Highlights · computed from our daily tracking data
- Storefront currently ranks #29 and has stayed inside the top 50 in every daily snapshot since Sep 17, 2024 (753 snapshots).
- Its best position in our tracking is #28, first reached on Aug 1, 2026.
- It accounts for roughly 0.8% of all active installs across the themes we track.
- It is averaging 1,699 downloads/day over the last 30 days, up 29% versus the month before (1,314/day).
- The latest release, v4.6.2, shipped on Dec 9, 2025 (311 days ago) — release #111 since the theme joined the directory in 2014.
- Beyond WordPress.org, BuiltWith detects 88,919 live sites running Storefront across the web, including 887 of the one million most-visited sites.
Performance · Google Lighthouse, official wordpress.org demo
| Mobile | Desktop | |
| Largest Contentful Paint | 3.0 s | 0.8 s |
| First Contentful Paint | 2.7 s | 0.7 s |
| Total Blocking Time | 0 ms | 0 ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | 0.000 | 0.046 |
| Page weight | 169.3 KB | 247.1 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 Oct 2, 2026. Scores vary ±5 between runs. Run a live test ↗
Real-world usage · live sites, via BuiltWith
Ranking history
Ranking history — data table
| Date | Ranking history |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | #29 |
| 2026-09-30 | #29 |
| 2026-08-31 | #30 |
| 2026-07-31 | #29 |
| 2026-06-30 | #33 |
| 2026-05-31 | #30 |
| 2026-04-30 | #35 |
| 2026-03-31 | #33 |
| 2026-02-28 | #34 |
| 2026-01-31 | #31 |
| 2025-12-31 | #35 |
| 2025-11-30 | #35 |
| 2025-10-31 | #34 |
| 2025-09-30 | #36 |
| 2025-08-31 | #36 |
| 2025-07-31 | #35 |
| 2025-06-30 | #35 |
| 2025-05-31 | #37 |
| 2025-04-30 | #37 |
| 2025-03-31 | #36 |
| 2025-02-28 | #35 |
| 2025-01-31 | #33 |
| 2024-12-31 | #33 |
| 2024-11-30 | #35 |
| 2024-10-31 | #32 |
| 2024-09-30 | #31 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Active installs
Active installs — data table
| Date | Active installs |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | 90,000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 90,000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 90,000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 90,000 |
| 2026-06-30 | 90,000 |
| 2026-05-31 | 90,000 |
| 2026-04-30 | 90,000 |
| 2026-03-31 | 100,000 |
| 2026-02-28 | 100,000 |
| 2026-01-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-11-30 | 100,000 |
| 2025-10-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-09-30 | 100,000 |
| 2025-08-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-07-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-06-30 | 100,000 |
| 2025-05-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-04-30 | 100,000 |
| 2025-03-31 | 100,000 |
| 2025-02-28 | 100,000 |
| 2025-01-31 | 100,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 100,000 |
| 2024-11-30 | 100,000 |
| 2024-10-31 | 100,000 |
| 2024-09-30 | 100,000 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Downloads per day
Downloads per day — data table
| Date | Downloads per day |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | 1,921 |
| 2026-09-30 | 2,242 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1,222 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1,520 |
| 2026-06-30 | 4,236 |
| 2026-05-31 | 809 |
| 2026-04-30 | 3,752 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2,687 |
| 2026-02-28 | 1,079 |
| 2026-01-31 | 1,072 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1,705 |
| 2025-11-30 | 635 |
| 2025-10-31 | 2,165 |
| 2025-09-30 | 2,420 |
| 2025-08-31 | 645 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1,142 |
| 2025-06-30 | 1,327 |
| 2025-05-31 | 608 |
| 2025-04-30 | 1,438 |
| 2025-03-31 | 1,791 |
| 2025-02-28 | 1,586 |
| 2025-01-31 | 1,887 |
| 2024-12-31 | 678 |
| 2024-11-30 | 616 |
| 2024-10-31 | 1,070 |
| 2024-09-30 | 1,238 |
| 2024-08-31 | 637 |
Latest reading of each month from our daily snapshots; the chart holds the full daily history.
Details
| Author | Automattic |
|---|---|
| Current version | 4.6.2 |
| Versions released | 111 |
| Last updated | 2025-12-09 |
| Added to directory | 2014-11-19 |
| Requires WordPress | — |
| Requires PHP | 5.6.0+ |
| Type | Classic theme |
| First tracked here | 2024-09-17 |
Description
Storefront is the perfect theme for your next WooCommerce project. Designed and developed by WooCommerce Core developers, it features a bespoke integration with WooCommerce itself plus many of the most popular customer facing WooCommerce extensions. There are several layout & color options to personalise your shop, multiple widget regions, a responsive design and much more. Developers will love its lean and extensible codebase making it a joy to customize and extend. Looking for a WooCommerce theme? Look no further!
Frequently asked questions
How many websites use Storefront?
WordPress.org reports 90K+ active installs. BuiltWith independently detects 88,919 live websites running Storefront.
How popular is Storefront?
As of October 16, 2026, Storefront ranks #29 in the WordPress.org popular themes list. Its best position in our tracking is #28.
When was Storefront last updated?
Storefront was last updated on December 9, 2025 (version 4.6.2). It has shipped 111 releases in total.
Who makes Storefront?
Storefront is developed by Automattic. It joined the WordPress.org theme directory in November 2014.
How fast is Storefront?
On the official WordPress.org demo, Storefront scores 90/100 for mobile performance in Google Lighthouse and 99/100 for desktop (tested October 2026).
