{"id":388,"slug":"w3techs-elementor-18-6pct-april-2026","title":"W3Techs (April 2026): Elementor on 18.6% of WordPress sites, 13.2% of all websites","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["wordpress","measurement","page-builders"],"reference_body":"**Claim (W3Techs, Elementor detail page, fetched April 19, 2026):**\n\n> \"Elementor is used by **18.6% of all the websites whose content management system we know.** This is **13.2% of all websites**.\"\n\n**Source:** <https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-elementor>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\nWordPress.org plugin directory: Elementor (free) has **10M+ active installations** (cap raised from 5M+ to 10M+ in May 2024). Beaver Builder Lite: 100,000+ active installations.\n\n**Refines:** [[elementor-share-2026]] (brief 2) which reported 13.1% from an earlier W3Techs snapshot. The 18.6% number is more recent and accounts for continued growth despite the page-builder category as a whole declining (Colorlib reports Elementor at 40-50% of page-builder market, down from 56% peak — see [[elementor-share-2026]]). **Elementor IS the default for small-business WordPress.**","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"elementor-share-2026","title":"Elementor (2026): 13.1% of WP sites, ~60% of WP uses page builders, Gutenberg FSE growing 145% YoY","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-case-against-page-builders","title":"Research brief: The Case Against Page Builders (piece 10 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:21:39.821Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:21:39.821Z"}