How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse - NewsBreak
By Tarikul in Business
Updated 3 years ago
Today, to those who haven't been paying attention, the company looks a bit like an overnight success story. WordPress, the open source software behind the company, is now estimated to power roughly 42% of all websites on the internet. Automattic's e-commerce plugin, WooCommerce, which it purchased in 2015, is believed to run more than a quarter of all online storefronts.