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Filed under: Asides | Tags: WordPress (115), press (50) | January 28th, 2009
USA Today Article
WordPress creator Mullenweg is many bloggers’ best friend – USATODAY.com. We got some nice press in USA Today in an article by Jefferson Graham, pick up a dead tree copy today if you can to check out the article. ¶
Matt Mullenweg is one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. 
Gary Eckstein | January 28th, 2009 @ 2:02 am |
Well done Matt. Certainly a great article and the article is good in communicating that Wordpress is scalable for enterprise organizations to individual users.
Manish J. | January 28th, 2009 @ 3:12 am |
Nice job man!!! Thanks to the entire crew on a great piece of software.
Spamboy | January 28th, 2009 @ 5:06 am |
Congratulations on the mad props. Back when I was a travelling consultant (and didn’t have a smartphone), my copy of USA Today on a westbound flight was the only way I ever heard any news.
I like the view out of your office. I remember jogging around that area when I was in town last September and digging the feel of the waterfront.
Jason | January 28th, 2009 @ 5:11 am |
Lookin’ hot!
erica | January 28th, 2009 @ 5:59 am |
A BIG Congrats! I normally do not get a copy of the newspaper, but I have picked one up today. This is totally worth reading! Keep up the excellent work.
Todd | January 28th, 2009 @ 6:09 am |
It’s time people stop referring to Wordpress as a blogging platform (myself included). It’s really way much more. I run an online news source with Wordpress and love the features and the ease of use. I find other CMS systems a little more difficult with a higher learning curve.
Thanks Matt!
Nicki | January 28th, 2009 @ 7:22 am |
Congrats!!!
velda | January 28th, 2009 @ 9:17 am |
Nice article. Love the shoes. And now that I’m finally switched over from my old CMS, I’m loving wordpress. Thank you.
I have to disagree with Sullivan though: popularity in and of itself isn’t a security issue so much as it is a bigger incentive for the baddies out there to try to find a way in.
As long as we keep WP up to date and backed up we should be fine, right? Or are there any extra recommended security tips?
Matt | January 28th, 2009 @ 10:20 am |
Staying up to date is the #1 thing you can do to keep your blog secure. Second I would say use a secure password, which is why WP tells you your password strength when you change it.
velda | January 28th, 2009 @ 12:27 pm |
Sure. I noticed my most recent installation generated a secure password to start with as well. Nicely done. It seems that people who’d normally disregard your strength indicators and pick a silly password because it’s easier to remember, are also the sort that think it’s too complicated to go in and change the generated password. And that is fantastic.
But I was thinking more along the lines of locking down templates after we’re done editing them, etc. I’d noticed a few blog postings out there with ideas, just nothing official.
Tanner H | January 28th, 2009 @ 1:24 pm |
Sheesh, Matt – you make the rest of us 25-year-olds look like losers.
Great article, and glad to see you getting the kind of credit you clearly deserve.
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puizers | March 1st, 2009 @ 11:28 pm |
well done matt, i told there is nothing impossible for you