Discover the benefits of WordPress for enterprise

WordPress powers over 43% of the web, including many of the world's largest enterprises.

Find out how WordPress can help your organization communicate with speed and agility, at scale.

WordPress is one of the most used content management systems (CMS) in the enterprise, and powering 43% of the web at large and 35% of the top 10,000 sites.

Research by WP Engine shows that WordPress and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) have early equal usage, with both used in about two-thirds of all enterprise organizations.

WordPress is also the most popular second-CMS in the enterprise, forming a critical part of how organizations communicate with their customers. Many marketing teams select WordPress for its low time-to-publish and agility.

Organizations choose WordPress for its unique combination of flexibility, extensive ecosystem, and proven scalability at enterprise level. As an open-source solution with a broad ecosystem of providers, WordPress provides a lower total cost of ownership compared to proprietary platforms.

From Fortune 500 companies to government agencies, across every vertical from publishing houses to banks to healthcare, WordPress is the technology of choice for agile teams who want to deliver results.

View the State of Enterprise WordPress 2025 report

Critical Capabilities

Governance

WordPress includes powerful features to facilitate governance, based around the integrated Multisite feature.

Multisite provides a central dashboard to manage plugins and users in a single place, as well as enforcing network-wide policies and settings. Network-activated plugins provide an ability to customize the installation and provide functionality to all sites.

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Content management

As the world's most popular CMS, WordPress features a broad suite of tools for content authoring and management. The integral Block Editor (Gutenberg) provides a powerful yet intuitive interface, empowering teams to publish quickly.

Powerful APIs including custom post types and custom blocks provide developers with broad capabilities to deliver any experience.

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Additional Capabilities

With a lean core, extended capabilities for WordPress are available through commonly-used, enterprise-proven ecosystem solutions.

Advanced Search with ElasticPress, by Fueled

Advanced search tools including faceted search, advanced ranking algorithms, and integrations with AI retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tooling are available with ElasticPress.

ElasticPress is powered by Elasticsearch, integrating automatically to index all content in WordPress. Developers can take advantage of the full Elasticsearch query language to build custom experiences.

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E-Commerce with WooCommerce, by Automattic

WooCommerce is the world's most used ecommerce platform, built natively for WordPress.

With a wide ecosystem of first- and third-party add-ons, WooCommerce integrates with most payment gateways and services. Functionality can be extended through the same WordPress APIs.

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Localization and Internationalization with MultilingualPress, by Syde

Multi-language capabilities are available through MultilingualPress, a powerful multisite-based solution for managing translations at scale.

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Personalization and Orchestration with Accelerate, by Human Made

Integrated directly with the content authoring experience, Accelerate provides blocks for segmentation and experimentation, unleashing the full power of the block editor.

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These solutions are used frequently in enterprise deployments, and are not an exhaustive list of all plugins. Agency partners ↓ can provide suggestions on particular solutions for your situation.

Why WordPress?

Lower TCO

As an open-source community-led project, WordPress is available without any costly licensing fees, unlike many proprietary solutions.

A wide range of providers in the hosting, agency, and integration (plugin) ecosystem creates a vibrant competitive market, reducing the need for bespoke solutions.

Security

Flexibility

WordPress is extremely flexible, with a powerful plugin API to build custom functionality and integrations. Through the built-in REST API or open-source GraphQL plugin, WordPress can form the core of a composable headless CMS stack.

Security

The core WordPress software has a strong reputation for security, with a bug bounty program and dedicated engineer staffing from multiple companies in the ecosystem, including Altis, Fueled, and Automattic.

While the flexibility of WordPress means some third-party vendors have a weaker reputation for security, the scale of WordPress means multiple independent security vendors provide robust tooling to protect enterprise deployments. This includes SAST, SIEM, and WAF tooling which can integrate with central IT platforms.

Common Enterprise Use Cases

Corporate Websites

Multi-language corporate sites with advanced content governance, editorial workflows, and brand management across global teams.

Media & Publishing

High-traffic news sites and digital magazines with real-time content delivery, ad management, and subscription services.

E-commerce Platforms

Large-scale online stores using WooCommerce with custom integrations for inventory, payment processing, and order management systems.

Educational Institutions

University and college websites with student portals, course catalogs, and integrated learning management systems.

Enterprise WordPress Agencies

Most enterprises work with leading agencies who specialize in enterprise WordPress development, strategy, and support. These agencies can support your organization to build your DXP using WordPress, and have extensive experience working with enterprise.

Alley

Alley is a full-service digital agency with the foresight, perspective, and grit to power your brightest ideas and build solutions for your most evasive problems.

Big Bite

As a leading enterprise WordPress agency, we empower big brands and global newsrooms to publish rich digital content faster and easier than ever before.

The Code Company

The Code Company build digital publishing websites, ad tech and subscription platforms.Trusted WordPress VIP agency & WP Engine strategic partner.

Crowd Favorite

Crowd Favorite is a world-class technology agency specializing in digital strategy, Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) and Open Source.

Reaktiv

Our brilliant team creates inspiring and authentic digital solutions for some of the most beloved brands in the world.

rtCamp

rtCamp provides finely-crafted, powerful WordPress enterprise solutions and consulting that empower your audience & employees alike.

Syde

Syde, Europe’s biggest WordPress agency, specializes in enterprise-level multisite environments. Well-known for scalable, performant, and secure web solutions.

WebDevStudios

WebDevStudios is a website design and development agency that builds robust solutions with WordPress, the platform that powers over 43% of the web.

XWP

XWP’s on-demand product teams deliver performance-oriented WordPress solutions for Earth’s biggest storytellers.

How are these providers selected?

These providers are part of the Scale Consortium, the canonical group of enterprise agencies for WordPress.

Enterprise WordPress Hosting

For the best experience, select a managed WordPress hosting platform. These platforms provide a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) experience, ready for the enterprise.

Altis Cloud

Enterprise-only managed hosting for WordPress, by the people who built it - including the cofounder of WordPress and creator of the REST API.

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Case studies: NerdWallet, Red Bull Media House, Standard Chartered.

Cloud: AWS. Certifications: SOC2 Type II, OSPAR, Cyber Essentials.

Kinsta

Our enterprise WordPress hosting provides a fast, reliable, and secure home for your online presence. Focus on growing your business.

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Case studies: Konica Minolta, ClickUp, WordLift.

Cloud: GCP. Certifications: ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC2 Type II.

Pantheon

Pantheon Elite Plans for Enterprise deliver unparalleled website launch, uptime, and performance. Get Priority Support & 24/7/365 response time.

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Case studies: Princeton, Pernod Ricard, The New Statesman.

Cloud: GCP. Certifications: SOC2 Type II, TX-RAMP Level 1.

WordPress VIP

Build, publish, and scale without limits. WordPress VIP delivers the speed, security, and flexibility enterprises need for measurable results.

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Case studies: CNN Brasil, Recurrent Ventures, Pew Research Center.

Cloud: Own infrastructure. Certifications: FedRAMP Moderate, GovRAMP Moderate, SOC 2 Type 1, TX-RAMP Level 2.

WP Engine

WP Engine® is a trusted provider of enterprise hosting for WordPress. Learn how our solutions can help you drive growth and innovation.

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Case studies: Costa Vida, BG Foods, The New Home Company.

Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP. Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, ISO 27001.

How are these providers selected?

We welcome submissions from any enterprise-capable host who would like to be listed here. Hosts must meet the following criteria for listing:

  1. Hosts must offer enterprise-dedicated managed plans. (VPS plans are not counted.)
  2. Hosts must have clear security and privacy policies and contacts. Security must be verified through annual penetration testing.
  3. Hosts must allow customers to use arbitrary plugins, custom database tables, and WordPress multisite.
  4. Hosts must have multiple existing enterprise customers serving in excess of 50 million views per month on WordPress sites.
  5. Hosts must have at least 3 public case studies featuring enterprise customers.
  6. Hosts must have a clear public commitment to participating in, contributing to, and funding open source.

Hosts are listed alphabetically. Names and descriptions provided by each host.

(Are you a host who meets these criteria? Submit your details here.)

FAQ

Who is the official vendor for WordPress?

No singular company acts as the official vendor, but many leading agencies contribute significantly to WordPress and can guide you through implementation of your WordPress platform.

WordPress is an open-source, community-led project with a large ecosystem. WordPress is developed by a wide variety of companies and volunteer contributors.

WordPress is a registered trademark of the WordPress Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Is WordPress secure?

Yes, WordPress itself is very secure, with only a small number of low impact CVEs reported each year. The official WordPress security team includes dedicated engineering staffing who operate a robust bug bounty program.

The flexibility of WordPress' plugin system means that less-reputable vendors may create insecure plugins, which are sometimes erroneously reported as vulnerabilities in WordPress.

Powerful security tooling is available for WordPress, including static analysis (SAST) tooling for development. These tools are used by most enterprise agencies and product companies, ensuring safety of your site.

Security tools and research from vendors such as Patchstack and Wordfence provides strong additional capabilities.

Essential Resources

State of WordPress Enterprise Report

Annual report providing insights into how enterprises use WordPress, including trends, challenges, and success metrics from leading organizations.

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WordPress.org Enterprise

Official WordPress resources for enterprise users, including best practices, security guidelines, and case studies.

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Developer Resources

Comprehensive documentation for developers building enterprise WordPress solutions, including APIs, hooks, and best practices.

Explore Docs →

Security Guide

Best practices for hardening WordPress installations, including security configurations, SSL setup, and protection strategies.

View Guide →

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