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That's definitely one reason, though there were a few of them. Did you see the article I linked to in the first post above? It's a good story about the early days of WordPress and how it beat out...

Mostly because the client wants something else. It's not always my decision. Sometimes they might have an existing site I'm redesigning or developing. Some clients only want a 3 or 4 page brochure...

You're in good company. Most every site I develop ends up on WordPress now. Not all, but most. There are a few other WordPress people here as well. I'd add to your list how WordPress upgrades fairly...

Good explanation Bill. I think the end of your post might have gotten cut off though. It ends in mid sentence. Was there more?

There's no single answer to the question of why WordPress has been successful. It's not a they have feature x that other platforms don't. Earlier this year someone who worked at Six Apart (the...

It's based on traffic. I'm sure it's not 100% accurate, but I would think it's pretty good. The data is coming from Quantcast. The link should take you to their top million sites list.

I'd agree...

TypePad is different than MovableType, though it's based on Movable Type. Both are from the same company.

I think what these charts are showing is how quickly WordPress has grown into the dominant...

WordPress is a content management system (CMS). Originally it was mostly focused on blogging only, but over the years it has become a full content management system. You can create a complete website...

Movable Type dropped the ball years ago when WordPress was first coming on the scene. At the same time WordPress was being offered for free Movable Type was raising prices and restricting its...

I thought these charts, which I found via WPTavern on CMS distribution among the most visited sites online interesting.

Top 10,000
WordPress: 47.87%
Drupal: 23.33%
vBulletin: 9.35%

When...