B
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40%
40% -- cms website market share for WordPress (2025)
WordPress powers over 40% of all websites globally.
- No specific measurement methodology or date provided
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Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
360lawfirmmarketer.com
Primary
Tier C
https://360lawfirmmarketer.com/the-future-of-wordpress-development-trends-that-will-define-2025/ ↗
Source Article
The Future of WordPress Development: Trends That Will Define 2025
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360lawfirmmarketer.com
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Methodology
Widely cited CMS market share figure; no attribution, methodology, or specific measurement date provided in the article. Stated as 'over 40%', so 40% is the lower bound.
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43% | |
| 2025 (current) | 40% | -7.0% |
| 2025-07 | 43.4% | +8.5% |
| 2026 | 42.6% | -1.8% |
| 2026 | 43% | +0.9% |
| 2026-05 | 43% | 0% |
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