Something Is Wrong With the WordPress.org Popular Themes List: A Two-Year Investigation
Before you read: I build WordPress themes for a living (Inspiro, WPZOOM), so I compete on the list I’m about to criticize;…
Category: Themes
The State of WordPress Themes — An Analysis of 14,800 WordPress.org Themes (June 2026)
Of nearly 15,000 themes in the WordPress.org directory, only five non-default block themes have crossed 100,000 active installs. The top 20 themes…
How WordPress.org Ranks Popular Themes (And Why a Brand-New Theme Can Briefly Top the Chart)
As of , leads the WordPress.org popularity ranking, followed by and . But ships bundled with WordPress core, so part of its…