{
  "title": "WordPress Statistics 2026: Market Share, Versions, PHP and Plugins",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-10-21",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
  "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/)",
  "statistics": [
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-all-sites-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress was used by 39.6% of all websites in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 39.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-all-sites-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-cms-share-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress had a 58.3% market share among websites with a known content management system in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 58.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-cms-share-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-all-sites-yoy",
      "sentence": "WordPress usage fell by 3.1 percentage points in the year to 1 October 2026, from 43.3% to 40.2% of all websites, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": -3.1,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical trends in the usage statistics of content management systems (monthly)",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all",
      "source_published": "monthly series 1 October 2025 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "40.2% (1 October 2026) minus 43.3% (1 October 2025) = -3.1 points. W3Techs monthly usage series.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-all-sites-yoy"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-php-eol-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites on PHP versions without security support made up 36.4% of sites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org and php.net data.",
      "value": 36.4,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: PHP versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/php/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "Sum of all PHP versions below 8.2 = 36.416%. php.net lists 8.2 as the oldest branch still getting security fixes (until 31 December 2026).",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-php-eol-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-stale-2026",
      "sentence": "46.5% of plugins in the WordPress.org directory had not been updated for two years or more in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 46.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "Plugin Directory API (query_plugins, browse=new, all 306 pages)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[browse]=new&request[per_page]=250",
      "source_published": "live, pulled 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/plugin-directory-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "All 76,360 unique plugins listed by the WordPress.org Plugin Directory API on 21 October 2026. Active installs are WordPress.org rounded bands. Closed plugins are not listed.",
      "method": "35,490 plugins with last_updated before 21 October 2024 / 76,360 plugins = 46.5%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-stale-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-cms-share-yoy",
      "sentence": "WordPress CMS market share fell by 2.0 percentage points in the year to 1 October 2026, from 60.7% to 58.7%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": -2,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Market share trends of content management systems (monthly)",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/ms",
      "source_published": "monthly series 1 October 2025 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "58.7% (1 October 2026) minus 60.7% (1 October 2025) = -2.0 points. W3Techs monthly market share series.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-cms-share-yoy"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-below-peak",
      "sentence": "WordPress usage in October 2026 was 4.0 percentage points below its 43.6% peak of January 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": -4,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y",
      "source_published": "yearly series 1 January 2015 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "39.6% (21 October 2026) minus 43.6% (1 January 2025, highest value in the yearly series since 2015) = -4.0 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-below-peak"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-monthly-declines",
      "sentence": "WordPress usage fell in 12 of 13 month-on-month changes between October 2025 and October 2026 and never rose, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 12,
      "unit": "months",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical trends in the usage statistics of content management systems (monthly)",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all",
      "source_published": "monthly series 1 October 2025 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "Monthly W3Techs readings 1 October 2025 to 21 October 2026: 43.3, 43.2, 43.2, 43.0, 42.8, 42.7, 42.5, 42.2, 41.9, 41.5, 41.2, 40.7, 40.2, 39.6. Of 13 month-to-month changes, 12 are falls and 1 (November to December 2025) is flat.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-monthly-declines"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-growth-2015-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress usage rose from 23.3% of all websites in January 2015 to 43.6% in January 2025, a gain of 20.3 points, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 20.3,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y",
      "source_published": "yearly series 1 January 2015 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "43.6% (1 January 2025) minus 23.3% (1 January 2015) = 20.3 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-growth-2015-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ww-no-cms-rise",
      "sentence": "Websites using none of the content management systems W3Techs monitors rose from 28.6% to 31.5% in the year to 1 October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 2.9,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical trends in the usage statistics of content management systems (monthly)",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all",
      "source_published": "monthly series 1 October 2025 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "31.5% (1 October 2026) minus 28.6% (1 October 2025) = +2.9 points. \"None\" row of the W3Techs monthly usage series.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ww-no-cms-rise"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-site-count-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress ran on about 5.4 million to 5.5 million of the mobile websites in HTTP Archive's July 2025 crawl, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from HTTP Archive data.",
      "value": "5.4m to 5.5m",
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS, and Methodology",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "35.0% (WordPress share of all mobile sites, Figure 12.3) x 15,426,398 mobile sites = 5.40 million. 35.6% (Figure 12.5) x 15,426,398 = 5.49 million. HTTP Archive gives both percentages for 2025.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-site-count-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-cms-share-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress powered 64.3% of mobile websites that use a CMS in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 64.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-cms-share-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-top10k-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress accounted for roughly 58% of CMS usage among the top 10,000 websites in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 58,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-top10k-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-cms-adoption-2025",
      "sentence": "CMS-driven sites made up 54% of mobile websites and 55% of desktop websites in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 54,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-cms-adoption-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-gap-ha-w3",
      "sentence": "HTTP Archive put WordPress at 64.3% of CMS sites in July 2025, 3.6 points above the 60.7% W3Techs reported for 1 October 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal.",
      "value": 3.6,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop). Compared with the W3Techs monthly market share series.",
      "method": "64.3% (HTTP Archive, mobile, July 2025) minus 60.7% (W3Techs CMS market share, 1 October 2025, the earliest month in its public monthly series) = 3.6 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-gap-ha-w3"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-w3-v7-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress 7 ran on 66.6% of WordPress websites in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 66.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics and market share of WordPress",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-w3-v7-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-w3-v6-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress 6 still ran on 26.5% of WordPress websites in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 26.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics and market share of WordPress",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-w3-v6-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-w3-not-v7-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress websites not on version 7 made up 33.4% of all WordPress sites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 33.4,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics and market share of WordPress",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "100% minus 66.6% (version 7) = 33.4%. Equals version 6 26.5% + version 5 4.7% + version 4 2.0% + version 3 0.2%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-w3-not-v7-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-org-71-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress 7.1 ran on 62.7% of WordPress sites that report to WordPress.org in October 2026, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": 62.7,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: WordPress versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/wordpress/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-org-71-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-org-7x-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress 7.x releases ran on 70.5% of sites reporting to WordPress.org in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 70.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: WordPress versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/wordpress/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "7.0 (7.719%) + 7.1 (62.734%) + 7.2 (0.003%) = 70.456%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-org-7x-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-org-below-71-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites on a version older than 7.1 made up 37.3% of sites reporting to WordPress.org in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 37.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: WordPress versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/wordpress/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "Sum of all versions from 3.0 to 7.0 = 37.26%. WordPress 7.1 was released on 19 August 2026 (wordpress.org/download/releases).",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-org-below-71-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-org-v4-older-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress 4.x or older still ran on 2.6% of sites reporting to WordPress.org in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 2.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: WordPress versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/wordpress/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "Versions 3.0 to 3.9 (0.314%) + 4.0 to 4.9 (2.255%) = 2.569%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-org-v4-older-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-gap-v7-sources",
      "sentence": "WordPress.org counted 3.9 points more WordPress 7 sites than W3Techs in October 2026, 70.5% against 66.6%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal.",
      "value": 3.9,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: WordPress versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/wordpress/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted. Compared with the W3Techs version breakdown.",
      "method": "70.456% (WordPress.org, all 7.x) minus 66.6% (W3Techs, version 7) = 3.86 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-gap-v7-sources"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-php-83-2026",
      "sentence": "PHP 8.3 was the most used PHP version on WordPress sites in October 2026, at 26.6%, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": 26.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: PHP versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/php/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-php-83-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-php-74-2026",
      "sentence": "PHP 7.4 still ran on 16.1% of WordPress sites in October 2026, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": 16.1,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: PHP versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/php/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-php-74-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-php-8x-2026",
      "sentence": "PHP 8.x ran on 78.2% of WordPress sites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 78.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: PHP versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/php/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "8.0 (3.845) + 8.1 (10.733) + 8.2 (23.816) + 8.3 (26.571) + 8.4 (9.327) + 8.5 (3.854) + 8.6 (0.018) = 78.164%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-php-8x-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-php-82-deadline",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites on PHP 8.2 made up 23.8% in October 2026, and that branch loses security support on 31 December 2026, according to WordPress.org and php.net.",
      "value": 23.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: PHP versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/php/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted. End date from php.net Supported Versions.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-php-82-deadline"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-php-recommended-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites on PHP 8.3 or newer, the version WordPress recommends, made up 39.8% of sites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 39.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: PHP versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/php/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "8.3 (26.571) + 8.4 (9.327) + 8.5 (3.854) + 8.6 (0.018) = 39.77%. Recommendation from wordpress.org/about/requirements: PHP 8.3 or greater.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-php-recommended-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-db-mariadb-2026",
      "sentence": "MariaDB ran on 60.3% of WordPress sites in October 2026 and MySQL on 39.6%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 60.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: database versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/mysql/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "Sum of all \"MariaDB\" versions = 60.316%. Sum of all \"MySQL\" versions = 39.642%. Unlabelled versions = 0.041%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-db-mariadb-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-db-recommended-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites meeting the recommended database version made up 68.2% of sites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 68.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: database versions (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/mysql/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "MariaDB 10.11 or later (45.766%) + MySQL 8.0 or later (22.405%) = 68.171%. Recommendation from wordpress.org/about/requirements.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-db-recommended-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-directory-2026",
      "sentence": "The WordPress.org Plugin Directory listed over 76,000 free plugins in October 2026, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": 76000,
      "unit": "plugins",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress Plugins directory",
      "source_url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261020182644/https://wordpress.org/plugins/",
      "sample": "Free plugins hosted in the WordPress.org directory. Commercial plugins sold elsewhere are not included.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-directory-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-1m-2026",
      "sentence": "68 plugins in the WordPress.org directory had 1 million or more active installs in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 68,
      "unit": "plugins",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "Plugin Directory API (query_plugins, browse=new, all 306 pages)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[browse]=new&request[per_page]=250",
      "source_published": "live, pulled 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/plugin-directory-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "All 76,360 unique plugins listed by the WordPress.org Plugin Directory API on 21 October 2026. Active installs are WordPress.org rounded bands. Closed plugins are not listed.",
      "method": "Count of plugins with active_installs of 1,000,000 or more in our pull of all 76,360 plugins. 11 of them had 5 million or more.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-1m-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-elementor-2026",
      "sentence": "Elementor had 10+ million active installations in October 2026, the top band in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": "10m+",
      "unit": "installs",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress Plugins directory",
      "source_url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261020182644/https://wordpress.org/plugins/",
      "sample": "Active installation band shown on the WordPress.org Plugins directory page. WordPress.org shows installs in rounded bands, with 10+ million as the highest.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-elementor-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-top100-2026",
      "sentence": "The 100 most installed plugins held 57.5% of all active installs reported by the WordPress.org directory in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 57.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "Plugin Directory API (query_plugins, browse=new, all 306 pages)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[browse]=new&request[per_page]=250",
      "source_published": "live, pulled 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/plugin-directory-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "All 76,360 unique plugins listed by the WordPress.org Plugin Directory API on 21 October 2026. Active installs are WordPress.org rounded bands. Closed plugins are not listed.",
      "method": "Sum of active_installs for the top 100 plugins / sum for all 76,360 plugins (323,761,230) = 57.5%. Installs are rounded bands, so the share is approximate.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-top100-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-under-100-2026",
      "sentence": "78.0% of plugins in the WordPress.org directory had fewer than 100 active installs in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 78,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "Plugin Directory API (query_plugins, browse=new, all 306 pages)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[browse]=new&request[per_page]=250",
      "source_published": "live, pulled 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/plugin-directory-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "All 76,360 unique plugins listed by the WordPress.org Plugin Directory API on 21 October 2026. Active installs are WordPress.org rounded bands. Closed plugins are not listed.",
      "method": "Plugins with 10 to 99 installs (31,315) + fewer than 10 (28,259) = 59,574 / 76,360 = 78.0%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-under-100-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-tested-7-2026",
      "sentence": "77.3% of plugins with 10,000 or more active installs were tested with WordPress 7 in October 2026, against 35.7% of all plugins, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 77.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "Plugin Directory API (query_plugins, browse=new, all 306 pages)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[browse]=new&request[per_page]=250",
      "source_published": "live, pulled 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/plugin-directory-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "All 76,360 unique plugins listed by the WordPress.org Plugin Directory API on 21 October 2026. Active installs are WordPress.org rounded bands. Closed plugins are not listed.",
      "method": "\"Tested up to\" 7.0 or later: 1,684 of 2,179 plugins with 10,000+ installs = 77.3%; 27,282 of 76,360 plugins = 35.7%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-tested-7-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-plugins-added-2026",
      "sentence": "Plugins added to the WordPress.org directory from 1 January to 21 October 2026 numbered 17,990, three times the 6,009 added in 2025, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 17990,
      "unit": "plugins",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "Plugin Directory API (query_plugins, browse=new, all 306 pages)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=query_plugins&request[browse]=new&request[per_page]=250",
      "source_published": "live, pulled 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/plugin-directory-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "All 76,360 unique plugins listed by the WordPress.org Plugin Directory API on 21 October 2026. Active installs are WordPress.org rounded bands. Closed plugins are not listed.",
      "method": "Count by \"added\" date of plugins still listed on 21 October 2026: 2026 = 17,990; 2025 = 6,009. 17,990 / 6,009 = 2.99. Plugins closed since are not counted, which lowers older years.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-plugins-added-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-page-builder-2025",
      "sentence": "Around 60% of WordPress sites used a page builder in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 60,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-page-builder-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-elementor-2025",
      "sentence": "Elementor was the most used WordPress page builder in 2025, with 43% adoption on mobile, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 43,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-elementor-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-elementor-drop",
      "sentence": "Elementor's page builder share fell by about 13 points from 2024 to 2025, from about 56% to 43%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from HTTP Archive data.",
      "value": -13,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "About 43% (2025) minus about 56% (2024) = -13 points, both as given in the Web Almanac 2025 CMS chapter.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-elementor-drop"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-shopify-2026",
      "sentence": "Shopify had a 7.9% CMS market share and ran on 5.3% of all websites in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 7.9,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-shopify-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-wix-2026",
      "sentence": "Wix had a 6.2% CMS market share in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 6.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-wix-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-squarespace-2026",
      "sentence": "Squarespace had a 3.6% CMS market share in October 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 3.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-squarespace-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-vs-shopify-ratio",
      "sentence": "WordPress had 7.4 times the CMS market share of Shopify, the second largest system, in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 7.4,
      "unit": "times",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "58.3% (WordPress) / 7.9% (Shopify) = 7.38.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-vs-shopify-ratio"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-shopify-yoy",
      "sentence": "Shopify gained 1.0 percentage point of CMS market share in the year to 1 October 2026, from 6.8% to 7.8%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 1,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Market share trends of content management systems (monthly)",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/ms",
      "source_published": "monthly series 1 October 2025 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "7.8% (1 October 2026) minus 6.8% (1 October 2025) = +1.0 point.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-shopify-yoy"
    },
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      "id": "wp-joomla-drupal-decline",
      "sentence": "Joomla and Drupal together fell from 13.7% to 2.5% CMS market share between January 2015 and October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 2.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly market share trends of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/ms/y",
      "source_published": "yearly series 1 January 2015 to 21 October 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/cms-2026-10-21.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs website survey; W3Techs says its sample includes well over 20 million sites and uses CrUX and Tranco rankings. Subdomains are not counted as separate sites.",
      "method": "Joomla 8.6% + Drupal 5.1% = 13.7% (1 January 2015). Joomla 1.6% + Drupal 0.9% = 2.5% (21 October 2026).",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-joomla-drupal-decline"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-cwv-2025",
      "sentence": "45% of WordPress mobile sites passed Core Web Vitals in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
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      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop). Core Web Vitals from the Chrome UX Report, July 2025.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-cwv-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-cwv-gap-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress mobile sites passed Core Web Vitals 40 points less often than Duda sites in 2025, 45% against 85%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from HTTP Archive data.",
      "value": 40,
      "unit": "points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop). Core Web Vitals from the Chrome UX Report, July 2025.",
      "method": "85% (Duda, best of the ten CMSs shown) minus 45% (WordPress) = 40 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-cwv-gap-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-ha-lighthouse-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites had a median Lighthouse performance score of 41 on mobile in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 41,
      "unit": "score",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515043523/https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive July 2025 crawl of 16,213,084 websites taken from the Chrome UX Report (15,426,398 mobile, 12,155,374 desktop).",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-ha-lighthouse-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-locale-en-us-2026",
      "sentence": "English (US) was the language of 42.7% of WordPress sites in October 2026, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": 42.7,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: locales (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/locale/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-locale-en-us-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-locale-non-english-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress sites running in a language other than English made up 52.5% of sites in October 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from WordPress.org data.",
      "value": 52.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: locales (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/locale/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "100% minus all English locales (US 42.723 + UK 3.258 + Australia 0.804 + Canada 0.351 + South Africa 0.213 + New Zealand 0.102 = 47.451%) = 52.549%. Includes the 2.944% WordPress.org groups as \"Others\".",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-locale-non-english-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "wp-locale-japanese-2026",
      "sentence": "Japanese was the second most common WordPress language in October 2026, used on 6.0% of sites, according to WordPress.org.",
      "value": 6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "WordPress.org",
      "source_title": "WordPress.org stats API: locales (the data behind wordpress.org/about/stats)",
      "source_url": "https://api.wordpress.org/stats/locale/1.0/",
      "source_published": "live, accessed 21 October 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/wordpress/wporg-stats-2026-10-21.json",
      "sample": "WordPress sites that check in with the WordPress.org update API. Sites that block update checks are not counted.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-10-21",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/wordpress-statistics/#stat-wp-locale-japanese-2026"
    }
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}