# WordPress ecosystem statistics

> Live WordPress stats: latest version 7.1.2 runs on 58.7% of sites, 77.5% use PHP 8+, 73,679 plugins and 8,726 themes on WordPress.org. Updated continuously.

- Latest WordPress: 7.1.2 (58.7% of sites on 7.1)
- Sites on PHP 8+: 77.5%
- Plugins: 73,679
- Themes: 8,726

## WordPress versions

- 7.1: 58.66%
- 7.0: 10.65%
- 6.9: 7.49%
- 6.8: 5.71%
- 6.7: 2.69%
- 6.6: 1.36%
- 6.4: 1.22%
- 6.5: 1.22%
- 4.9: 1.05%
- 6.2: 0.97%
- Other: 8.99%

## PHP versions

- 8.3: 25.75%
- 8.2: 24.54%
- 7.4: 16.71%
- 8.1: 11.15%
- 8.4: 8.78%
- 8.0: 3.97%
- 8.5: 3.28%
- 7.3: 1.45%
- 7.2: 1.39%
- 5.6: 1.32%
- Other: 1.68%

## Database versions

- MariaDB 10.11: 19.19%
- MariaDB 11.8: 15.56%
- MySQL 8.0: 13.95%
- MySQL 5.7: 12.32%
- MariaDB 10.6: 9.29%
- MariaDB 11.4: 9.1%
- MySQL 8.4: 8.45%
- MySQL 5.5: 3.91%
- MariaDB 10.5: 3.48%
- MariaDB 10.3: 1.53%
- Other: 3.22%

## Locales

- English (US): 42.72%
- Japanese: 5.97%
- Spanish (Spain): 5.74%
- German: 5.65%
- French (France): 4.56%
- Portuguese (Brazil): 3.86%
- English (UK): 3.24%
- Italian: 3.16%
- Others: 2.97%
- Dutch: 2.42%
- Polish: 2.1%
- Russian: 2.09%
- Other: 15.53%


## Frequently asked questions

### What is the latest version of WordPress?
The latest version of WordPress is 7.1.2. 58.7% of WordPress sites already run the 7.1 branch.

### What PHP version do most WordPress sites use?
PHP 8.3 is the most common version among WordPress sites right now, and 77.5% of sites run PHP 8 or newer.

### How many plugins are in the WordPress.org directory?
There are 73,679 free plugins and 8,726 free themes in the official WordPress.org directories.

### Where does this WordPress data come from?
Every number is pulled live from the official WordPress.org statistics API, which aggregates anonymous version data from sites that check for updates.


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Source: live WordPress.org data · HTML version: https://pageforge.pro/directory/stats/ · Generated 2026-09-27 16:58 UTC by PageForge