Holy cow… 1 million downloads

by Joost de Valk on 8 July, 2009 at 14:58 88 comments

This is so humbling... I just logged in to my Mint installation, to see that the combined total downloads for my plugins on WordPress.org have crossed 1 million... Check the screenshot:

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88 Responses to “Holy cow… 1 million downloads”

by Roel Willems on 8 July, 2009 at 15:02

Congrats Joost,

Great achievement, I'm guessing this means there are a lot of happy plugin users out there!

by Chris Wallace on 8 July, 2009 at 15:02

Poor little RSS shortcode download... all the way at the bottom. :)

by jonathan on 8 July, 2009 at 15:03

Congratulations! Your contribution to the WP community deserves recognition. Thanks for all the hard work you've put into building and maintaining all these great plugins!

by Gary Robinson on 8 July, 2009 at 15:05

Congratulations, quite a milestone.

Is there a part of you, even a tiny bit, that wishes you'd charged even a minimal fee for each download? :)

Joking aside, for a relatively non-techie blog owner like myself your plug-ins have been a great help, thank you

by Julius on 8 July, 2009 at 15:16

Congratulations for a job well done! I'm a sociable plugin user and let me tell you that I'm indeed a satisfied customer.

Keep it up and more power to you my friend!

by Zendevi on 8 July, 2009 at 15:21

Congrats Joost! You have me to thank personally for at least a dozen of those :)

by Sumesh on 8 July, 2009 at 15:22

Worthy, considering all the work you've done :) Let's see how long it takes to hit 2 million...

As much as 1 mn downloads is amazing, I think the WP community, or more specifically the less-knowledgable users, are abusing or disrespecting developers in several ways. I see this all the time, I wish Matt & Co. took the time to educate users on the importance and kindness of devs who spend time for nothing (except appreciation and the odd donation, I guess).

I'm not a plugin dev myself, but I think you'll agree, Joost.

by Hirvesh on 8 July, 2009 at 15:23

It's no wonder Joost...after all, you always offer quality downloads!

by Joni Gunneweg on 8 July, 2009 at 15:44

Congrats.. love the plug-ins, keep up the great work :)!

by Roseli A. Bakar on 8 July, 2009 at 15:50

Congrats Yoast. What a milestone for you !

by yudi on 8 July, 2009 at 15:53

good job Yoast... keep creative

by Les on 8 July, 2009 at 15:55

I never had any doubts! Superb and well worth a hearty CONGRATULATIONS!

by Linda on 8 July, 2009 at 16:05

Congratulations! That means there's a lot of happy plugin users out there... and quite a list also... I gotta try some of these... wasn't aware of all of 'em...

Thanx for all your hard work and contributions!

by Alwin on 8 July, 2009 at 16:19

Thanks for creating various plugins. These plugins have help a lot of bloggers like me
You have done a greate job
Alwin Chuah ( Malaysia)

by Dominating Niches on 8 July, 2009 at 16:42

Wow, that is SOOooooooooooo. Cool.

How long did it take you to hit 1 Million?????????

by Jean on 8 July, 2009 at 16:51

How long does it take you to create one plugin? What is the total amount of work hours standing behind those 1mil downloads? Just curious... :)

by steve macleod on 8 July, 2009 at 16:52

One million, what an astonishing achievement.

Well done mate, the d/ls are excellent btw.

by just Guido on 8 July, 2009 at 16:53

That's because they're awesome sauce. ;-)
Thanks for making them, hope you'll keep them going.

by Dragon Blogger on 8 July, 2009 at 17:10

Congrats, I know I use several of those plug-ins across my 3 blogs

by Pallab on 8 July, 2009 at 19:10

Congrats. I use many of your plugins on my blog.

by Pawan on 8 July, 2009 at 19:32

Congrats ... you have been real helpful in setting up my website :-)

by Wordsmoker on 8 July, 2009 at 19:34

You sound surprised at this! I've never had a problem with any of your plugins, and sometimes consider you the pinnacle of all human achievement.

Yes. All Human Achievement.

:-)

by Champi on 8 July, 2009 at 20:27

Nice results :), congrats..

by i.nconspicuo.us on 8 July, 2009 at 20:28

That is because you have the best plugins. Most user-friendly, self-explanatory and easy-to-use.

Keep up the good work buddy!

by Nicholas Z. Cardot on 8 July, 2009 at 20:54

Congratulations! Keep up the great work and I'm sure you'll be at 2 million in no time! LOL.

by Yvon on 8 July, 2009 at 22:35

don't you wish you had a nickel for each of those downloads? that would be $50,000!

by Ahmed on 8 July, 2009 at 22:37

You have some good plugins thats why all download it

iwsih you can hit 10 m

by Daniel on 8 July, 2009 at 22:50

Greets and congratulations! Your Plugins are really great! I am using the sociable tool! Well done! Keep up the good work!

by Andy Ghozali on 8 July, 2009 at 22:55

I use at least 3 of those :P thanks a bunch mate.

by Referáty on 9 July, 2009 at 01:50

Congrats! You are very good programmer btw ;)

by Hooshmand Moslemi on 9 July, 2009 at 01:58

WOW!

This is awesome stuff! Congratulation!

Just keep up the good work!

Cheers!

Hooshmand Moslemi

by Damon on 9 July, 2009 at 02:19

Congratulation, you earned it!
Keep it coming!

by HanaDaddy on 9 July, 2009 at 03:32

I am using your sociable too! and it's the best social plugin that I tried. Thank you

by Patrick on 9 July, 2009 at 07:57

Congratulations with this great achievement!

I have used your plugins more then once. Great work and many thanks!

Looking forward to thanking you in person at WordCampNL.

Cheers,

Patrick

by Michael on 9 July, 2009 at 08:28

Congrats Joost, I am not surprised though. Love your plug ins and your work. They have been a huge help to my blog so thanks for that.

Michael

by Scott Prehoda on 9 July, 2009 at 12:03

Congrats! You have definitely helped my poor little blog get up and running!

by Andy in Tenerife on 9 July, 2009 at 13:35

Well done, I think I am using a couple - need to have a look and check.

Why oh why did you not charge everyone a measly dollar??!!!! - Just kidding but do your plugins all have a link back to one of your sites?

by Zemalf on 9 July, 2009 at 14:31

Congrats Joost! I've been heavy user of many of your plugins since I discovered them. Keep up the good work - I think it'll be 2M in no time :)

by Matt Inertia on 9 July, 2009 at 14:58

Im pretty sure 50% of those are me?!

by Adam W. Warner on 9 July, 2009 at 15:04

Congrats! By the way, is there any way to filter plugins on the repository by plugin author?

by LiveInformant on 9 July, 2009 at 16:31

Congrats man, that's awesome.

I don't really follow your blog but I use your "WordPress SEO" article religiously. So I would like to believe I played a small part in your success. ;)

by Dirk on 9 July, 2009 at 16:52

Sociable rocks! :)

by Karl Foxley on 9 July, 2009 at 21:55

That is an amazing achievement... congrats!

by Ronnie Sullivan on 10 July, 2009 at 06:11

Great achievement.

by wongsableng on 10 July, 2009 at 07:34

Congratulations for a job well done, keep posting

by Pirincho Crespo on 10 July, 2009 at 07:34

Congratulations! and thank you. I use many of your plugins.

by Bunlin on 10 July, 2009 at 08:15

Thanks for plugins.

by [keyword deleted] on 10 July, 2009 at 09:27

Congratulations joost! Keep making those awesome plugins.

by Taufiq Hasan on 10 July, 2009 at 11:04

Congrats!!! Nice Plugins!!

by Catzie on 10 July, 2009 at 15:33

Wow, congratulations. :D Keep up the good work. :)

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by Hugo on 10 July, 2009 at 23:20

Gefeliciflapstaart! Houden zo!

by Greg on 11 July, 2009 at 13:07

Wow - that is an incredible achievement. You should feel proud to have achieved so much

by Vassilis Mastorostergios on 11 July, 2009 at 16:51

Others are happy when they reach 1 million visitors and there you got 1 million DOWNLOADS. Congrats and keep up the good work :)

by maria on 11 July, 2009 at 18:36

Wow, congratulations

by Henri on 11 July, 2009 at 18:49

Up to the 2 million. Congrats, Joost!

by zeldman on 12 July, 2009 at 03:48

Congratulations! And well deserved. You do wonderful work.

by webmaster9 on 12 July, 2009 at 09:53

Congratulations! You deserved it.

by Bob Greaker on 12 July, 2009 at 18:05

It's because you construct a great plugin - highly useful and never fails
Keep up the good work and keep humble.
BobG

by 24Seven on 12 July, 2009 at 19:54

With the impact that your plugins have in the WP community it is surprising that the total count is not higher. You can count us as users and aspiring coders to your level. Keep up the GREAT job and can't wait to see whats next!

by The Ski Bum on 12 July, 2009 at 23:43

I was going to say they should be higher numbers too. I use so many of these I though everyone else did to. I guess only serious blog heads know what to use.
I wish there was a better way to keep track of them all in 2.8

by Oliver Schlöbe on 12 July, 2009 at 23:45

You wouldn't even need Mint to have your total plugin downloads summed. wp.org does it for you too: http://wordpress.org/profile/joostdevalk/

by Ainun Nazieb on 13 July, 2009 at 05:17

Congratulations!

Keep up the good work and create more fantastic plugins!
;)

by CDO Guide on 13 July, 2009 at 09:24

wwwoowww...congrats to u..u are doing greet to those plug in u made..waiting for the new and upgrade plug ins..:-)

by maria on 13 July, 2009 at 09:55

Congratulation, you earned it!
Keep it coming!

by Malene on 13 July, 2009 at 14:56

Well done! Fair play from a happy user

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by King on 13 July, 2009 at 18:56

Thanks for all your plugins. Looking forward for more...

by Web Design Showroom on 14 July, 2009 at 08:32

A big congrats to you my friend. I, like many others, appreciate all the hard work you put into developing your plugins...and there free!...I just can't get over the kindness and dedication of people like you to produce work that really helps the community.

It really is a happy place being a web designer in the WordPress Community