Alex Shiels – (Akismet – Automattic) WordPress by the Numbers

1. WordPress:
some boring numbers.
Alex Shiels
Reverse Engineer
Automattic
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2. 15%
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3. Platforms
WordPress
14%
Everything Else
86%
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4. Versions
WP.com
WP other
WP 3.x 1%
1%
12%
WP 2.x
1%
Other platforms
86%
WP 2.x WP 3.x WP other WP.com
Other platforms
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5. WordPress usage by 10k sites
18.00%
15.00%
12.00%
9.00%
6.00%
3.00%
0%
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000 500000 550000 600000 650000 700000 750000 800000 850000 900000 950000
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6. WordPress versions by 10k sites
18.00%
13.50%
9.00%
4.50%
0%
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000 500000 550000 600000 650000 700000 750000 800000 850000 900000 950000
WP 2.x WP 3.x WP other WP.com
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7. WordPress Web Hosts
godaddy.com 11.6%
hostgator.com 10.8%
bluehost.com 9.8%
softlayer.com 5.2%
dreamhost.com 4.6%
websitewelcome.com 3.9%
rackspace.com 4.3%
theplanet.com 3.8%
wordpress.com 3.5%
mediatemple.net 3.7%
other 38.8%
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8. WordPress hosts by 10k sites
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0 200000 400000 600000 800000
godaddy.com hostgator.com
bluehost.com softlayer.com
dreamhost.com websitewelcome.com
rackspace.com theplanet.com
wordpress.com mediatemple.net
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9. Themes
thesis 6%
twenty ten 4%
twenty eleven 2%
wordpress default 1%
suffusion 1%
headway 1%
ctr theme 1%
weaver 1%
graphene 0%
magazine basic 1%
other 84%
0% 15.00% 30.00% 45.00% 60.00% 75.00% 90.00%
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10. Themes by 10k sites
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
0 100000 200000 300000 400000 500000 600000 700000 800000 900000
thesis twenty ten twenty eleven
wordpress default suffusion headway
ctr theme weaver graphene
magazine basic
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11. Plugins
akismet 52%
all-in-one-seo-pack 29%
contact-form-7 20%
nextgen-gallery 10%
w3-total-cache 8%
google-analyticator 7%
wp-pagenavi 6%
jetpack 6%
wp-super-cache 6%
wp-polls 4%
ie-sitemode 3%
add-to-any 3%
sociable 3%
cforms 3%
audio-player 3%
vipers-video-quicktags 3%
social-media-widget 2%
wordpress-popular-posts 2%
wp-table-reloaded 2%
sexybookmarks 2%
0% 15.00% 30.00% 45.00% 60.00%
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12. Median Page Generation in secconds by 10k sites
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
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13. Page Generation times
0.700
0.62s
0.525 0.53s
Seconds
0.350
0.175
0.16s
0
w3-total-cache wp-super-cache all sites
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