Popularity
According to W3Techs, WordPress now powers 40% of the top 10 million websites on the Internet, and holds 64% of the Content Management System market share. The WordPress download counter shows the current version of WordPress has been downloaded 19,478,104 times.
| Software | Usage |
|---|---|
| WordPress | 39.9% |
| Shopify | 3.3% |
| Joomla | 2.2% |
| Squarespace | 1.6% |
| Drupal | 1.5% |
eCommerce
From builtWith, WooCommerce, the most popular eCommerce plugin for WordPress, was used by 30% of the top 1 million websites that used eCommerce software.
| Software | Usage |
|---|---|
| WooCommerce | 30% |
| Shopify | 18% |
| Magento | 10% |
| Other | 43% |
Themes / Page Builders
Some of the more popular WordPress themes and page builders as tracked by builtWith.
| Software | Usage |
|---|---|
| Elementor | 4,519,504 |
| Visual Composer | 3,852,703 |
| Divi | 3,094,970 |
| Astra | 1,621,396 |
| Avada | 1,490,780 |
| Genesis | 918,333 |
| GeneratePress | 579,900 |
| SiteOrigin | 433,993 |
| Beaver Builder | 331,301 |
Plugins
Popular plugins from wordpress.org
| Software | Usage |
|---|---|
| WooCommerce | 5+ million |
| Elementor | 5+ million |
| Yoast SEO | 5+ million |
| Contact Form 7 | 5+ million |
| Classic Editor | 5+ million |
| Really Simple SSL | 5+ million |
| Jetpack | 5+ million |
| Askimet | 5+ million |