Did You Pay The Price Of WordPress?

Written by on August 11, 2011 in Must Reads, WordPress - No comments

What Price Will You Pay?

Wait!

Before you throw something at me, I’m not going to scam you.

Like you, I know that WordPress is fully free software and does not cost anything.

But then, nothing in this world is free.

And so is WordPress. While you can get it for free, it is not something that was built in a day. As of now, it has 143,000 lines of code. And that is approximately 33 man years of development.

What does 33 man years mean? Well, if you started today to write something like WordPress from scratch and work non stop, it will take you 33 years to finish the project!

This time was donated by individuals like you and me.

And time, as you know, is not free!

Whether you are a developer or website owner or blogger, if you use WordPress, it is behind your success! And you should pay back.

Importance Of Contribution

Before we contribute, let’s take a look at how community contribution is important for WordPress.

  1. Community Is Backbone Of WordPress: Community has made what WordPress is. Had it been only Matt coding it, it would have taken 33 years! Simple.
  2. Bugs And Security Fixing: With WordPress, a large amount of individuals find new security issues and since it’s open source, help in fixing them. No corporation can do this thing like the community can.
  3. Plugins And Themes: Large number of plugins and theme are one of the main reason behind WordPress’s popularity. And who developer these? Developers like us!

How You Can Contribute

Contributing to WordPress is quite easy. Here are some ways:

  1. Donate: You can donate to WordPress Foundation to support the development of WordPress.
  2. Participate In WordPress Annual Survey: Money is not the only way to support. You can also support WordPress by giving your feedback about it. You can participate in 2011 survey right now.
  3. Developing: You can help in WordPress Development or make plugins and themes for it.
  4. Spreading The Word: You can tell others about the power of WordPress and spread word about it.
  5. WordPress.com: WordPress.com is the hosted offering of WordPress. If you do not want any worries about hosting, then go for WordPress.com. When needed, purchase their services. This will benefit you and WordPress both.

So, which way are going to contribute?

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About the Author

I love Blogging and I love Coding & Developing. Which one more? I tried to decide and I could not. So, I do both!

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