--- title: Surprising Tech Trends in WordPress and Beyond | daily.dev description: WordPress usage remains dominant and steady. Antiquated software is still used quite a bit in the WP community. jQuery is still popular. React usage is up for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/surprising-tech-trends-in-wordpress-and-beyond-uf2mfunkv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Surprising Tech Trends in WordPress and Beyond | daily.dev og:description: WordPress usage remains dominant and steady. Antiquated software is still used quite a bit in the WP community. jQuery is still popular. React usage is up for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/surprising-tech-trends-in-wordpress-and-beyond-uf2mfunkv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Uf2mFUnKV.png og:image:alt: Surprising Tech Trends in WordPress and Beyond og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Surprising Tech Trends in WordPress and Beyond **[WP Tavern](https://daily.dev/sources/wptavern)** · 5 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WordPress usage remains dominant and steady. Antiquated software is still used quite a bit in the WP community. jQuery is still popular. React usage is up for the top 1 million sites. WordPress' competitors are doing well. WooCommerce and Shopify are in a head-to-head battle. Mailchimp's usage is down, while Zoho Mail and Google Business are up. PHP usage has decreased but still powers millions of websites. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#ecommerce](https://daily.dev/tags/ecommerce), [#jquery](https://daily.dev/tags/jquery) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/surprising-tech-trends-in-wordpress-and-beyond-uf2mfunkv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Surprising Tech Trends in WordPress and Beyond","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/surprising-tech-trends-in-wordpress-and-beyond-uf2mfunkv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/surprising-tech-trends-in-wordpress-and-beyond-uf2mfunkv"},"datePublished":"2024-03-12T08:53:32.449Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"WordPress usage remains dominant and steady. Antiquated software is still used quite a bit in the WP community. jQuery is still popular. React usage is up for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"WP Tavern","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"WP Tavern","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/9c71049d2e544dd19b21e71a45e797d4","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/wptavern"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/surprising-tech-trends-in-wordpress-and-beyond-uf2mfunkv","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"react,wordpress,php,ecommerce,jquery","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WP Tavern","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/wptavern"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Surprising Tech Trends in WordPress and Beyond"}]} ```