WordPress File Size

WordPress ZIP File Size by Version

230,278
0.x releases
average file size
315,680
1.x releases
average file size
1,451,571
2.x releases
average file size
4,682,659
3.x releases
average file size
8,005,547
4.x releases
average file size
14,611,064
5.x releases
average file size
21,244,739
6.x releases
average file size

Data Sources

The raw data for this chart is based on the official Release Archive page in WordPress.org.

This chart displays the size in bytes of the .zip file.

History

WordPress 3.6, released in August 2013, was the first WordPress version whose ZIP file size had been reduced compare to the previous version – 17.67% smaller file size.

The second time that WordPress ZIP file size had been reduced was in April 2014 with the release of WordPress 3.9, The ZIP file reduced by 0.45%.

The third time it happened was in March 2020 when WordPress 5.4 was released. The ZIP file size had been reduced by 0.94%.

The last time it happened was in July 2021 when WordPress 5.8 was released. The ZIP file size had been reduced by 1.02%.

Historical Data

6.6ZIP size is 0 bytes (~0 B).-26,189,860-100% ▼
6.5ZIP size is 26,189,860 bytes (~25.0 MB).+233,9751% ▲
6.4ZIP size is 25,955,885 bytes (~24.8 MB).+1,018,1114% ▲
6.3ZIP size is 24,937,774 bytes (~23.8 MB).+440,4522% ▲
6.2ZIP size is 24,497,322 bytes (~23.4 MB).+131,9331% ▲
6.1ZIP size is 24,365,389 bytes (~23.2 MB).+1,598,4457% ▲
6.0ZIP size is 22,766,944 bytes (~21.7 MB).+2,091,61010% ▲
5.9ZIP size is 20,675,334 bytes (~19.7 MB).+4,194,69025% ▲
5.8ZIP size is 16,480,644 bytes (~15.7 MB).-384,988-2% ▼
5.7ZIP size is 16,865,632 bytes (~16.1 MB).+336,7092% ▲
5.6ZIP size is 16,528,923 bytes (~15.8 MB).+2,529,91218% ▲
5.5ZIP size is 13,999,011 bytes (~13.4 MB).+787,9036% ▲
5.4ZIP size is 13,211,108 bytes (~12.6 MB).-126,661-1% ▼
5.3ZIP size is 13,337,769 bytes (~12.7 MB).+1,223,18210% ▲
5.2ZIP size is 12,114,587 bytes (~11.6 MB).+590,8125% ▲
5.1ZIP size is 11,523,775 bytes (~11.0 MB).+149,9211% ▲
5.0ZIP size is 11,373,854 bytes (~10.8 MB).+967,2969% ▲
4.9ZIP size is 10,406,558 bytes (~9.9 MB).+1,504,64517% ▲
4.8ZIP size is 8,901,913 bytes (~8.5 MB).+192,6362% ▲
4.7ZIP size is 8,709,277 bytes (~8.3 MB).+61,1531% ▲
4.6ZIP size is 8,648,124 bytes (~8.2 MB).+227,5143% ▲
4.5ZIP size is 8,420,610 bytes (~8.0 MB).+715,7719% ▲
4.4ZIP size is 7,704,839 bytes (~7.3 MB).+616,7539% ▲
4.3ZIP size is 7,088,086 bytes (~6.8 MB).+215,9043% ▲
4.2ZIP size is 6,872,182 bytes (~6.6 MB).+153,4232% ▲
4.1ZIP size is 6,718,759 bytes (~6.4 MB).+133,6372% ▲
4.0ZIP size is 6,585,122 bytes (~6.3 MB).+246,5624% ▲
3.9ZIP size is 6,338,560 bytes (~6.0 MB).-28,9900% 
3.8ZIP size is 6,367,550 bytes (~6.1 MB).+1,324,26326% ▲
3.7ZIP size is 5,043,287 bytes (~4.8 MB).+566,77913% ▲
3.6ZIP size is 4,476,508 bytes (~4.3 MB).-960,822-18% ▼
3.5ZIP size is 5,437,330 bytes (~5.2 MB).+516,81411% ▲
3.4ZIP size is 4,920,516 bytes (~4.7 MB).+673,13316% ▲
3.3ZIP size is 4,247,383 bytes (~4.1 MB).+312,9568% ▲
3.2ZIP size is 3,934,427 bytes (~3.8 MB).+838,36227% ▲
3.1ZIP size is 3,096,065 bytes (~3.0 MB).+131,0994% ▲
3.0ZIP size is 2,964,966 bytes (~2.8 MB).+449,79318% ▲
2.9ZIP size is 2,515,173 bytes (~2.4 MB).+166,5577% ▲
2.8ZIP size is 2,348,616 bytes (~2.2 MB).+499,05827% ▲
2.7ZIP size is 1,849,558 bytes (~1.8 MB).+337,99622% ▲
2.6ZIP size is 1,511,562 bytes (~1.4 MB).+143,74311% ▲
2.5ZIP size is 1,367,819 bytes (~1.3 MB).+326,06931% ▲
2.3ZIP size is 1,041,750 bytes (~1,017 KB).+65,2237% ▲
2.2ZIP size is 976,527 bytes (~954 KB).+127,26715% ▲
2.1ZIP size is 849,260 bytes (~829 KB).+245,38441% ▲
2.0ZIP size is 603,876 bytes (~590 KB).+249,21170% ▲
1.5ZIP size is 354,665 bytes (~346 KB).+36,89012% ▲
1.2ZIP size is 317,775 bytes (~310 KB).+43,17616% ▲
1.0ZIP size is 274,599 bytes (~268 KB).+44,32119% ▲
0.7ZIP size is 230,278 bytes (~225 KB).+230,278100% ▲