Is WordPress growing?

Yes — across the stores we observe, 3,651 more confirmed installs than removals over the past 90 days.

Which notable stores use WordPress?

High-ranked stores where we've observed WordPress include archive.org, nytimes.com, meraki.com, duckdns.org, berkeley.edu. We track 268,301 stores running it in total.

What is WordPress commonly used with?

Stores running WordPress most often also run WooCommerce, Elementor, Elementor Pro.

What platforms is WordPress used on?

WordPress's observed install base spans WooCommerce (96%), Shopify (3%), Dokan (1%).

WordPress Usage: 268,301 Stores & Market Data

WordPress usage & market intelligence

OngoingAI has observed WordPress on 268,301 ecommerce stores across 6 platforms.

Among 67,018 stores continuously observed over the last 30 days, WordPress penetration moved 27.5% → 27.7%.

Stores observed

268,301

Ecommerce stores where OngoingAI has observed it

Shopify adoption

8,356 Shopify stores

Coverage

6 platforms

Observed across ecommerce platforms

Last checked Sep 15, 2026

Adoption movement

Installs and removals confirmed across repeat observations of the stores OngoingAI tracks

Growing — 3,651 more confirmed installs than removals over the past 90 days.

Window	Confirmed installs	Confirmed removals	Net	Newly observed
Last 30 days	4,161	628	+3,533	244,083
Last 90 days	4,279	628	+3,651	264,289

Newly observed counts first appearances of WordPress in OngoingAI's corpus — discovery, not necessarily a new install. Confirmed figures require the store to be seen with, then without, the app (or the reverse) across consecutive comparable scans.

WordPress adoption by ecommerce platform

Platforms used by stores where OngoingAI has observed WordPress

268,301stores

WooCommerce256,852 stores · 96%

96%

Shopify8,356 stores · 3%

Dokan1,423 stores · 1%

PrestaShop1,161 stores · 0%

Magento (Adobe Commerce)707 stores · 0%

Square Online435 stores · 0%

Notable stores using WordPress

Observed installs, highest-ranked first

Store	Traffic rank	Cohort
web.archive.org	#146	Top 1K
wirecutterstore.nytimes.com	#152	Top 1K
meraki.com	#265	Top 1K
acrsg-loja.duckdns.org	#284	Top 1K
gardenshop.berkeley.edu	#560	Top 1K
store.jotform.com	#616	Top 1K
ai-shop-demo.dyndns.org	#642	Top 1K
tevastore.it.com	#795	Top 1K
store.corriere.it	#956	Top 1K
www-wissenstransfer-ch.translate.goog	#993	Top 1K