WordPress is getting more and more attention. USA Today (see the article) recently came out with a profile of Matt Mullenweg- the CEO of Auttomattic and the creator of WordPress. It makes me so happy to see Matt getting the press he deserves.
Here’s a few quotes from the article if you don’t feel like reading the whole thing…
On WordPress’s Famous Users:
WordPress has become so entrenched on the Web that many of the biggest names use it now — a roster that includes CNN, Fox News and The New York Times, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Coca-Cola and General Electric, along with millions of ordinary bloggers.
On Graduating to WordPress:
“People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they’ll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users,” says Mullenweg, 25.
The One Sour Point:
Sullivan says the drawback to working with WordPress is that it has become so popular that it’s “open to security issues.”
Hackers found ways to add links to their sites in WordPress blogs, a technique aimed at improving their Google rankings, but a new December release addresses that with a security update, Mullenweg says. When folks sign in to update their WordPress blogs now, they automatically get the latest software.
All and all, a very good write up. But I would keep in mind the warning written above. WordPress has become target to some security issues as a client and I found out recently. The good news is that securing WordPress so that your blog isn’t the low-hanging fruit pretty darn easy. If you want to make your blog safer, contact me today for WordPress Security Consulting.
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