Mailchimp for WordPress

One Million Downloads

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Tonight, at exactly midnight UTC, the free version of Mailchimp for WordPress was downloaded for the millionth time. Woah..

ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS.

I remember writing a post in late 2013 when the plugin reached 100.000 downloads telling how I developed a rough first version of the plugin from a hospital bed in Vietnam. Now, a little over a year later, that number has been multiplied by 10.

While the number of downloads doesn't really say *that* much (a great deal of it depends on the number of updates, update frequency, etc.) we're obviously still super stoked to have reached this milestone.

Some numbers on the plugin..

1 million downloads

One million downloads, of which 30.000 in just the last week. Pushing out an update to the WordPress.org repository means that the plugin will be downloaded ~12.000 times that day. That's just awesome!

2 people on the team

Since a few months ago, the workload has been way too much for a single person to handle. You may have noticed already but about a month ago Ines van Essen joined me to help out. It's been a huge relief having her on the team!

97 translators

97 translators helped to translate the plugin. Right now, the plugin is fully translated in over 10 different languages.

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11.464 lines of code

Not counting language files, the plugin consists of ~11.500 lines of code.

310 ★★★★★ reviews

The plugin received 310 five-star reviews at the time of writing. A huge thank you for everyone taking the time to show their appreciation!

Thank you for being part of this amazing journey - let's get cracking on the road to 2 million downloads!

Update, February 14:: Mailchimp for WordPress is now one of the top 20 most popular WordPress plugins of all-time.