WordPress Versions Market Share
Current Market Share of Each Version
Data Sources
Every WordPress install sends an API request every 12 hours to check for new updates (core, plugins, themes, translations). wp.org servers send back a response telling the site what it should update.
This data is collected on wp.org servers and processed. Some information displayed openly on WordPress Statistics page, plugin pages and other places.
This chart displays the market share (in %) for each WordPress version of all the active WordPress websites.
History
With every new major version released, it takes some time to gain market share as not everybody immediately upgrade – some people wait a few weeks until the initial bugs are fixed.
At the moment, the versions breakdown is as follows:
- ◼ All 0.x Releases – 0%
- ◼ All 1.x Releases – 0%
- ◼ All 2.x Releases – 0%
- ◼ All 3.x Releases – 0%
- ◼ All 4.x Releases – 0%
- ◼ All 5.x Releases – 0%
- ◼ All 6.x Releases – 0%,
At the moment, WordPress 3.x versions are used by less than 1% of all the websites using WordPress. WordPress 6.x versions are used by ~60% of all the websites using WordPress.
Very interesting to see the high usage of WordPress 4.9 compared to some of the later versions.
Historical Data
| 6.1 | Used by 62.321% of all active WordPress websites. | +55.556% | 821% ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Used by 6.765% of all active WordPress websites. | +2.961% | 78% ▲ |
| 5.9 | Used by 3.804% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.282% | -7% ▼ |
| 5.8 | Used by 4.086% of all active WordPress websites. | +1.363% | 50% ▲ |
| 5.7 | Used by 2.723% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.910% | 50% ▲ |
| 5.6 | Used by 1.813% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.585% | -24% ▼ |
| 5.5 | Used by 2.398% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.183% | -7% ▼ |
| 5.4 | Used by 2.581% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.662% | 34% ▲ |
| 5.3 | Used by 1.919% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.068% | 4% ▲ |
| 5.2 | Used by 1.851% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.795% | 75% ▲ |
| 5.1 | Used by 1.056% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.378% | 56% ▲ |
| 5.0 | Used by 0.678% of all active WordPress websites. | -2.566% | -79% ▼ |
| 4.9 | Used by 3.244% of all active WordPress websites. | +2.399% | 284% ▲ |
| 4.8 | Used by 0.845% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.186% | -18% ▼ |
| 4.7 | Used by 1.031% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.620% | 151% ▲ |
| 4.6 | Used by 0.411% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.010% | 2% ▲ |
| 4.5 | Used by 0.401% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.052% | -11% ▼ |
| 4.4 | Used by 0.453% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.207% | 84% ▲ |
| 4.3 | Used by 0.246% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.006% | 3% ▲ |
| 4.2 | Used by 0.24% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.024% | 11% ▲ |
| 4.1 | Used by 0.216% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.070% | 48% ▲ |
| 4.0 | Used by 0.146% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.015% | -9% ▼ |
| 3.9 | Used by 0.161% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.075% | 87% ▲ |
| 3.8 | Used by 0.086% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.061% | 244% ▲ |
| 3.7 | Used by 0.025% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.057% | -70% ▼ |
| 3.6 | Used by 0.082% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.043% | -34% ▼ |
| 3.5 | Used by 0.125% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.052% | 71% ▲ |
| 3.4 | Used by 0.073% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.014% | 24% ▲ |
| 3.3 | Used by 0.059% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.027% | 84% ▲ |
| 3.2 | Used by 0.032% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.014% | -30% ▼ |
| 3.1 | Used by 0.046% of all active WordPress websites. | -0.027% | -37% ▼ |
| 3.0 | Used by 0.073% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.073% | 100% ▲ |
| 2.9 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.8 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.7 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.6 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.5 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.3 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.2 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.1 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 2.0 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 1.5 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 1.2 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 1.0 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |
| 0.7 | Used by 0% of all active WordPress websites. | +0.000% | 0% — |