{"id":28488,"date":"2026-11-14T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/?p=28488"},"modified":"2026-11-14T11:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:06:26","slug":"wordpress-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/wordpress-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Statistics: Market Share, Plugins and Sites Built Through 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.cbg-article .meta{text-align:center;color:#555;margin-bottom:14px;font-size:15px;}\n.cbg-article a{color:#1a4fbf;text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px solid #d6def0;}\n.cbg-article a:hover{border-bottom-color:#1a4fbf;}\n.cbg-article details{border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;padding:14px 0;}\n.cbg-article details:first-of-type{border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;}\n.cbg-article summary{cursor:pointer;font-weight:500;padding:6px 0;list-style:none;font-size:17px;position:relative;padding-right:28px;}\n.cbg-article summary h3{display:inline;font-size:17px;font-weight:500;margin:0;text-align:left;letter-spacing:0;}\n.cbg-article summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none;}\n.cbg-article summary::after{content:'+';position:absolute;right:0;top:6px;font-size:22px;color:#555;}\n.cbg-article details[open] summary::after{content:'\\2212';}\n.cbg-article details p{padding-top:10px;margin-bottom:0;color:#333;}\n.cbg-article summary{transition:color .2s ease;}\n.cbg-article summary:hover,.cbg-article summary:hover h3{color:#1a4fbf;}\n.cbg-article details[open] p{animation:cbgFade .25s ease;}\n@keyframes cbgFade{from{opacity:0;transform:translateY(-4px);}to{opacity:1;transform:none;}}\n.cbg-stats{border-top:2px solid #1a4fbf;margin:0 0 34px;}\n.cbg-stat{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:20px;padding:14px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;}\n.cbg-stat-num{flex:0 0 160px;font-size:28px;font-weight:600;color:#1a4fbf;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.2;}\n.cbg-stat-txt{font-size:16px;color:#333;line-height:1.5;}\n.cbg-table-wrap{overflow-x:auto;margin:12px 0 4px;}\n.cbg-article table{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;}\n.cbg-article th{font-weight:600;text-align:center;padding:10px 8px;border-bottom:2px solid #1a4fbf;}\n.cbg-article td{text-align:center;padding:9px 8px;border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5;}\n.cbg-src{font-size:14px;color:#555;margin:6px 0 26px;}\n.cbg-chart{position:relative;height:340px;margin:20px 0 24px;}\n.cbg-gauge{position:relative;height:210px;max-width:380px;margin:18px auto 22px;}\n.cbg-gauge-val{position:absolute;left:0;right:0;bottom:18px;text-align:center;font-size:34px;font-weight:600;color:#1a4fbf;}\n.cbg-gauge-lbl{position:absolute;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;text-align:center;font-size:14px;color:#555;}\n@media(max-width:560px){.cbg-article{padding:16px;}.cbg-stat{flex-direction:column;gap:2px;}.cbg-stat-num{flex:none;}.cbg-chart{height:300px;}.cbg-article h2{font-size:24px;}}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"cbg-article\">\n<p>WordPress ran 39.5% of all websites on 4 November 2026, down from 43.2% on 1 November 2025, based on W3Techs survey data. These WordPress statistics cover that usage trend, rival CMS shares, plugin directory and review figures, Patchstack&#8217;s 2025 vulnerability data, Store Leads&#8217; WooCommerce store counts, version adoption and contributor numbers, each from the latest release available.<\/p>\n\n<h2>WordPress Statistics<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cbg-stats\">\n<div class=\"cbg-stat\"><span class=\"cbg-stat-num\">39.5%<\/span><span class=\"cbg-stat-txt\">of all websites run WordPress (W3Techs, 4 Nov 2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cbg-stat\"><span class=\"cbg-stat-num\">58.2%<\/span><span class=\"cbg-stat-txt\">share among sites with a known CMS (W3Techs, 4 Nov 2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cbg-stat\"><span class=\"cbg-stat-num\">78,000+<\/span><span class=\"cbg-stat-txt\">free plugins in the WordPress.org directory (Nov 2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cbg-stat\"><span class=\"cbg-stat-num\">11,334<\/span><span class=\"cbg-stat-txt\">new WordPress ecosystem vulnerabilities logged in 2025 (Patchstack)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"cbg-stat\"><span class=\"cbg-stat-num\">4,334,124<\/span><span class=\"cbg-stat-txt\">live WooCommerce stores (Store Leads, 30 Oct 2026)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>How Many Websites Use WordPress in November 2026?<\/h2>\n<p>WordPress runs on 39.5% of all websites in the W3Techs survey dated 4 November 2026. Among sites whose content management system W3Techs can identify, its share is 58.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Both figures count websites. They do not measure visitors, traffic or installs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cbg-chart\"><canvas id=\"cbgMonthlyShare\" aria-label=\"Monthly share of all websites for WordPress, None and Shopify, November 2025 to November 2026\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<h3>Is WordPress Losing Market Share?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, on W3Techs&#8217; monthly readings. Usage fell from 43.2% on 1 November 2025 to 39.5% on 1 November 2026, a 3.7-point drop.<\/p>\n<p>Over the same 12 months, sites using none of the CMSs that W3Techs monitors grew from 28.6% to 32.2%. Shopify moved from 4.9% to 5.3%.<\/p>\n<p>The decline was uneven. WordPress gave up 0.5 points between 1 November 2025 and 1 March 2026, then 3.2 points by 1 November 2026, with 0.7 points of that in October.<\/p>\n<p>W3Techs also tracks AI app builders now, listing Lovable on 0.3% of websites and v0 on 0.1%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: W3Techs, monthly CMS usage trend, 1 Nov 2025 to 4 Nov 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>From 23.3% in 2015 to 39.5% Now: WordPress Usage by Year<\/h2>\n<p>January readings from W3Techs show WordPress rising from 23.3% of all websites in 2015 to 43.6% in 2025, the highest January figure in that series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cbg-chart\"><canvas id=\"cbgYearlyShare\" aria-label=\"WordPress share of all websites on 1 January each year from 2015 to 2026, plus 5 November 2026\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>Between January 2022 and January 2026, usage held between 43.0% and 43.6%.<\/p>\n<p>The 5 November 2026 reading of 39.5% matches the 1 January 2021 figure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: W3Techs, yearly CMS usage trend, 1 Jan 2015 to 5 Nov 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>WordPress Statistics vs Shopify, Wix and Other CMS Platforms<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cbg-table-wrap\">\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th>CMS<\/th><th>Share of all websites, 1 Nov 2025<\/th><th>Share of all websites, 4 Nov 2026<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>WordPress<\/td><td>43.2%<\/td><td>39.5%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Shopify<\/td><td>4.9%<\/td><td>5.3%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Wix<\/td><td>4.1%<\/td><td>4.2%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Squarespace<\/td><td>2.4%<\/td><td>2.4%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Joomla<\/td><td>1.4%<\/td><td>1.1%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Tilda<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Webflow<\/td><td>0.9%<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Duda<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><td>0.7%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Drupal<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><td>0.6%<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: W3Techs, CMS usage trend and overview, 1 Nov 2025 and 4 Nov 2026<\/p>\n<p>Shopify added 0.4 points to reach 5.3%, the largest gain in this table. For the wider retail picture, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/ecommerce-business-statistics\/\">e-commerce business statistics for 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joomla slipped from 1.4% to 1.1% and Drupal from 0.8% to 0.6%. Wix and Squarespace stayed within 0.1 points of their 2025 levels.<\/p>\n<p>By CMS market share, which counts only sites with a known CMS, the order is unchanged: WordPress 58.2%, Shopify 7.9%, Wix 6.1%, Squarespace 3.6%, Joomla 1.6% and Drupal 0.9%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: W3Techs, CMS market share, 4 Nov 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>How Many WordPress Plugins Are There in 2026?<\/h2>\n<p>The WordPress.org Plugin Directory says it holds over 78,000 free plugins as of 5 November 2026. WordPress.org put the figure above 60,000 in its State of the Word recap in December 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cbg-table-wrap\">\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th>Plugin<\/th><th>Active installations<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Elementor<\/td><td>10+ million<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Yoast SEO<\/td><td>10+ million<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Contact Form 7<\/td><td>10+ million<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Classic Editor<\/td><td>8+ million<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>LiteSpeed Cache<\/td><td>7+ million<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>WooCommerce<\/td><td>7+ million<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Gutenberg<\/td><td>400,000+<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Two Factor<\/td><td>100,000+<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Performance Lab<\/td><td>100,000+<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>AI<\/td><td>60,000+<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: WordPress.org Plugin Directory, active installations shown on 5 Nov 2026<\/p>\n<p>Classic Editor, which restores the pre-block editing screen, sits in a higher install bracket than WooCommerce.<\/p>\n<p>Yoast SEO lists 10+ million active installations. The agency side of search work is covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/what-to-expect-from-your-dedicated-local-seo-agency\/\">what a dedicated local SEO agency handles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the official AI plugin from WordPress.org, still in the beta list, shows 60,000+ active installations.<\/p>\n<h3>Plugin Review Statistics: 12,713 Reviews in 2025<\/h3>\n<p>The Plugins Team reviewed 12,713 plugins in 2025, up 40.6% on 2024. It approved 5,415, up 66.2% from 3,259 the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Submissions averaged about 150 a week in 2024 and settled near 330 a week in the final weeks of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Approval rates rose to 69.5% from 63.4%. Still, 38.7% of reviewed plugins drew no reply from their authors.<\/p>\n<p>AI-assisted development is behind part of the submission surge, according to the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: Make WordPress Plugins, A Year in the Plugins Team &#8211; 2025, published 7 Jan 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>11,334 Flaws in 2025: WordPress Security Statistics<\/h2>\n<p>Patchstack logged 11,334 new vulnerabilities in the WordPress ecosystem in 2025, a 42% increase on 2024. The figures come from its State of WordPress Security in 2026 report, dated 25 February 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cbg-chart\"><canvas id=\"cbgVulnSplit\" aria-label=\"Share of new 2025 WordPress vulnerabilities found in plugins and themes\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>Plugins held 91% of the new flaws and themes 9%. WordPress core had six reported vulnerabilities, all low priority.<\/p>\n<p>High-severity issues numbered 1,966, or 17% of the total, and were likely targets for automated mass attacks. Highly exploitable vulnerabilities rose 113% year over year.<\/p>\n<h3>How Fast Are WordPress Vulnerabilities Exploited?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cbg-gauge\"><canvas id=\"cbgUnpatched\" aria-label=\"46% of 2025 vulnerabilities had no fix at public disclosure\"><\/canvas><div class=\"cbg-gauge-val\">46%<\/div><div class=\"cbg-gauge-lbl\">no fix at public disclosure<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Nearly half, 46%, of 2025 vulnerabilities had no developer fix at the time of public disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>For heavily exploited flaws, the weighted median time to first mass exploitation was five hours. About half of high-impact vulnerabilities were exploited within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>In Patchstack&#8217;s pentest of hosting companies, standard defences blocked 26% of vulnerability attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Patchstack&#8217;s view is that site owners cannot rely on plugin updates as a security measure. A wider framework sits in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/how-organizations-can-adapt-to-the-future-of-continuous-cyber-risk\/\">how organizations adapt to continuous cyber risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Premium Components: 3x the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n<p>Premium or freemium components made up 1,983 valid reports, 29% of the total Patchstack received. Of those, 76% were exploitable in real attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Known exploited vulnerabilities were three times as common in premium components as in free ones.<\/p>\n<p>The most-targeted flaw in 2025 was a 2024 stored XSS bug in LiteSpeed Cache 5.7 and earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: Patchstack, State of WordPress Security in 2026 (2025 data), published 25 Feb 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>WooCommerce Store Count by Quarter and Country<\/h2>\n<p>Store Leads counted 4,334,124 live WooCommerce stores on 30 October 2026.<\/p>\n<p>WooCommerce runs on 19.7% of WordPress websites, according to W3Techs on 4 November 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cbg-chart\"><canvas id=\"cbgWooQuarterly\" aria-label=\"Live WooCommerce stores by quarter, 2023 Q1 to 2026 Q4 to date\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>The quarterly count peaked at 4,776,386 in 2024 Q2. It stood at 4,050,284 in 2026 Q3, which Store Leads reports as a 10% year-over-year decline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: Store Leads, The State of WooCommerce in 2026, updated 30 Oct 2026<\/p>\n<h3>WooCommerce Stores by Country<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cbg-table-wrap\">\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th>Country<\/th><th>Live WooCommerce stores<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>United States<\/td><td>537,051<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>United Kingdom<\/td><td>196,262<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Germany<\/td><td>140,274<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>India<\/td><td>122,682<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Italy<\/td><td>119,198<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>France<\/td><td>107,275<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Spain<\/td><td>104,836<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Netherlands<\/td><td>103,445<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Poland<\/td><td>90,385<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: Store Leads, The State of WooCommerce in 2026, updated 30 Oct 2026<\/p>\n<p>The United States holds 12.4% of live WooCommerce stores. The United Kingdom follows at 4.5%, then Germany at 3.2% and India at 2.8%.<\/p>\n<h3>Where WooCommerce Merchants Moved in the Last 90 Days<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cbg-chart\"><canvas id=\"cbgWooSwitch\" aria-label=\"Merchants WooCommerce gained from and lost to selected platforms over 90 days\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>Over the 90 days to 30 October 2026, WooCommerce took 26,673 merchants from other platforms and lost 41,343 to them, per Store Leads.<\/p>\n<p>SureCart received the most, 14,492, ahead of Custom Cart at 12,694 and Shopify at 9,700. Shopify also sent 6,754 merchants the other way.<\/p>\n<p>WooPayments appears on 439,049 stores, 10.1% of the WooCommerce base. Broader payment data is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/electronic-payments-statistics\/\">this set of electronic payments statistics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: Store Leads, platform switching and apps, 90 days to 30 Oct 2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>Which WordPress Version and Page Builder Do Sites Run?<\/h2>\n<p>Version 7 runs on 68.0% of WordPress websites, based on W3Techs data from 4 November 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cbg-chart\"><canvas id=\"cbgVersions\" aria-label=\"Share of WordPress websites by major version\"><\/canvas><\/div>\n<p>Another 25.2% run version 6. Version 5 sits at 4.6%, version 4 at 2.0% and version 3 at 0.2%.<\/p>\n<p>Outdated major versions are one form of exposure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumrun.com\/consulting\/8-best-attack-surface-management-tools-for-finding-external-exposure\/\">attack surface management tools<\/a> are built to surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: W3Techs, WordPress version usage, 4 Nov 2026<\/p>\n<h3>Page Builder Statistics<\/h3>\n<div class=\"cbg-table-wrap\">\n<table>\n<thead><tr><th>Builder<\/th><th>Share of WordPress websites<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Elementor<\/td><td>31.5%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>WPBakery<\/td><td>7.2%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Beaver Builder<\/td><td>1.0%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>SiteOrigin<\/td><td>0.8%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Bricks<\/td><td>0.4%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Oxygen<\/td><td>0.4%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Breakdance<\/td><td>0.2%<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Divi Builder<\/td><td>0.1%<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: W3Techs, subtechnologies of WordPress, 4 Nov 2026<\/p>\n<p>Elementor appears on nearly one in three WordPress websites. These shares overlap, so they should not be added together.<\/p>\n<p>Among WooCommerce stores, Store Leads finds the hello-elementor theme on 8.1%, second to Astra at 12.5% (30 October 2026).<\/p>\n\n<h2>Contributor and WordCamp Statistics From State of the Word 2025<\/h2>\n<p>WordPress 6.8 drew 921 contributors, the largest group for any release to that point, according to WordPress.org.<\/p>\n<p>Downloads of 6.8 reached 79.5 million, up 13%. WordPress 6.9 brought in 230 first-time contributors and over 340 enhancements and fixes.<\/p>\n<p>More than 81 WordCamps ran across 39 countries in 2025. Over 5,000 volunteers organized them, and attendance reached nearly 100,000.<\/p>\n<p>Plugin downloads were on pace for 2.1 billion by year-end, and more than 1,500 themes were released in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cbg-src\">Source: WordPress.org News, State of the Word 2025, December 2025<\/p>\n\n<h2>FAQs<\/h2>\n<details>\n<summary><h3>What percentage of websites use WordPress?<\/h3><\/summary>\n<p>39.5% of all websites, according to W3Techs on 4 November 2026. Among sites with a known content management system, WordPress holds a 58.2% share.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><h3>Is WordPress losing market share in 2026?<\/h3><\/summary>\n<p>Yes. W3Techs shows usage falling from 43.2% of all websites on 1 November 2025 to 39.5% on 1 November 2026, while sites using no monitored CMS rose from 28.6% to 32.2%.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><h3>How many plugins does WordPress have?<\/h3><\/summary>\n<p>Over 78,000 free plugins, per the WordPress.org Plugin Directory in November 2026. Paid plugins sold by third parties outside the directory are not part of that count.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><h3>Where do WordPress vulnerabilities come from, beyond Reddit anecdotes?<\/h3><\/summary>\n<p>Plugins, mostly. Patchstack&#8217;s 2026 report placed 91% of the 11,334 new vulnerabilities found in 2025 in plugins and 9% in themes. WordPress core had six, all low priority.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary><h3>How many WooCommerce stores are there?<\/h3><\/summary>\n<p>Store Leads counted 4,334,124 live WooCommerce stores on 30 October 2026, below its quarterly peak of 4,776,386 in 2024 Q2.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/overview\/content_management\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/overview\/content_management<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patchstack.com\/whitepaper\/state-of-wordpress-security-in-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/www.patchstack.com\/whitepaper\/state-of-wordpress-security-in-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storeleads.app\/reports\/woocommerce\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external\">https:\/\/storeleads.app\/reports\/woocommerce<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/plugins\/2026\/01\/07\/a-year-in-the-plugins-team-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" 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