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"There are over\u00A054 million\u00A0WordPress sites in the world, and that number is split between the free WordPress.com service and WordPress.org open source installs. Both options have their benefits, one being self-hosted and completely customizable, and the other much easier to use with free hosting built right in.\r\n\r\nBut as WordPress.com grows, the network's benefits grow too -- benefits that independent WordPress sites normally can't enjoy, unless they're using\u00A0a WordPress plugin by the name of\u00A0Jetpack\u00A0(created\u00A0by\u00A0Automattic).\u00A0The plugin has proved to be\u00A0extremely popular, and has just passed the 2 million download milestone (currently: 2,005,406).\r\n\r\nJetpack was created to extend the benefits of the network to independent WordPress installs, to make it so nobody is left out of features like WordPress.com Stats, email subscriptions,\u00A0contact forms,\u00A0WP.me URL shortener,\u00A0Carousel photo galleries, and more.\u00A0Reaching 2M downloads to date is a particularly impressive stat, as 1M of those downloads only occurred within the past four months.\r\nWordPress.com Stats example\r\nMore, from Automattic:\r\nJetpack provides feature parity between WordPress.org and WordPress.com enabling users to supercharge their self-hosted WordPress (.org) site with the power of WordPress.com. Other Jetpack features include Subscriptions, WordPress.com stats, VaultPress backup and security, Sharing, Gravatar hovercards, and more.\r\nCheck out Jetpack via the link below:\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Jetpack"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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