Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
May 25, 2026Live
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Is WordPress dead?

Deaditude Score:

30.9%
โ“˜ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Like a well-maintained highway. Essential, reliable, and no one's excited about it.
*Data last collected: 13 May 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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๐Ÿ”ฌComponent 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

โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position

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

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
โœจ
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

Needs Help

Question Metrics

Total Questions
20
Answer Rate
30%
Acceptance Rate
5%
Growth
+140%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

WordPress XML Import alters media filenames breaking inline image links in posts
Unanswered108 views
wordpressftp
Import images to new wordpress site
Unanswered79 views
wordpress
All In One WP Security plugin blocks XML feed file from being fetched by Facebook Catalog
Unanswered64 views
wordpresssecurity

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

303,142
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

394
Posts
11.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+175.9%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
๐Ÿšจ

Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
WordPress Is a Lie
r/Wordpress1 months ago
161(80%)207
Continuing the trend: Matt Mullenweg Says โ€œThe Wheels Have Fallen Offโ€ in Wide-Ranging WordPress Critique
r/Wordpress1 months ago
154(96%)107
I made a free tool to check if AI tools are sending traffic to your WordPress site
r/Wordpress26 days ago
131(95%)49
After 300+ builds, I've stopped using page builders for client sites. Anyone else made this switch?
r/Wordpress20 days ago
115(89%)169
Feeling stuck as a WordPress Developer (30age) โ€“ Career confusion, anxiety & future fear
r/Wordpress28 days ago
111(96%)72
Browse Reddit

๐Ÿ’ผ Job Market Pulse

Thriving

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

Global Job Distribution

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States
2,756
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia
1,445
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance
1,076
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany
552
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom
485
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada
402

Market Summary

6,716
Total Jobs
๐Ÿข
273,268
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.

Source: Adzuna

๐Ÿ”ธ Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

WordPress gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

442
Posts

Community Interest

Average points20.6
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Someone bought 30 WordPress plugins and planted a backdoor in all of them
1 months ago
1194341
EmDash โ€“ A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security
1 months ago
703504
Moving from WordPress to Jekyll (and static site generators in general)
1 months ago
9756
Breaking up with WordPress after two decades
22 days ago
7339
Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite
1 months ago
3143
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

โ–ถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried WordPress content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

24
Videos
556.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-76.9%

Average Engagement

23.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering WordPress:
Beast Point
Small Creator
Jim Fahad Digital
Small Creator
Darrel Wilson
Small Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
4.0K5
2 months ago
24532
2 months ago
19331
2 months ago
01
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

๐Ÿ“ˆHistorical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
13 May 202630.9%
29 Apr 202626.7%
16 Apr 202630.2%
2 Apr 202621.9%
19 Mar 202632.9%
6 Mar 202629.6%
20 Feb 202629.5%
6 Feb 202634.9%
24 Jan 202627.7%
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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