How many websites use WooCommerce? Usage stats + infographic 2026
Here's the latest WooCommerce stats for 2026. Finding accurate data on how many websites use WooCommerce can be challenging, as many statistics are outdated. I've done the research to provide the most up-to-date figures on the number of websites using WooCommerce.
I've also provided stats on the WooCommerce market share compared to other ecommerce platforms and WordPress ecommerce plugins. The results are fascinating!
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- How many websites use WooCommerce?
- What percentage of online stores used WooCommerce?
- How does WooCommerce market share compare to other WordPress ecommerce plugins?
- How many WooCommerce themes are there?
- And how many WooCommerce plugins are there?
- How many new websites are installing WooCommerce?
- What is the future of WooCommerce?
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How many websites use WooCommerce?
It depends on where you look!
- The wordpress.org plugin repository says that there are currently more than 7 million active installs of WooCommerce.
- Store Leads says that based on the 13+ million websites they track, 4,231,951 of these run WooCommerce.
- BuiltWith claims that 6,774,190 of all the websites on the internet use WooCommerce.
Based on this, we can reliably say that more than 6 million websites worldwide use WooCommerce 🤯
While the number of websites using WooCommerce is interesting, I find it more interesting to look at the % of ecommerce websites that use WooCommerce. The percentage is where WooCommerce really starts to stand out in the stats. We have found this each year since 2017, when we started publishing this post.
What is the market share of WooCommerce?
Now, this is where I got really confused when researching the WooCommerce market share in 2026.
First, let's look at Built With. This suggests that the current 2026 market share for WooCommerce is 8% of the top 1 million sites using ecommerce technologies:
This represents a decrease from its 5% market share in 2025 and also suggests that Shopify will take over WooCommerce as the market leader between 2025 and 2026.
On the other hand, data from Store Leads paints a much more positive picture of WooCommerce's market share in 2026:
This suggests that WooCommerce is still the market leader over Shopify by a long way.
The main difference between BuiltWith and Store Leads seems to be that it tracks 13 million websites, whereas BuiltWith tracks the top 10,000, 100,000, million sites plus the whole internet. Maybe that explains the difference in the market share stats for WooCommerce.
I also know from other sources that BuiltWith's data only tracks sites that are actually using WooCommerce to take orders. It doesn't include sites that have WooCommerce installed but are not using it as a checkout. This makes the results artificially low because lots of sites in store will commerce to create features such as a product catalogue without online ordering, and they would be excluded from this data.
Whether or not WooCommerce is the current market leader, it's clear that Shopify is a strong competitor. The WordPress and WooCommerce communities need to make sure that WooCommerce remains competitive against Shopify in particular.
Where are the other WordPress ecommerce plugins?
You'll notice that no other WordPress plugins appear in the list at all. These are obviously covered by the big 'Other' category, but no other WordPress plugin makes the top 10 ecommerce platforms. It may feel as if plugins such as Easy Digital Downloads are very popular, but they're not even in the top 20.
How many WooCommerce themes are there?
It's impossible to know how many dedicated WordPress themes are available which include support and styling for WooCommerce. This is because many WooCommerce-ready themes are sold on independent websites and smaller marketplaces. Here are some WooCommerce stats for the bigger theme providers, as of January 2026:
- There are 1,500 WooCommerce themes on ThemeForest.
- The WordPress.org theme directory has 2,746 WooCommerce themes.
This brings us to over 4,246 just from 2 big players. The total number will be much higher when you include other theme marketplaces and independent theme companies. Clearly, there's no shortage of choice in choosing a WooCommerce theme for a website design!
Our friends at ThemeIsle have some good WooCommerce themes if you are looking, or here are some free themes.
And how many WooCommerce plugins are there?
As with themes, it's impossible to provide an exact number of how many WooCommerce plugins there are. Here's what I discovered:
- Strangely, the official WordPress.org plugin directory doesn't let you filter by WooCommerce plugins. However, a quick count showed that there are well over 2,812 plugins with 'WooCommerce' in the title.
- The CodeCanyon marketplace sells 1,566 WooCommerce plugins.
- WooCommerce.com sells 1,282 official WooCommerce plugin extensions.
The real total for this stat will be much higher, as a huge number of websites sell ecommerce plugins independently or via smaller marketplaces. For example, we sell our own WooCommerce add-ons via our own website, so popular plugins such as WooCommerce Product Options aren't even included in this figure.
How many new websites are installing WooCommerce?
It's easy to get the latest figures on the number of websites that are newly installing WooCommerce if you know where to look. An up-to-date figure for this WooCommerce stat is available at all times on the WooCommerce page in the WordPress plugin directory.
At the time of writing (April 2026), WooCommerce has been downloaded 304,274 times in the last week. That's pretty incredible.
What is the future of WooCommerce?
While WooCommerce is facing some stiff competition from competitors like Shopify, it's important to remember that it is still used on a mind-bogglingly huge number of sites.
With such a huge ecosystem of WooCommerce experts, themes, plugins, and hosting to choose from, WooCommerce provides an immediate advantage for any ecommerce website compared to other platforms. WordPress is the world's biggest CMS with a huge 64.2% market share. As the main WordPress ecommerce platform, that's an enormous market.
If you haven't started making money with WooCommerce yet, there are plenty of excellent WooCommerce tutorials on how to get started with WooCommerce in 2026, such as this one from Moosend.
WooCommerce's flexibility and constant evolution ensure it will remain a dominant force in the ecommerce world for years to come.
14 Comments
Finally, I found an article on the internet that was not stuffed full of waffle to game search engines for advertising on the target site.
Your analysis sounds about right. Appreciated.
Hi, Jake. Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you found the content of our article helpful and not merely fluff to game search engine results. Cheers.
Thanks for the information on WooCommerce usage stats and the huge number of themes and plugins available. I'm currently using Easy Digital Downloads for a few of my stores and my next project is due to use Woo. It's good to know the suport base is large.
Hello, Peter Thanks for your comment. I'm glad the WooCommerce usage statistics are helpful. All the best in your website projects that will be using WooCommerce!