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Is WordPress dead?

Deaditude Score:

33.2%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Predictable, constant, and unlikely to appear on any conference t-shirts.
*Data last collected: 10 Jan 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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šŸ”¬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

Codebase Activity

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Reddit Drama

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Youtube Clickbaits

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Stackoverflow copypasting

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Job offering

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Companies adoption

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Hacker News Hype

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

ā±ļø Tech Lifecycle Position

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2003

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment

Stack Overflow Analysis

Active Support

Question Metrics

Total Questions
27
Answer Rate
22%
Acceptance Rate
7%
Growth
+56%
In the last 30 days

šŸ—£ļø Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

288,342
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

311
Posts
8.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+502.4%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

3 mentions of migrating away from WordPress detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

šŸ’¼ Job Market Pulse

Thriving

WordPress on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.

Global Job Distribution

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øUnited States
2,735
šŸ‡®šŸ‡³India
1,615
šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§United Kingdom
936
šŸ‡«šŸ‡·France
826
šŸ‡©šŸ‡ŖGermany
571
šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦Canada
441

Market Summary

7,124
Total Jobs
šŸ¢
249,289
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

WordPress is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

šŸ”ø Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about WordPress, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

394
Posts

Community Interest

Average points17.1
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

ā–¶ļø YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

WordPress content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.

Content Metrics

29
Videos
210.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-16.7%

Average Engagement

7.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering WordPress:
Jim Fahad Digital
Growing Channel
DEBUG ENTITY
YouTube Royalty
Susan Gorbina
Growing Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

šŸ“ˆHistorical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
10 Jan 202633.2%
27 Dec 202533.0%
14 Dec 202534.4%
30 Nov 202532.5%
16 Nov 202524.4%
4 Nov 202517.5%
21 Oct 202530.4%
7 Oct 202525.8%
24 Sept 202522.8%
10 Sept 202527.3%
27 Aug 202522.9%
14 Aug 202534.2%
31 Jul 202523.5%
17 Jul 202535.0%
4 Jul 202533.9%
20 Jun 202546.9%
6 Jun 202541.0%
11 May 202541.2%
7 May 202537.6%
3 May 202541.6%

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