Woo Newsroom

Are you a journalist, writer, or reporter looking to publish information about Woo? You’re in the right place! Welcome to the Woo Newsroom, or for you insiders, the WoosRoom.

What is Woo?

Woo is the company behind the leading open-source ecommerce platform, WooCommerce, powering 28.1% of the top million online stores.* Built on WordPress, WooCommerce empowers anyone, anywhere, to sell anything with truly unlimited extensibility, flexibility, and 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 based around the world.

^† StoreLeads, StoreLeads.app, August 2024

WooCommerce in numbers

3.67M

live installations^†

StoreLeads (using Woo Cart/Checkout),
State of Ecommerce

36.37%

of all ecommerce is powered by WooCommerce

StoreLeads, Growth of WooCommerce

942+

official Woo Marketplace products,
and growing daily

Woo Marketplace

80k+

developers, creatives, and builders
supporting WooCommerce merchants worldwide

350+

core code contributors from
around the world

416

Woo employees 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

What’s new with Woo: July 2024July 31, 2024

What’s happening with WooCommerce in July 2024? Cart & Checkout upgrades, Buy Now, Pay Later, & more! How to monitor & improve Core Web Vitals

WooCommerce in 2024 and beyond: Roadmap updateJuly 30, 2024

A special roadmap update from WooCommerce's head of engineering. New features for WooCommerce developers and store owners.

Increase Your Revenue with Our New Woo Affiliate ProgramJune 28, 2024

We're re-launching the Woo Affiliate Program to help you generate new revenue by promoting the web's most trusted and popular WooCommerce solutions. Participating affiliates will be able to monetize their site's traffic …

WooCommerce Updated to Address Cross-site Scripting VulnerabilityJune 10, 2024

Today Woo's engineering team deployed an important update for WooCommerce. The update addresses a vulnerability that could allow bad actors to inject malicious content in the browser. The Woo team has also …

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Why people love WooCommerce

Unlimited capability

WooCommerce developers can build 100% custom products as needed. In the Woo Marketplace, you’ll find hundreds of extensions and themes that personalize and extend the capabilities of WooCommerce stores.

A global, creative community

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 users build and own their shop, end to end, with a 100% open-source platform, unlimited hosting options, and total control over their shopping experience.

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Contact the Woo Press Team

Press contact

Please direct all press inquiries to:
press@woocommerce.com

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