We have received the CMS market data for April 2026, according to data from the W3Techs website, which indicates that these are not good times for WordPress. It remains the undisputed king, far ahead of the rest, but the trend is increasingly negative and this month it is becoming more pronounced, as can be seen in the following table.
Despite the fact that WordPress is working hard to rejuvenate its users and make it much easier to test and work with the CMS, as well as its AI developments, it seems that the market is favoring other options right now, as well as the creation of simple websites through AI “vibe coding”.
| Rank | Content Management | Usage | Change | Market Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WordPress | 42.2% | -0.3% | 59.6% | -0.2% |
| 2. | Shopify | 5.2% | +0.1% | 7.3% | +0.1% |
| 3. | Wix | 4.3% | 6.1% | +0.1% | |
| 4. | Squarespace | 2.5% | 3.5% | ||
| 5. | Joomla | 1.3% | 1.8% | ||
| 6. | Webflow | 0.9% | 1.2% | ||
| 7. | Tilda | 0.8% | 1.2% | ||
| 8. | Duda | 0.7% | 1.0% | ||
| 9. | Drupal | 0.7% | 1.0% | ||
| 10. | Adobe Systems | 0.6% | -0.1% | 0.9% | |
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All the changes this month correspond perfectly with trends we have been consistently observing for some time: WordPress is losing market share while Shopify, Wix and Squarespace are gaining it. Adobe also has a downward trend that is reaffirmed by this month’s data.
Websites that do not reveal which CMS they use or do not use a CMS, presumably now made with “vibe coding”, continue to rise and in one month go from usage of 28.9% to 29.2%. We are talking about websites made with AI, probably corporate websites that are not usually updated much and do not evolve much, because otherwise they would need a multipurpose CMS like WordPress or something similar.
* Original article written in Spanish, translated with AI and reviewed in English by Jorge Mediavilla.
