100+ WordPress Statistics 2026: Usage, Market Share & Trends

WordPress powers 40.7% of all websites and holds 58.9% of the CMS market in 2026. But its market share has started to decline after years of growth.

So, where does WordPress really stand today?

In this guide, you will find the latest WordPress statistics on usage, market share, growth, plugins, themes, WooCommerce, security, and more. These stats will let you see how the world's most popular content management system is performing in 2026.

Key WordPress Statistics for 2026

Here are some of the most important WordPress statistics to know:

• Total Web Power: WordPress powers 40.7% of all active websites globally.
• CMS Market Share: Holds 58.9% of the identified CMS market share.
• Live Sites: BuiltWith tracks over 37.99 million active WordPress websites worldwide.
• Plugin Directory: WordPress.org hosts 70,000+ free plugins and 15,000+ free themes.
• E-Commerce: WooCommerce powers 19.8% of all WordPress sites.
• Security Landscape: 11,334 vulnerabilities were recorded across the WordPress ecosystem last year, with 91% originating from third-party plugins

WordPress Market Share Statistics

WordPress remains far ahead of every other CMS, although its overall web share has declined recently.

• WordPress dominates the CMS market with 58.9% share, far ahead of Shopify (7.7%), Wix (6.1%), Squarespace (3.5%), and Joomla (1.7%). (W3Techs)
• WordPress accounts for 41% of CMS technologies tracked by Wappalyzer across 5 million detected websites. (Wappalyzer)
• WordPress represented 64.3% of mobile CMS usage in HTTP Archive's 2025 dataset. (HTTP Archive)
• WordPress accounted for around 58% of CMS usage among the top 10,000 websites analyzed by HTTP Archive. (HTTP Archive)
• WordPress held 47% of the CMS share across sites scanned by Cloudflare in 2025. (Cloudflare)
• BuiltWith currently detects WordPress on more than 37.2 million live websites worldwide. (BuiltWith)

WordPress Growth Statistics

WordPress grew rapidly for more than a decade, but its market share has started to decline.

• WordPress has a 40.7% web share in August 2026, down from around 43.6% in August 2025. (W3Techs)
• WordPress peaked at 35.76% share in 2022 before falling to 33.21% in 2026. (GravityKit / HTTP Archive) 
• WordPress 1.5 passed 50,000 downloads within two weeks in 2005. (WordPress.org)
• WordPress powered 14.7% of the top 1 million websites in 2011 which was up from 8.5%. (WordPress.org)
• WordPress powered 18% of the web by its 10th anniversary in 2013. (WordPress.org)
• WordPress reached 25% of all websites in 2015 after crossing 20% two years earlier. (W3Techs)
• WordPress reaches 35.4% in 2020 and 39.5% in 2021. (W3Techs)

WordPress Global Usage & Language Statistics

These WordPress usage statistics show how widely the platform is used across websites, countries, and languages.

• BuiltWith detects 37,998,485 live WordPress websites. (BuiltWith)
• More than 47.2 million websites have used WordPress at some point. (BuiltWith)
• BuiltWith has detected more than 85.2 million WordPress websites over time. (BuiltWith)
• BuiltWith detects more than 678,000 new WordPress sites in its latest one-month period. (BuiltWith)
• More than 306,000 WordPress sites rank among BuiltWith's top one million websites. (BuiltWith)
• English is used by 62% of WordPress websites tracked by Wappalyzer followed by Spanish at 11% and Portuguese at 8%. (Wappalyzer)
• WordPress is available in more than 200 languages and WordPress 7.0 was fully translated into over 70 locales. (WordPress.org)
• More than 57% of WordPress sites run a translated version of WordPress according to the WordPress Polyglots team. (WordPress.org Polyglots)

WordPress Traffic & Visitor Statistics

These website visitor statistics highlight the scale of WordPress.com traffic, from monthly visitors and page views to its global audience reach.

• WordPress.com ranked #349 globally by website traffic in August 2026. (Similarweb)
• WordPress.com reports more than 3.6 billion unique visitors each month. (WordPress.com)
• Semrush estimated 170.77 million visits to wordpress.com in August 2026 which was down 5.08% from July. (Semrush)
• WordPress.com reports more than 20 billion page views each month (WordPress.com)
• WordPress reaches users across 192 countries, according to WordPress.com. (WordPress.com)
• Similarweb estimates that wordpress.com received 121.7 million visits in August 2026. (Similarweb) 
• Jetpack Stats can track views, visitors, popular content, traffic sources, locations, and devices on WordPress.com sites. (WordPress.com Support)

WordPress Usage by Country

The United States has by far the largest number of detected WordPress websites.

• The United States has around 17.07 million live WordPress websites. (BuiltWith)
• Germany hosts around 4.04 million WordPress sites or 17.6% of Webatla's dataset. (Webatla)
• The United Kingdom has around 1.41 million live WordPress websites. (BuiltWith)
• France accounts for around 1.09 million WordPress sites in Webatla's September 2026 data. (Webatla)
• Brazil has around 1.02 million live WordPress websites. (BuiltWith)
• Italy has around 974,000 live WordPress websites. (BuiltWith)
• India has around 746,000 live WordPress websites. (BuiltWith)
• Australia and Japan each account for around 6% of WordPress sites tracked by Wappalyzer. (Wappalyzer)

WordPress Version Statistics

WordPress 7 has quickly become the most widely used major WordPress version.

• WordPress 7.1.1 became the latest stable release on September 17 2026. (WordPress.org)
• WordPress 7 runs on 57.7% of WordPress websites while version 6 still powers 35.1%. (W3Techs)
• Older WordPress versions remain in use with 5% of sites on version 5 and 2.1% on version 4. (W3Techs)
• WordPress 3 still runs on around 0.2% of WordPress sites. (W3Techs)

WordPress Plugin Statistics

The WordPress plugin directory gives users access to thousands of tools for SEO, security, ecommerce, performance, and more.

• WordPress.org has more than 72,000 free plugins. (WordPress.org)
• PluginFind tracks more than 70,000 active WordPress plugins with over 15.5 billion total downloads. (PluginFind)
• Around 1,359 new plugins were indexed in the latest month tracked by PluginFind. (PluginFind)
• About 68 WordPress plugins have more than 1 million active installations. (PluginFind)
• Elementor powers more than 20 million websites globally according to Elementor. (Elementor)
• Yoast SEO has more than 10 million active installations. (WordPress.org)
• Contact Form 7 has more than 10 million active installations. (WordPress.org)
• WooCommerce has more than 7 million active installations. (WordPress.org)
• LiteSpeed Cache has more than 7 million active installations. (WordPress.org)
• An average WordPress website has around 22 installed plugins according to WPScan. (WPScan)

WordPress Theme Statistics

• WordPress.org offers more than 15,000 free themes for WordPress users. (WordPress.org)
• ThemeForest lists around 12,900 WordPress themes from independent developers and designers. (ThemeForest)
• Astra has more than 1 million active installations on WordPress.org. (WordPress.org)
• Hello Elementor has more than 1 million active installations according to WordPress.org. (WordPress.org)
• Divi is used on more than 2 million live websites. (BuiltWith)
• Flatsome is used on more than 900,000 websites. (BuiltWith)
• GeneratePress is used on more than 670,000 websites. (BuiltWith)
• OceanWP has more than 500,000 active installations. (WordPress.org)

Note: If you use Divi and want to extend its capabilities, check out our guide to the best Divi plugins for the top options we’ve tested.

WordPress Page Builder Statistics

Page builders remain a major part of how WordPress websites are designed.

• Elementor is used by 31.5% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)
• WPBakery is used by 7.5% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)
• WPBakery is used on more than 6 million websites worldwide. (WPBakery)
• Beaver Builder is used by around 1% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)
• Beaver Builder reports nearly 30,000 active sites in the last 30 days within its own usage telemetry. (Beaver Builder)
• Oxygen is used by around 0.4% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)
• Oxygen Classic supports more than 180,000 websites according to Oxygen. (Oxygen)
• Bricks is used by around 0.4% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)
• Divi Builder is used by around 0.1% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)
• Divi has been used by over 1 million customers to build millions of websites. (Elegant Themes)

WordPress Ecommerce & WooCommerce Statistics

WooCommerce makes WordPress one of the largest ecommerce ecosystems on the web.

• 19.8% of WordPress websites use WooCommerce. (W3Techs)
• WooCommerce powers 8% of all websites and holds 47.7% of the ecommerce-system market tracked by W3Techs. (W3Techs)
• More than 4.05 million live stores currently run on WooCommerce. (Store Leads)
• BuiltWith detects WooCommerce on more than 6.4 million live websites worldwide. (BuiltWith)
• WooCommerce powers around 31% of the top one million ecommerce sites tracked by Store Leads. (WooCommerce)
• The official WooCommerce Marketplace offers more than 1,500 products and extensions. (WooCommerce)
• More than 90,000 developers creatives and builders support WooCommerce merchants worldwide. (WooCommerce)
• The United States has more than 500,000 live WooCommerce stores as of September 2026. (Store Leads)

WordPress Hosting Statistics

WordPress sites are spread across many hosting providers, with Hostinger currently leading among hosts detected by W3Techs.

• Hostinger hosts 8.9% of WordPress websites with a known hosting provider. (W3Techs)
• SiteGround hosts 4.6% of WordPress websites with a known hosting provider. (W3Techs)
• Newfold Digital Group hosts 4% of detected WordPress websites through brands including Bluehost and HostGator. (W3Techs)
• WP Engine's WordPress platform is trusted by more than 185,000 customers worldwide. (WP Engine)
• WordPress VIP provides managed WordPress hosting to more than 700 organizations. (WordPress VIP)
• WordPress VIP's WordPress infrastructure handles around 2.4 trillion requests per year. (WordPress VIP)

WordPress Technology Statistics

• Nginx powers 37.1% of WordPress websites with a known web server followed by Apache at 26.6% and Cloudflare Server at 20%. (W3Techs)
• PHP 8.2 runs on 27.29% of monitored WordPress sites making it the most used PHP version in January 2026. (WordPress.org)
• PHP 7.4 still runs on 22.2% of WordPress sites while PHP 8.3 accounts for 16.74%. (WordPress.org)
• PHP 7.2 and 7.3 together fell below 4% of WordPress installations in 2026 which led WordPress 7.0 to drop support for them. (WordPress.org)
• MariaDB powers 52.8% of WordPress databases while MySQL accounts for 47.2% in the latest published WordPress database breakdown. (WordPress.org)
• More than 37% of WordPress sites were running end-of-life database software in WordPress.org's 2025 database analysis. (WordPress.org)
• WordPress 7.0 supports PHP 7.4 and newer while PHP 8.3 remains the recommended minimum version in 2026. (WordPress.org)
• Cloudflare Server is detected on 20.0% of WordPress websites. (W3Techs)

WordPress AI Statistics

AI is becoming a bigger part of the WordPress ecosystem, from content generation and chatbots to developer tools and AI model integrations.

• 67.1% of surveyed WordPress users rely on ChatGPT while 36.9% use Gemini. (SiteGround)
• 66.5% of surveyed WordPress users use AI for research and 65.7% use it for content creation. (SiteGround)
• 72% of surveyed WordPress users say AI saves them time while 30.2% say it saves them money. (SiteGround)
• 40.9% say getting useful AI results requires multiple attempts. (SiteGround)
• 22.1% of surveyed WordPress users do not trust AI accuracy and 15.7% avoid trusting it for important work. (SiteGround)
• 92% of WordPress agencies and freelancers use AI tools in their workflows. (CloudLinux)
• 59% of WordPress agencies use AI for content writing and 53% use it for coding. (CloudLinux)
• Only 16% of WordPress agencies use AI for site monitoring or maintenance. (CloudLinux)
• 63% of WordPress agencies expect AI and automation to reshape the industry over the next two to three years. (CloudLinux)
• 71.5% of surveyed WordPress community members use AI in their work. (WP Open Community Collective)
• 55.9% of surveyed WordPress community members use AI for coding or code review. (WP Open Community Collective)
• 49.9% of surveyed WordPress community members have a negative view of AI in WordPress while 16.9% are positive. (WP Open Community Collective)
• 53.9% of small business owners in SiteGround's WordPress AI research use AI daily and another 24.1% use it several times a week. (SiteGround)
• WordPress agencies that reported a strongly positive impact from AI had a 58.5% growth rate in 2025 compared with 28.4% among those reporting a negative impact. (The Admin Bar)
• 43% of WordPress agencies plan to use AI automation and better tooling to improve efficiency and grow revenue. (CloudLinux)

WordPress Security Statistics

Most WordPress vulnerabilities come from third-party plugins rather than WordPress core.

• Wordfence recorded 2,213 WordPress vulnerabilities in Q4 2025 which was up 19.2% from the previous quarter. (Wordfence)
• Wordfence blocked 9.1 billion malicious firewall requests against protected WordPress sites in Q4 2025. (Wordfence)
• WPScan's vulnerability database now catalogs more than 83,000 WordPress core plugin and theme vulnerabilities. (WPScan)
• A critical Breeze Cache vulnerability faced more than 30,000 exploit attempts shortly after disclosure in 2026. (Wordfence)
• 11,334 WordPress ecosystem vulnerabilities were discovered last year, a record-high number for the year. (Patchstack)
• WordPress vulnerabilities increased by 42% year over year. (Patchstack)
• Plugins accounted for 91% of new vulnerabilities, far more than any other part of the ecosystem. (Patchstack)
• Themes accounted for around 9% of new vulnerabilities, while WordPress core had only six. (Patchstack)
• Around 17% of vulnerabilities were r

WordPress Performance Statistics

Real-world WordPress performance and site’s loading times depend on hosting, themes, plugins, and optimization.

• 38.4% of WordPress sites passed all Core Web Vitals on mobile in a June 2026 CrUX analysis. (PageSpeed Matters)
• 59.2% of WordPress sites achieved a good LCP score in May 2026. (PageSpeed Matters)
• 93.8% of WordPress sites achieved good INP showing strong interaction responsiveness. (PageSpeed Matters)
• 91.5% of WordPress sites achieved good CLS in the same 2026 real-user dataset. (PageSpeed Matters)
• WordPress performance improvements delivered up to 35% faster template loading in block-heavy setups. (HTTP Archive)
• Around 45% of mobile WordPress sites passed all Core Web Vitals. (HTTP Archive)
• The mobile Core Web Vitals pass rate improved by about 4% points from last year. (HTTP Archive)
• Around 84% of mobile WordPress sites achieved a good CLS score. (HTTP Archive)
• WordPress 6.8 introduced 24 core performance improvements including speculative loading query caching and editor optimizations. (WordPress.org)

WordPress Community Statistics

WordPress is supported by a global open-source community of developers, designers, testers, translators, and organizers.

• WordPress has hosted more than 1,500 community events across 421 cities and 72 countries. (WordCamp Central)
• WordPress events have taken place across all six inhabited continents. (WordCamp Central)
• WordPress 7.0 was built with contributions from more than 875 people worldwide. (WordPress.org)
• More than 200 people made their first WordPress core contribution with WordPress 7.0. (WordPress.org)
• 132 contributors participated in testing WordPress 7.0 before and after its release. (Make WordPress)
• WordPress 7.0 was fully translated into more than 70 locales at launch. (WordPress.org)
• More than 21 web hosts helped test WordPress 7.0 before release. (WordPress.org)
• WordPress held more than 81 WordCamps across 39 countries in 2025 with over 5,000 volunteers and nearly 100,000 attendees. (WordPress.org)

WordPress Career & Earnings Statistics

• The average U.S. WordPress developer earns $84,542 per year in 2026. (ZipRecruiter)
• The top 10% of U.S. WordPress developers earn around $148,000 per year. (ZipRecruiter)
• WordPress developers on Upwork typically charge $15 to $28 per hour. (Upwork)
• Vetted WordPress experts on Codeable work at recommended rates of $80 to $120 per hour. (Codeable)
• 56.8% of WordPress agencies charging $5,000 to $9,999 per project reported consistent profitability. (The Admin Bar)
• 59% of retainer-based WordPress agencies generate more than $100,000 in annual revenue. (The Admin Bar)
• 24.8% of WordPress agencies using proactive lead generation earn over $200,000 compared with 11.6% relying mainly on word of mouth. (The Admin Bar)
• WordPress agencies with 25% to 49% recurring revenue are consistently profitable 47.4% of the time compared with 25% for agencies with no recurring revenue. (The Admin Bar)

How We Collected These WP Statistics

We prioritized recent and authoritative sources such as WordPress.org, W3Techs, BuiltWith, Store Leads, Patchstack, HTTP Archive, and WordCamp Central. Since each source uses different datasets and measurement methods, figures such as market share, live-site counts, and technology usage should be interpreted separately rather than compared directly.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many websites use WordPress in 2026?

BuiltWith detects around 37.99 million live WordPress websites, while W3Techs reports that WordPress powers 40.7% of all websites.

How many WordPress plugins are there?

WordPress.org offers 70,000+ free plugins, excluding premium plugins sold elsewhere.

Is WordPress losing market share?

Yes. WordPress now has a 40.7% share of all websites, down from around 43.6% in 2025. It still leads the CMS market by a wide margin.

Why is WordPress's market share declining?

WordPress faces more competition from hosted platforms like Wix and Shopify. These platforms attract many new websites and small online stores. WordPress still grows but at a slower rate than its competitors.

What percentage of WordPress sites use WooCommerce?

Around 19.8% of WordPress websites use WooCommerce.

Is WordPress secure?

WordPress core itself accounts for very few vulnerabilities. In 2025, 91% of reported WordPress ecosystem vulnerabilities came from plugins.

How can I track statistics on my WordPress site?

Website owners can use Google Analytics or an analytics plugin to track website traffic and visitor data. A privacy-friendly analytics tool can also provide useful reports directly inside the WordPress dashboard.

What Changed for WordPress in 2026?

Overall, these WP statistics show that WordPress remains dominant in 2026, even as its market share, technology use, security, and ecosystem continue to change.

• WordPress web share fell from around 43.6% to 40.7% between August 2025 and August 2026.
• Elementor now powers 31.5% of WordPress sites, which shows the continued importance of visual builders.
• WooCommerce usage stands at 19.8% of WordPress sites, while Store Leads reports a year-over-year decline in store count.
• WordPress vulnerabilities rose 42%, with plugins responsible for 91% of newly reported issues.
• Around 45% of mobile WordPress sites now pass Core Web Vitals, an improvement of about four percentage points.
• AI has become part of the official WordPress ecosystem, with dedicated AI plugins, provider integrations, and a Core AI team.

Even with these changes, WordPress popularity remains strong, supported by its huge user base, flexible ecosystem, and continued presence across the web.