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On May 27, 2003, Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little forked b2/cafelog creating the next, best blogging platform.
20 years later WordPress powers over 40 percent of the web, a number that is growing steadily. It’s been used by the likes of the New York Times and Beyoncé. It has outlasted MySpace, the iPod, and a global pandemic.
But most importantly, it is the reason why we are all here. We as a community, as an ecosystem, would not exist without that spark of inspiration back in 2003.