Question: What is the size of the FSE project?
Answer: It’s pretty huge. Here are some statistics.
| Measurement | Current value | Where to find out more |
|---|---|---|
| Project duration | “We’re about 2 years into a 10 year project.” cite. Matt Mullenweg | Watch the Demo Site Editor video |
| Gutenberg releases | Over 100 of the main plugin | GitHub WordPress/Gutenberg |
| Contributors | Over 1,000 | Over 750 have contributed code directly to the GitHub repository. Many others have performed other contributor roles. See How do I become a contributor? |
| FSE Testers | Over 300 | #fse-outreach-experiment |
| Active installations | 300,000+ | Gutenberg plugin on WordPress.org |
| Plugin size | 7.4 MB | 76% JavaScript, 9% PHP |
| FSE themes | not that many yet. 5 on WordPress.org | See Which themes are being migrated? |
| Blocks | Over 170 | Gutenberg blocks at blocks.wp-a2z.org |
The source code for Gutenberg is over 11 times the size of the first version of WordPress
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