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Usage statistics and market share of WordPress

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This report shows the usage statistics of WordPress as content management system on the web. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys. Our reports are updated daily.

WordPress is used by 63.1% of all the websites whose content management system we know. This is 35.8% of all websites.

Versions of WordPress

This diagram shows the percentages of websites using various versions of WordPress.

How to read the diagram:
Version 5 is used by 74.7% of all the websites who use WordPress.

Version 5
74.7%
Version 4
23.6%
Version 3
1.4%
Version 2
0.3%
Version 1
less than 0.1%
W3Techs.com, 10 April 2020
Percentages of websites using various versions of WordPress

Subcategories of WordPress

This diagram shows the percentages of websites using various subcategories of WordPress.

How to read the diagram:
WooCommerce is used by 16.7% of all the websites who use WordPress

WooCommerce
16.7%
Web-Dorado Photo Gallery
1.0%
bbPress
0.8%
BuddyPress
0.6%
NextGEN Gallery
0.5%
wpForo
0.1%
FooGallery
0.1%
Robo Gallery
0.1%
Supsystic Photo Gallery
0.1%
Asgaros Forum
0.1%
Grand Flagallery
less than 0.1%
WP eCommerce
less than 0.1%
AnsPress
less than 0.1%
eCommerce Product Catalog
less than 0.1%
Envira Gallery
less than 0.1%
Shopp
less than 0.1%
MarketPress
less than 0.1%
Other
79.8%
W3Techs.com, 10 April 2020
Percentages of websites using various subcategories of WordPress

Historical trend

This diagram shows the historical trend in the percentage of websites using WordPress.
Our dedicated trend survey shows more content management usage and market share trends.Historical trends in the usage of WordPress

You can find growth rates of WordPress compared to all other content management systems in our WordPress market report.

Market position

This diagram shows the market position of WordPress in terms of popularity and traffic compared to the most popular content management systems.
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Market position of WordPress

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Technology Brief
WordPress
Category: Content Management Systems
WordPress is an open source blog publishing and content management system, based on PHP and MySQL.
Website: wordpress.org

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