Have you been around since the early days of WordPress?   For those that have, I think you’ll really enjoy a recent post over at Planet Ozh which covers A Journey Through Five Years of WordPress.   For those that are new to WordPress, you may also enjoy Ozh’s post, as it shows just how far WordPress has come over the past 5 years!

Of course, back in 2003, blogging was still in its very early stages as well, so probably the thing I most enjoyed about this post is seeing how well WordPress has grown along with blogging.

Out of curiosity, I thought it might be fun today to see when everyone else started using WordPress.  My first WordPress installation was the start of the WordPress 2.0.x branch.   I used Blogger briefly, tried Typepad, but fell in love with WordPress quickly and the rest is history.

How about you?  What was the first version of WordPress you used?

As we get ready to usher in the new year, it is only fitting that we take a brief look at 2007, before spending to much time looking forward to 2008. Weblog Tools Collection recently took a look back at 2007 for us by creating a 2007 WordPress timeline. If you’ve been with WordPress for most of 2007, you will probably enjoy looking back over the year and seeing the progress that the software has made. It just makes the plans for 2008 all the more exciting for WordPress users.

2007 started with the release of 2.0.6. Shortly afterwards, WordPress 2.1 was released. On May 16, 2007, we were given WordPress 2.2, which introduced widget integration into the base software. Then on September 25, 2007, we were given probably the biggest release of the year with WordPress 2.3, which introduced a tagging system and notification of WordPress plugin updates. Click over to check out all the details!