WordPress statistics never cease to amaze us, even us.
WordPress is a content management platform for websites. In short, it helps you create your website, blog or online store. It is one of the most used platforms in the world for websites, it is used by businesses such as CNN, Time, Variety, Microsoft, People, Dow Jones among many others.
History of WordPress
- 2003 - The first version of WordPress is released
- 2004 - Plugins are launched, which are modules to customize the platform.
- 2005 - Themes are introduced to allow site customization
- 2007 - Widgets are launched
- 2010 - Custom post types are introduced, allowing you to organize different types of content.
- 2011 - Woocommerce starts as e-commerce plugin
- 2015 - REST API introduced
- 2018 - New way to create sites with Gutenberg (now blocks)
WordPress Statistics
- WordPress is used on 43% of all sites in the world.
- WordPress as CMS is the most used with 64.3% of the market.
- WordPress 6.1 has been downloaded more than 48.5 million times
- There are more than 60,000 plugins in the official WordPress directory.
- There are more than 10,270 themes in the official WordPress directory.
- Elementor is the most used WordPress builder 18.5% of WordPress sites use it
- WordPress.org is visited about 18 million times a month.
- There are 21 teams working on WordPress
Most popular WordPress plugins
With WordPress plugins you can extend the functionality of your site to customize it. Here are the most popular plugins.
- Yoast SEO - 491M
- Jetpack - 303M
- Akismet - 270M
- Contact Form 7 - 245M
- Elementor - 219M
- WooCommerce - 219M
- All-in-One WP Migration - 90M
M = millions of downloads
Most popular WordPress themes
You can use WordPress Themes or templates to give the style you want to your site. There are free plugins and there are paid plugins.
- Divi used on 14,000 sites, or 1.4%.
- Astra used at 11,500 sites, or 1.16%.
- Hello Elementor used on 9,300 sites, almost 1%.
- GeneratePress with 0.79% of sites
- Newspaper theme with a 0.79% share.
- Avada with 0.63% of sites using this theme.
Companies using WordPress
- Microsoft News
- Techcrunch
- RollingStone
- Disney
- Vogue
- Variety
- The White House
- Finland
- New York Times
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Sources
Sources:
https://crocoblock.com/blog/wordpress-statistics-facts
https://kinsta.com/wordpress-market-share/