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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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WooCommerce turns 1 and we’re celebrating
It’s been an incredible first year for WooCommerce. We’ve already accumulated close to 350,000 downloads, have 100+ extensions and 24 official themes, as well as boasting loads more huge accolades. To celebrate we’ve put together an animated info-graphic (designed by the awesome Studio Muti) with all the interesting stats, which we strongly recommend you check…
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More theme & product developments
We’ve just added two new exciting projects to the upcoming products page, that we strongly recommend you keep an eye on, that the team are very excited about. The One Pager One Pager is a simple, yet hugely flexible theme that we’ve had designed by the talented South African designer Gary Murray. As the name…
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Every line of code audited
Over the past few months we’ve been working very closely with the Sucuri Security team who we commissioned to do a full audit of our core products’ codebase. We’ve already released WooSlider and WooDojo with Sucuri Security’s stamp of approval, and today we are happy to announce that the WooFramework – the engine that powers…
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.
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