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18,172 sites

WordPress

Technology profile across 18,172 EU websites using WordPress

Sites
18,172
Avg. Score
45.9/100
EU Hosting
84%
EOL Framework
22.3%

Frameworks & Runtimes

PHP versions, Node.js, and other runtimes.

PHP 8.4
21.4%
PHP 8.3
20.6%
PHP 8.2
18.8%
PHP 7.4 !
13.8%
PHP 8.1
12.1%
PHP 8.0 !
4.8%
PHP 8.5
3.3%
PHP 7.3 !
1.7%
PHP 7.2 !
1.3%
PHP 5.6 !
0.6%
PHP 7.0 !
0.6%
ASP.NET
0.4%
PHP 5.3 !
0.3%
PHP 7.1 !
0.2%
PHP 5.5 !
0.1%

22.3% on end-of-life PHP — no security patches.

Web Servers

Server software powering WordPress sites.

Apache
49.3%
nginx
27.0%
Apache 2.4
15.2%
Cloudflare
3.9%
LiteSpeed
2.1%
HTTP Server
0.9%
IONOS Webserver
0.5%
openresty
0.5%
hcdn
0.5%
Microsoft-IIS 10.0
0.1%

Country Distribution

Where WordPress is most popular across Europe.

🇩🇪 DE
95.8% 17409
🇬🇧 GB
0.6% 105
🇮🇹 IT
0.6% 105
🇳🇱 NL
0.5% 88
🇪🇸 ES
0.4% 70
🇵🇱 PL
0.3% 54
🇫🇷 FR
0.3% 48
🇵🇹 PT
0.1% 27
🇨🇭 CH
0.1% 22
🇦🇹 AT
0.1% 21
🇷🇴 RO
0.1% 20
🇮🇪 IE
0.1% 20
🇸🇰 SK
0.1% 16
🇱🇹 LT
0.1% 16
🇸🇪 SE
0.1% 16
🇸🇮 SI
0.1% 14
🇳🇴 NO
0.1% 14
🇭🇷 HR
0.1% 14
🇭🇺 HU
0.1% 12
🇫🇮 FI
0.1% 11

Industry Breakdown

Which industries use WordPress most.

Food & Delivery
24.2% 4403
Healthcare
14.5% 2638
Hospitality
9.9% 1792
Education
7.7% 1393
Sports
5.5% 995
Beauty
5.0% 905
Automotive
4.1% 744
Professional Services
4.0% 725
Fashion
3.8% 685
Culture
3.5% 644
Home Garden
3.5% 630
Construction
3.4% 615
Technology
2.8% 514
NGO & Nonprofit
2.2% 392
Travel
2.0% 362

Hosting Providers

Where WordPress sites are hosted — 84% use EU-headquartered providers.

IONOS (1&1)
31.1% DE
Strato
22.3% DE
Hetzner
16.1% DE
GoDaddy
7.9% US
Mittwald
6.9% DE
Cloudflare
5.4% US
Netcup
4.5% DE
Combell
2.6% BE
webgo
2.1% DE
Deutsche Telekom
1.1% DE

Security Posture

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

Avg. Composite Score
45.9
Avg. Headers Score
18.8
Grade Distribution
B
C
D
F

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