WordPress is the leading choice for website creation and management. Learn more about WP with our list of 25+ WordPress statistics of 2025!
- Market Dominance: WordPress powers 43.4% of all websites globally, making it the leading content management system (CMS) as of February 2025.
- CMS Market Share: Among websites using a known CMS, WordPress holds a 62.8% share, far ahead of competitors like Shopify (6.2%) and Wix (3.8%).
- Total Websites: Over 513 million websites are built on WordPress, based on NetCraft’s estimate of 1.18 billion total websites.
- Growth Trend: WordPress has been the fastest-growing CMS for over a decade, with its market share rising from 13.1% in 2011 to 43.4% in 2025.
- Search Popularity: The term "WordPress" is searched 2.6 million times monthly worldwide, driving significant traffic to related sites.
- Content Volume: WordPress users publish 70 million new posts and 77 million new comments each month, with 409 million people viewing 20 billion pages.
- Plugin Ecosystem: The WordPress Plugin Directory offers nearly 60,000 free plugins, with popular ones like Yoast SEO and WooCommerce exceeding 5 million installations each.
- Theme Availability: Around 12,000 free themes are available, with premium themes on marketplaces like ThemeForest adding to customization options.
- Language Support: WordPress is translated into over 200 languages, with English dominating at 71% of sites, followed by Spanish (4.7%) and Indonesian (2.4%).
- Version Usage: WordPress Version 6 is used by 81.2% of WordPress sites, with older versions (5 and 4) still in use by 14.1% and 4.4%, respectively.
- E-commerce Impact: WooCommerce, a WordPress plugin, powers 8.8% of all online stores, competing with platforms like Shopify and Magento.
- Security Concerns: Cross-site scripting (XSS) accounts for 39% of WordPress vulnerabilities, highlighting the need for regular updates and security plugins.
- Adoption by Top Sites: Of the top 10,000 websites, 3,639 use WordPress, including brands like The New York Times and BBC America.
- Community Strength: The WPBeginner Engage Facebook group has 98,600 members, reflecting a robust user community sharing knowledge daily.