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40.8%
40.8% -- cms market share all websites for WordPress (share of all websites) (2026)
WordPress powers 40.8% of all websites globally as of 2026.
- Includes websites with unknown or no CMS
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40.8%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
W3Techs
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Tier C
https://digitalstrategyforce.com/journal/is-it-time-to-migrate-your-website-off-wordpress/ ↗
Source Article
Is It Time to Migrate Your Website Off WordPress? | Digital Strategy Force
Is It Time to Migrate Your Website Off WordPress?
WordPress shipped two unscheduled security releases in six days in August 2026, the first fixing a pre-authentication flaw that could reach PHP code execution. Neither is a reason to replatform. The reason is the year the cost of staying overtakes th…
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W3Techs
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All-websites denominator (including sites with unknown/no CMS). Source not named in article; matches W3Techs reporting format.
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WordPress (share of all websites): 40.8% cms market share all websites. Source: W3Techs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-share-of-all-websites-2026
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