Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Go currently ranks #31 and has stayed inside the top 50 in every daily snapshot since Sep 17, 2024 (698 snapshots).
- Its best position in our tracking is #25, first reached on Jun 18, 2025.
- It accounts for roughly 0.5% of all active installs across the themes we track.
- It is averaging 182 downloads/day over the last 30 days, up 2% versus the month before (179/day).
- The latest release, v1.8.18, shipped on Sep 22, 2025 (337 days ago) — release #58 since the theme joined the directory in 2020.
Performance · Google Lighthouse, official wordpress.org demo
| Mobile | Desktop | |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 3.0 s | 0.7 s |
| First Contentful Paint | 2.6 s | 0.7 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.006 | 0.023 |
| Page weight | 149.9 KB | 150.0 KB |
Lab (Lighthouse) data measured on the official demo at wp-themes.com, where every theme serves identical content — so scores isolate the theme's own CSS/JS payload. Tested Aug 3, 2026. Scores vary ±5 between runs. Run a live test ↗
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Details
| Author | GoDaddy |
|---|---|
| Current version | 1.8.18 |
| Versions released | 58 |
| Last updated | 2025-09-22 |
| Added to directory | 2020-01-16 |
| Requires WordPress | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.6+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2024-09-17 |
Description
Go is an innovative, Gutenberg-first WordPress theme, hyper-focused on empowering makers to build beautifully rich websites with WordPress.
Frequently asked questions
Is Go a free theme?
Yes — Go is a free, open-source (GPL) theme distributed through the official WordPress.org directory.
Is Go a block theme or a classic theme?
Go is a classic theme: it uses the traditional Customizer/widgets workflow rather than WordPress Full Site Editing.
How many websites use Go?
WordPress.org reports 50K+ active installs.
How popular is Go?
As of August 24, 2026, Go ranks #31 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #25.
When was Go last updated?
Go was last updated on September 22, 2025 (version 1.8.18). It has shipped 58 releases in total.
Who makes Go?
Go is developed by GoDaddy. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in January 2020.
How fast is Go?
On the official WordPress.org demo, Go scores 90/100 for mobile performance in Google Lighthouse and 99/100 for desktop (tested August 2026).
