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15,320 sites

WordPress

Technology profile across 15,320 EU websites using WordPress

Sites
15,320
Avg. Score
45.2/100
EU Hosting
71%
EOL Framework
28.0%

Frameworks & Runtimes

PHP versions, Node.js, and other runtimes.

PHP 8.3
21.7%
PHP 7.4 !
17.5%
PHP 8.2
16.1%
PHP 8.4
15.1%
PHP 8.1
12.7%
PHP 8.0 !
5.3%
PHP 8.5
4.3%
PHP 7.3 !
2.5%
PHP 7.2 !
1.4%
PHP 5.6 !
0.9%
PHP 7.0 !
0.8%
ASP.NET
0.8%
PHP 7.1 !
0.4%
PHP 5.4 !
0.3%
PHP 5.3 !
0.2%

28.0% on end-of-life PHP — no security patches.

Web Servers

Server software powering WordPress sites.

Apache
35.9%
nginx
28.8%
Cloudflare
11.0%
LiteSpeed
10.5%
Apache 2.4
7.3%
openresty
2.4%
Apache 2
1.2%
aruba-proxy
1.1%
Apache / ZoneOS
1.0%
hcdn
0.7%

Country Distribution

Where WordPress is most popular across Europe.

🇩🇪 DE
36.0% 5508
🇮🇹 IT
8.1% 1248
🇳🇱 NL
4.9% 756
🇪🇸 ES
4.7% 717
🇬🇧 GB
4.4% 669
🇫🇷 FR
3.2% 497
🇵🇱 PL
3.0% 456
🇫🇮 FI
2.7% 407
🇮🇪 IE
2.2% 340
🇦🇹 AT
2.2% 337
🇬🇷 GR
2.1% 322
🇷🇴 RO
2.1% 321
🇸🇪 SE
1.9% 284
🇨🇭 CH
1.8% 283
🇩🇰 DK
1.8% 273
🇭🇷 HR
1.8% 269
🇧🇪 BE
1.7% 253
🇸🇮 SI
1.4% 220
🇭🇺 HU
1.4% 217
🇨🇿 CZ
1.4% 216

Industry Breakdown

Which industries use WordPress most.

Food & Delivery
27.0% 4131
Hospitality
11.9% 1817
Education
8.2% 1259
Healthcare
7.4% 1134
Sports
7.2% 1105
Automotive
4.7% 714
Pharma
4.6% 709
NGO & Nonprofit
4.5% 682
Fashion
3.4% 522
Travel
3.4% 516
Real Estate
2.5% 388
Culture
2.1% 319
Insurance
1.7% 261
Logistics
1.6% 252
Media
1.5% 228

Hosting Providers

Where WordPress sites are hosted — 71% use EU-headquartered providers.

Cloudflare
19.8% US
IONOS (1&1)
19.3% DE
Hetzner
17.3% DE
Strato
11.0% DE
OVHcloud
6.8% FR
Google Cloud
6.4% US
Aruba S.p.A.
6.2% IT
GoDaddy
4.8% US
Mittwald
4.2% DE
Combell
4.1% BE

Security Posture

Composite security score for WordPress sites vs. the overall EU benchmark.

Avg. Composite Score
45.2
Avg. Headers Score
22.0
Grade Distribution
B
C
D
F

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