Wordfence-Security-–-Firewall-Malware-Scan-7.1.15-1-3.jpgWordPress powers well over one third of all websites on the internet. This equates to around half a billion different sites!
A major factor in the success of WordPress is its open-source nature. This means the source code of the core software, its plugins, and themes is available for anyone to work with and modify as they see fit.
plugin.jpgEvery WordPress site needs a theme to pull content from the database and display that in a design. And theoretically, you could run a site with just a theme and nothing else. But that site would be very limited without the addition of plugins.