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10 Years in WordPress

When I started iThemes in 2008, I had one simple vision for it: to help people build awesome websites with WordPress.

As one of the pioneers for offering commercial products in WordPress, the jump to start iThemes and fulfill this dream in 2008 was a thrilling, sometimes scary, time for me. (Frankly, it still is.)

Having used WordPress to build websites for myself and the organizations I had previously worked for, I loved how easy and empowering it was to use this powerful yet simple software. But I wanted more and better tools that pushed WordPress to do more in order to build even better websites.

And as WordPress has grown and evolved … so have we. For you.

I think if you look through the timeline below … you’ll see that one simple theme which we’ve sought to do for you every day, every week, every month, every year … for the last 10 years.

--Cory Miller

Founder

iThemes

2008

  • iThemes Founded

  • Released our first theme series, Essence, +30 themes

  • Released FRee WordPress basic Video Tutorials

  • Released Flexxtheme

  • First iThemes TV episode

iThemes Founded

First iThemes TV Episode

Featured in WordPress for Dummies

2009

  • Launched our WordPress training division, iThemes Training

  • iThemes Features in WordPress for Dummies

  • iThemes Builder was released

  • Billboard Plugin Released

2010

  • BackupBuddy was Released

  • iThemes launches WordPress plugins store

  • Builder 2.0 released + first child themes released

  • First WordPress Developer Course

  • RV Roadtrip

  • Toolkit launches

  • Helped write WordPress for Dummies, 3rd edition

  • DisplayBuddy series of plugins

Backupbuddy Released

RV Roadtrip

Toolkit Launches

WordPress Web Designer's Toolkit

The Div was Founded

Matt Danner Named COO

iThemes Named the 7th Fastest Growing Company in Oklahoma City

2011

  • The Div was Founded

  • iThemes mentioned in Bloomberg Businessweek

  • BackupBuddy 2.0 released

  • iThemes Named 7th Fastest-Growing Company in Oklahoma City

  • Matt Danner named COO

  • First Friends of iThemes event

2012

  • BackupBuddy 3.0

  • Getting Started with WordPress

  • BackupBuddy crosses 100,000 site licenses

  • iThemes.com Redesigned

  • BackupBuddy Stash released

  • BoomBar Released

Getting Started with WordPress

iThemes.com Redesigned

iThemes Sync Released

iThemes Turned 5 Years Old

2013

  • iThemes Sync Released

  • iThemes Turned 5 Years Old

  • Content Replacement Calculator

  • BackupBuddy 4.0

  • iThemes Builder 5.0

  • iThemes Exchange released

  • New iThemes Member Panel & Cart

2014

  • iThemes Security Released

  • iThemes Security Crossed 2 million downloads

  • iThemes Sync added BackupBuddy integration, bulk install of themes and plugins, uptime monitoring

  • iThemes Security adds WordPress two-factor authentication, malware scanning

  • BackupBuddy 5.0

iThemes Security Released

iThemes Security Crossed 2 Million Downloads

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Freelance Web Design Business

Launched WProsper

2015

  • Sync added WordPress Maintenance Reports for Clients

  • Published Our First Real Book: The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Freelance Web Design Business

  • Launched WProsper

  • BackupBuddy 6.0

  • Success is an Iceberg

  • BackupBuddy Stash 2.0

2016

  • BackupBuddy 7.0 with Stash Live

  • 24 New & Updated Beginner WordPress Tutorials

  • A Guide to Backups, Security & Maintenance

  • Sync Updates for Reports, SEO Checker & WP Optimizations

  • Security Updates + Redesigned Dashboard

24 New & Updated Beginner WordPress Tutorials

BackupBuddy 7.0 with Stash Live

iThemes Sales Accelerator Released

BackupBuddy 8.0 Released

2017

  • iThemes Sales Accelerator was Released

  • BackupBuddy 8.0

  • iThemes Sync added Multiple Users, WordPress Settings Management, Two-Factor Authentication

  • iThemes Security added Magic Links, Password Security Updates & More

  • WordPress SSL Course

  • The SEO Summit

We are excited to see what the next year will bring!

2018

From all of us at iThemes,
Thanks for 10 Amazing Years

Cory Miller

CEO

Matt Danner

COO

Chris Jean

CTO

Patti Ream

Admin & Exec Assistant

Kristen Wright

Communications Director

Sarah Ulmer

Communications Wrangler

Dustin Bolton

Plugin Dev

Glenn Ansley

Plugin Dev

Lew Ayotte

Plugin Dev

Jordan Wooley

System Admin / Dev

Marcel Schmitz

Developer

Tiago Mano

Developer

Nuno Areias

Developer

Josh Benham

Plugin Dev

Timothy Jacob

Dev

Saylor Bullington

Frontend Dev

Ronald van Weerd

Support Mngr

Elise Alley

Plugin Support

Gerroald Barron

Support

Thomas Oliver

BackupBuddy Support

Michael Moore

Plugin Support

Mike Mortimer

BackupBuddy Support

Jeremy Trask

Support

McKalyn Danner

Community Evangelist

Nathan Ingram

iThemes Training Host

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