogging platform. There are several things that can be attributed to this unstoppable growth, including mass-adoption of open source, breaking the ‘blog’ stereotype, and the WordPress REST API, just to name a few. WordPress as a full-service application By now, WordPress […]
CMS Comparison: WordPress Vs. Tumblr [Infographic]
WordPress is the most popular content management system, used by 27 percent of the internet. Not only that, but its robust functionality and ease-of-use make it a leading publishing platform. Tumblr, a free microblogging and social networking website, is also a popular option for sharing and engaging with content. The following infographic takes a look at how WordPress and Tumblr stack up in a number of categories, including Monetization branding use functionality SEO and more CMS Comparison (click to enlarge) For more information on WordPress Vs. Tumblr, check out our post WordPress Vs. Tumblr Comparison.
Announcing The WordPress Industry Survey 2016
Today, we’re excited to announce the WordPress Industry Survey 2016! We want to hear from you. This three-minute survey asks questions about your WordPress practice, including basic profiles, business strategy, and community participation. Our goal is to provide real insight on the state of WordPress businesses. We will run the survey from now through the end of November. We’ll then use the collected information to create a free downloadable report. Fill out the survey below! Your feedback is important to us. Create your own user feedback survey
WordPress In Action: Microsoft
Microsoft is one of the largest and most valuable tech companies in the world. Best known for products like Office, Xbox, Windows, and Skype, Microsoft is known as an industry leader. As such, the tech giant has unsurprisingly made the leap into the world of open source. In collaboration with web development agency WebDevStudios, Microsoft migrated several of its websites and blogs to WordPress. “Most of the public facing blogs and websites that WebDevStudios migrated to WordPress for Microsoft ran on the same proprietary ASP.NET and SQL Server based Content Management System,” WDS CTO and Co-Founder Brian Messenlehner told Torque. “The other Microsoft websites […]
WordPress Vs. Medium [Infographic]
WordPress is by far the most popular content management system, dominating more than 25 percent of the entire internet. Its versatility and extendibility make it the perfect solution for any type of website. Medium is one of the most popular publishing platforms. It easily enables users to read, write, and interact with stories published to the platform. The following infographic takes a look at how the two solutions measure up to one another in a variety of different categories, including SEO, analytics, development, and beyond [Click to enlarge]: To learn more about how WordPress and Medium stack up against each other, check out […]
WordPress In Action: Wharton Business School
Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world, launched Knowledge@Wharton, an online business analysis publication in 1999. The site covers everything from business trends to industry news. In collaboration with web development agency WebDevStudios, Knowledge@Wharton received an overhaul in December 2015. As part of the redesign, the WDS team migrated Knowledge@Wharton’s several subsites to one multisite network, which includes a global edition of the publication in English and regional editions in Spanish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. “They were already using WordPress,” CTO and Co-Founder of WDS Brian Messenlehner told Torque. “We built them a […]
Torque Earns Silver Stevie Award For Best Company Publication
In 2013 Torque set out to create community engagement and become a valuable resource for WordPress professionals globally. Our goal was clear: “to create a hub for community building and offer a forum for WordPress news.” We have since published countless stories for and by WordPress developers, designers, users, and enthusiasts. Our incredible contributors each bring with them a unique perspective, skill set, and experiences to collectively fuel Torque’s continuous growth. Today we are happy to announce that our dedication to the WordPress community has earned us a Silver Stevie International Business Award for Best Company Publication. This achievement is […]
HTTP API Will Use Requests Library In WordPress 4.6
In WordPress 4.6, the HTTP API will use the open-source independent Requests library instead of the WordPress-specific HTTP library currently used. “By switching to Requests, a library without any WordPress-specific dependencies, WordPress benefits from input from the wider PHP ecosystem and community,” lead developer of the WordPress REST API Ryan McCue said in the announcement. Not only does the internal shift make WordPress more inclusive, but it will also benefit from library’s test coverage — which, according to McCue, is at 92 percent of the codebase and growing. The new library will not interfere with the way WordPress’ HTTP functions are […]
Happy Third Birthday, Torque!
Torque this month proudly celebrates its third birthday! That’s three years of plugins, themes, tutorials, community, and WordPress. Torque has evolved since its launch but has remained steadfast in its mission to be an indispensable resource for the WordPress community. We put together some stats to highlight the magazine’s success since 2013 [Click to enlarge]. In honor of Torque’s birthday, we are sending one lucky winner to WordCamp US 2016. To enter, share your WordPress story. Submissions will be accepted through July 28 at 11:59 p.m. EST! We also put together a special video to celebrate: Thank you to all of our contributors, we […]
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