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49,580 sites

WordPress

Technology profile across 49,580 EU websites using WordPress

Sites
49,580
Avg. Score
47.7/100
EU Hosting
71%
EOL Framework
32.5%

Frameworks & Runtimes

PHP versions, Node.js, and other runtimes.

PHP 7.4 !
20.1%
PHP 8.3
19.5%
PHP 8.2
16.1%
PHP 8.4
13.5%
PHP 8.1
12.4%
PHP 8.0 !
6.5%
PHP 8.5
3.4%
PHP 7.3 !
2.7%
PHP 7.2 !
1.7%
PHP 5.6 !
1.5%
PHP 7.0 !
1.2%
ASP.NET
0.7%
PHP 7.1 !
0.3%
PHP 5.4 !
0.3%
PHP 5.3 !
0.2%

32.5% on end-of-life PHP — no security patches.

Web Servers

Server software powering WordPress sites.

Apache
38.3%
nginx
27.1%
Apache 2.4
8.7%
LiteSpeed
8.6%
Cloudflare
8.1%
OVHcloud
3.8%
aruba-proxy
2.0%
o2switch-PowerBoost-v3
1.5%
Apache 2
1.1%
openresty
0.8%

Country Distribution

Where WordPress is most popular across Europe.

🇩🇪 DE
40.2% 19912
🇬🇧 GB
15.7% 7763
🇫🇷 FR
10.9% 5416
🇮🇹 IT
8.1% 4010
🇳🇱 NL
4.3% 2123
🇵🇱 PL
3.3% 1631
🇪🇸 ES
3.2% 1599
🇦🇹 AT
2.5% 1240
🇨🇭 CH
1.6% 775
🇩🇰 DK
1.3% 643
🇧🇪 BE
1.1% 536
🇸🇪 SE
1.0% 500
🇫🇮 FI
1.0% 488
🇮🇪 IE
0.6% 294
🇨🇿 CZ
0.6% 292
🇳🇴 NO
0.6% 279
🇬🇷 GR
0.6% 277
🇷🇴 RO
0.5% 263
🇵🇹 PT
0.5% 240
🇸🇰 SK
0.5% 233

Industry Breakdown

Which industries use WordPress most.

Food & Delivery
28.7% 14208
Hospitality
13.0% 6446
Education
11.4% 5636
Healthcare
8.3% 4100
Sports
6.0% 2976
Culture
4.2% 2070
Beauty
3.9% 1916
Automotive
3.7% 1836
Travel
3.1% 1558
Home Garden
2.9% 1456
Professional Services
2.6% 1312
Fashion
2.5% 1244
Technology
2.0% 976
Construction
1.8% 916
NGO & Nonprofit
1.7% 856

Hosting Providers

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

IONOS (1&1)
21.9% DE
Cloudflare
14.7% US
Strato
13.2% DE
Hetzner
12.7% DE
OVHcloud
12.3% FR
Google Cloud
6.8% US
GoDaddy
6.0% US
Aruba S.p.A.
5.0% IT
Mittwald
3.9% DE
Amazon Web Services
3.5% US

Security Posture

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

Avg. Composite Score
47.7
Avg. Headers Score
19.6
Grade Distribution
A
B
C
D
F

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