B
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42.6%
42.6% -- cms website market share for WordPress (2026)
WordPress powers 42.6% of all websites globally according to W3Techs.
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42.6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
W3Techs
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Tier C
https://bearhost.com/blogs/best-vps-wordpress-uk-2026 ↗
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Best VPS for WordPress in the UK (2026 Comparison)
Best VPS for WordPress in the UK (2026 Comparison)
BearHost offers the best VPS hosting for WordPress in the UK from 3.35 per month with cPanel included, NVMe SSD, free SSL, and 24/7 support across six tiers scaling to 12 vCPU and 64 GB RAM. With WordPress powering 42.6 percent of all websites globa…
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Cited from W3Techs by a hosting vendor blog
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43% | |
| 2025 | 40% | -7.0% |
| 2025-07 | 43.4% | +8.5% |
| 2026 (current) | 42.6% | -1.8% |
| 2026 (current) | 43% | +0.9% |
| 2026-05 | 43% | 0% |
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WordPress: 42.6% cms website market share. Source: W3Techs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-global-website-share-2026
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