The way this works seems to check if there's the "generator" meta tag in the . Custom themes etc. might choose to omit that so it's not a 100% reliable check
also headless website using WP as BE only
WordPress usage worldwide
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Re: WordPress usage worldwide
#12> the list of the first million domains with the most visits How is that a random sample?
are you using http or https? following redirects? how many? This is all going to change the study.
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#13By only profiling the top 1M sites, I wonder if this may be sampling from a set not normally distributed? I suspect the frequency of use of WordPress might go up the further down the list you go — some random blog is less likely to be on the top 1M list yet be more likely to use WordPress.
I suspect this is so. The top million (specifically a subset of that) is where the sites fall whose owners can afford to hire people to build their own custom stuff. Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress.
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#14By only profiling the top 1M sites, I wonder if this may be sampling from a set not normally distributed? I suspect the frequency of use of WordPress might go up the further down the list you go — some random blog is less likely to be on the top 1M list yet be more likely to use WordPress.
I suspect this is so. The top million (specifically a subset of that) is where the sites fall whose owners can afford to hire people to build their own custom stuff. Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress.
> Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress.
I never understood this. I've also been suggested Wordpress by a web guy.
The only time I had Wordpress on a pretty basic website I got a notification it had been hacked, while on holiday!
I've been using static websites ever since.
I suspect a lot of the current small Wordpress sites could be just a well and more securely served by some static thing.
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#15Only ? Looks like a big number for worldwide usage, no ?
WP itself usually puts the estimate at 25-30%.
W3techs measures the top 10 million sites and has stats like that. See https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management...
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#16By only profiling the top 1M sites, I wonder if this may be sampling from a set not normally distributed? I suspect the frequency of use of WordPress might go up the further down the list you go — some random blog is less likely to be on the top 1M list yet be more likely to use WordPress.
W3techs profiles the top 10 million sites which shows a percentage of 34% [1]. You might be right.
[1] https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management...
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#17This is a pretty amazing feat. The top 1 million sites includes many who have the money to afford custom sites and yet Wordpress is still almost 1/5 of sites.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I suspect this is so. The top million (specifically a subset of that) is where the sites fall whose owners can afford to hire people to build their own custom stuff. Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress.
> Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress. I never understood this. I've also been suggested Wordpress by a web guy. The only time I had Wordpress on a pretty basic website I got a notification it had been hacked, while on holiday! I've been using static websites ever since. I suspect a lot of the current small Wordpress sites could be just a well and more securely served by some…
Not every site is static. Sometimes you need forms, processing, or other back-end business logic. Some people advocating using saas widgets for stuff like cc payments, but you're just farming out the dynamic parts to someone else. That gets hard to maintain with scale and with increased complexity.
I see a lot of people on this site debating the pure merits of a technology, but what others know and can work with is just as important as the technology itself. People know wordpress.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress. I never understood this. I've also been suggested Wordpress by a web guy. The only time I had Wordpress on a pretty basic website I got a notification it had been hacked, while on holiday! I've been using static websites ever since. I suspect a lot of the current small Wordpress sites could be just a well and more securely served by some…
Not every site is static. Sometimes you need forms, processing, or other back-end business logic. Some people advocating using saas widgets for stuff like cc payments, but you're just farming out the dynamic parts to someone else. That gets hard to maintain with scale and with increased complexity. I see a lot of people on this site debating the pure merits of a technology, but what others know and can work with is j…
Getting harder to maintain with scale and increased complexity is not something I would associate with a small site though.
Re: WordPress usage worldwide
#20By only profiling the top 1M sites, I wonder if this may be sampling from a set not normally distributed? I suspect the frequency of use of WordPress might go up the further down the list you go — some random blog is less likely to be on the top 1M list yet be more likely to use WordPress.
I suspect this is so. The top million (specifically a subset of that) is where the sites fall whose owners can afford to hire people to build their own custom stuff. Small independent sites seem more likely to rely on something like WordPress.
That is definitely not true. I think that statement is correct roughly for the top 50,000. The fall off in economic viability is fairly abrupt.
There are some websites in certain markets where the earn a disproportionately high amount of revenue per visitor, and these are the exception. But, given the nature of web and the difficulty in how the user actually found that site, a good chunk of their margins may have accrued to another party such as Google.