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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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Pushing the responsive pixels with PixelPress theme
Designed by Paresh Khatri, PixelPress is a responsive business/portfolio/WooCommerce theme that follows in the footsteps of our other popular business themes. PixelPress has all the great features of previous themes, like the custom homepage which includes a portfolio as well as features, blog and testimonial components. Included on the homepage, as well, is a featured…
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WooDojo version 1.2.0 released
For the past few weeks, Team Dojo has been quiet on the blog. Rest assured, we’ve been toiling away behind the scenes, preparing for the big day when the next update to WooDojo would be released. Today is that day. Introducing WooDojo version 1.2.0. WooDojo version 1.2.0 includes a few minor updates to the WooDojo…
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7 more WooCommerce goodies
It’s that time of the week again! Today we’ve a shipment of 7 new WooCommerce extensions including Cart Notices, Ambassador affiliate integration, Customer/Order csv imports and 4 more gateways.
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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