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Woo is the company behind WooCommerce, the ecommerce platform that powers 4M+ stores.* Built on WordPress, WooCommerce empowers anyone to sell anything, with unlimited control over how they build and evolve their business.
Launched in 2011 and acquired by Automattic in 2015, Woo is a fully distributed company with employees worldwide.
*StoreLeads, January 2026
WooCommerce in numbers
developers, creatives, and builders
supporting WooCommerce merchants worldwide
core code contributors from
around the world
*Regarding third-party measurement: WordPress plugin rules don’t permit the automatic collection of stats and performance data (although some merchants do opt in to share data). We use third-party measurement tools, including StoreLeads.app and W3Techs, to build an accurate estimate of WooCommerce installations, growth, and geographic distribution.
Latest Woo news
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Pruning our themes catalog
Here at WooThemes HQ, examining, refining and streamlining our product offering is of paramount importance to us. This helps to ensure you all receive the best possible offering across our various product ranges. Now firmly into the second quarter of 2013, we felt it to be an appropriate point to examine the themes area of…
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Take a trip to the Resort
Today, we’re proud to announce the latest addition to the WooThemes theme catalog. With a layout that has proven itself time and again online, as well as an array of helpful and informative features… ladies and gentlemen, meet Resort.
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Canvas v5.2 – Full width layout and new mobile menu
Sometimes a theme update deserves a blog post to highlight new features. This is such a time and we think you’ll love the new additions to Canvas, our flagship theme. Full Width Layout Option A much used tutorial in our knowledge base was how to make the header, navigation and footer full width. We’ve now…
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Are you ready for WordSesh?
One of our very own talented ninjas here at WooThemes, Scott Basgaard (you may also know him as Scotty B), has been working hard behind the scenes to organize an event for the WordPress community dubbed “WordSesh”. WordSesh will be 1 full day of live* WordPress presentations from all over the world streamed live to you…
Why people love WooCommerce
Unlimited capability
WooCommerce developers can build 100% custom products as needed. The WooCommerce Marketplace also offers hundreds of extensions and themes that personalize and extend the capabilities of WooCommerce stores.
Woo customer support
WooCommerce has a worldwide community of developers, builders, and creatives ready to help anyone build an online business that scales.
Open source roots
As a freely downloadable plugin for WordPress, WooCommerce has always been a part of the open-source community. Democratizing commerce is at our core.
Ownership over leasing
Woo customers own their site end to end, with a 100% open-source platform, unlimited hosting options, and total control over their shopping experience.
Brand and logo guidelines
For logos, typography, and guidance on tone, check out our brand guidelines.
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