WordPress

WordPress Foundation, San Francisco, California, United States

WordPress is a widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.

It offers a plugin ecosystem with over 60,000 extensions, thousands of themes, a block-based editor for content creation, REST API support, multisite capabilities, and a large community for support and development.

According to our data, WordPress is the most popular content management system on the web.
It has 84.2% of the CMS market share and powers 36.8% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

WordPress is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 WordPress Awards

⚡ Sites Powered by WordPress

We have data on 1,223,418 websites that use the WordPress CMS. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using WordPress is bitly.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 bitly.com #17 American English
2 wordpress.com #83 United States English
3 nypost.com #140 United States American English
4 librus.pl #234 Poland Polish
5 magnite.com #297 American English
6 india.com #390 India English
7 patria.org.ve #420 Venezuela Spanish
8 clever.com #447 American English
9 code.jquery.com United States American English
10 ijavhd.com #472 American English
11 illuminateed.com #556 United States American English
12 sportradar.com #590 Switzerland British English
13 metropoles.com #597 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
14 actu.fr #635 France French
15 liftoff.io #644 United States American English
16 xxxpostpic.org #705 Thailand Thai
17 conectate.com.do #708 Dominican Republic Spanish
18 clickpetroleoegas.com.br #810 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
19 xorgasmo.com #822 United States English
20 librefutboltv.su #824 Russia Spanish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use WordPress:

Most of the sites using WordPress are from the United States, Germany, and Japan.

  • United States 20.9%
  • Germany 6.3%
  • Japan 6.3%
  • United Kingdom 6.3%
  • France 4.4%
  • Spain 4.2%
  • Italy 4.1%
  • Netherlands 3.5%
  • Australia 3.4%
  • Other 40.6%

Most WordPress users speak English, Spanish, or German.

  • English 52.1%
  • Spanish 6.1%
  • German 5.9%
  • Japanese 5.5%
  • French 4.2%
  • Italian 3.3%
  • Portuguese 2.8%
  • Dutch 2.5%
  • Russian 1.9%
  • Other 15.7%

The WordPress CMS is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 45%
  • .org 7.2%
  • .de 3.7%
  • .net 3.1%
  • .it 2.3%
  • .co.uk 2.2%
  • .com.au 2.1%
  • .com.br 1.5%
  • .fr 1.5%
  • Other 31.4%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing WordPress include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.

  • Business 18.7%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 11.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 10.5%
  • Education/Reference 6.2%
  • Internet Services 5.3%
  • Entertainment 4.6%
  • Online Shopping 4.4%
  • Travel 4.1%
  • Health 3.6%
  • Other 31.2%

🔢 WordPress Versions

The most widespread version of WordPress is 6.7, used by 19.6% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 17.8% of sites use WordPress 6.8, and 13.3% use WordPress 6.4.

  • 6.7 19.6%
  • 6.8 17.8%
  • 6.4 13.3%
  • 6.6 9.9%
  • 6.9 9.5%
  • 6.5 6.7%
  • 6.2 3%
  • 6.1 2.5%
  • 6.3 2.4%
  • Other 15.3%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best WordPress alternatives.

RankName
2
Joomla
New York, United States

An open-source content management system written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
3
Drupal
Portland, Oregon, United States

A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
10
Contao
Lyss, Switzerland

An open-source content management system built with PHP, Symfony, and MySQL.

FreeOpen source
17
Concrete CMS
Portland, Oregon, United States

An open-source content management system built with PHP and MySQL that combines in-context editing and modular page building.

FreeOpen source
24
WordPress VIP
San Francisco, California, United States

A fully hosted enterprise solution based on WordPress, designed to support high-traffic websites with enhanced performance, security, and scalability.

$25,000+/year

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind WordPress?

WordPress is owned by the WordPress Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Can I use WordPress for free?

Yes, it is a free content management system.
It is also an open source solution, and its code is available on wordpress.org.

Which country uses WordPress the most?

The majority of WordPress users are from the United States.

Who uses WordPress?

According to our data, WordPress is used on millions of sites, including such established ones as bitly.com, wordpress.com, and nypost.com.

Is WordPress used on government websites?

Overall, we found WordPress on 478 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use WordPress?

Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,740 academic websites in the United States that use WordPress.

How does WordPress compare to the competition?

WordPress is the most popular content management system on the market, surpassing all others.

What are the alternatives to WordPress?

Alternatives and possible competitors to WordPress may include Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress VIP.

👉 See Also

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