OceanWP Classic Premium available
4.9★ (5,710 ratings) · Current rank #9
Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- OceanWP currently ranks #9 and has stayed inside the top 10 in every daily snapshot since Sep 17, 2024 (688 snapshots).
- Its best position in our tracking is #8, first reached on Oct 2, 2024.
- It accounts for roughly 4.6% of all active installs across the themes we track.
- It is averaging 3,826 downloads/day over the last 30 days, down 25% versus the month before (5,082/day).
- The latest release, v4.2.2, shipped on Jul 28, 2026 (15 days ago) — release #192 since the theme joined the directory in 2017.
- Beyond WordPress.org, BuiltWith detects 516,510 live sites running OceanWP across the web, including 2,471 of the one million most-visited sites.
Performance · Google Lighthouse, official wordpress.org demo
| Mobile | Desktop | |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 1.5 s | 0.4 s |
| First Contentful Paint | 1.5 s | 0.4 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Page weight | 334.7 KB | 334.7 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 ↗
Real-world usage · live sites, via BuiltWith
Ranking history
Active installs
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Details
| Author | oceanwp |
|---|---|
| Current version | 4.2.2 |
| Versions released | 192 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-28 |
| Added to directory | 2017-06-12 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.9+ |
| Requires PHP | 7.4+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2024-09-17 |
Description
OceanWP is the perfect theme for your project. Lightweight and highly extendable, it will enable you to create almost any type of website such a blog, portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront with a beautiful & professional design. Very fast, responsive, RTL & translation ready, best SEO practices, unique WooCommerce features to increase conversion and much more. You can even edit the settings on tablet & mobile so your site looks good on every device. Work with the most popular page builders as Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy, Visual Composer, Divi, SiteOrigin, etc... Developers will love his extensible codebase making it a joy to customize and extend. Best friend of Elementor & WooCommerce. Looking for a Multi-Purpose theme? Look no further! Check the demos to realize that it's the only theme you will ever need: https://oceanwp.org/demos/
Frequently asked questions
Is OceanWP a free theme?
Yes — OceanWP is a free, open-source (GPL) theme distributed through the official WordPress.org directory. The author also offers a paid upgrade with additional features.
Is OceanWP a block theme or a classic theme?
OceanWP is a classic theme: it uses the traditional Customizer/widgets workflow rather than WordPress Full Site Editing.
How many websites use OceanWP?
WordPress.org reports 500K+ active installs. BuiltWith independently detects 516,510 live websites running OceanWP.
How popular is OceanWP?
As of August 12, 2026, OceanWP ranks #9 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #8.
When was OceanWP last updated?
OceanWP was last updated on July 28, 2026 (version 4.2.2). It has shipped 192 releases in total.
Who makes OceanWP?
OceanWP is developed by oceanwp. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in June 2017.
How fast is OceanWP?
On the official WordPress.org demo, OceanWP scores 99/100 for mobile performance in Google Lighthouse and 100/100 for desktop (tested August 2026).
