Writer: Jordan Sprogis
Editor: Lillian Castro
Reviewer: Cristian Lopez
Key Takeaways
If you’re a hosting provider that runs on WordPress, Oct. 15 is your last chance to share how you use the platform in its annual WordPress Hosting Survey.
“We invite all WordPress hosting providers, large and small, to participate. The more hosts that take part, the more complete and representative the report will be,” wrote Lucas Radke, the Product Manager of WordPress VIP.
Hosts will be asked about their company, tech stacks, security, support, eCommerce, and overall WordPress experience. And for the first time ever, the results will be published in a report so all hosts can get a glance at what others are doing and how to keep moving forward.
The last time WordPress conducted a survey like this was in 2023, so it’s not annual — yet. Radke promised that, moving forward, it will become a yearly survey, stating: “This is a chance for the hosting community to work together toward a clearer understanding of how WordPress is being used today.”
The timing is likely no coincidence. WordPress has undergone a long course of evolution amid ongoing conversations about how to meet the internet’s changing demands without straying from what makes WordPress, well, WordPress.
It’s not an easy task for the platform, though. Its open environment has been built by hundreds of thousands of contributors.
And although that’s what makes it unique, it’s that very core of WordPress that’s being tested as closed platforms like Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, and other AI site generators lock down their places in the SaaS market.
So if you run (or work for) a WordPress hosting company and you haven’t yet submitted your responses — today is your chance to contribute to the future of WordPress. Interested hosts can take the survey here by the end of the day.
