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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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WooSlider has landed… the ultimate slideshow plugin for WordPress
Over the past few months at WooHQ, we’ve taken many strides towards responsive themes (our newer themes, as well as Canvas, are all responsive). During this time, we acquired FlexSlider, the popular responsive JavaScript slideshow script for jQuery, as well as launched the fully revamped FlexSlider2, written to include a variety of features and enhancements.…
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WooCommerce, WooCommerce everywhere, “hurray” the devs did think
It sure is getting hard to think of interesting headlines for our weekly WooCommerce drops. Hopefully the products we launch make up for it! This week we’ve a new child theme, Zferral integration, UserVoice integration and 2 more payment gateways.
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More wonderful weekly WooCommerce wares, WC 1.6, plus a survey & prizes!
Take our survey, win cool Woo stuff! WooCommerce has grown at a phenomenal pace since it’s launch last year. At the time of writing we have over 220,000 downloads (we’re averaging around 1000 per day), more than 20 WooCommerce specific themes (including child themes) and over 130 official extensions. We feel this is a fantastic…
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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