Web 2.0 · 20 August 2018 · updated 9 July 2026
WordPress Security
By Support
Don't let your WordPress website be hacked because you don't know how to protect it. There is one thing you can be sure of is if you dont take the basic precautions your WordPress website will get hacked at some point in the future.
WordPress is a Content Management System that has skyrocketed since its inception as a bloggers domain in 2003. According to W3techs, WordPress has 58.55% of the CMS marketshare. There is an estimated 172 Million active websites on the internet (World Wide Web) with 27% of all websites on the internet being created with WordPress.
WordPress makes up to 15% of the internet's top 100 websites which include TED, NBC, CNN, TechCrunch, NFL, BestBuy and UPS just to name a few. There are over 48,500 free plugins for WordPress to enhance the functionality plus a plethora of paid premium plugins. Over 39% of all online stores are run by WordPress.
These are amazing facts about WordPress, but why are they important?