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74K
WordPress Sites Tracked on Cloudways
74K
Sites Detected
4.9
Avg Plugins / Site
+3.1 vs avg
56K
Vuln Exposure
sites with outdated plugins
46 / 50
Plugins with CVEs
all patched
WordPress Versions
6.9.1
22K39.5%
6.9.4
18K31.2%
6.8.3
4K7.0%
6.9.3
2K3.8%
6.8.5
2K3.2%
6.9
2K2.9%
6.4.7
8721.5%
6.7.4
7531.3%
6.7.5
5371.0%
6.8.2
5100.9%
6.6.4
4330.8%
6.9.2
4150.7%
6.5.7
3520.6%
6.8.1
3290.6%
6.4.8
2620.5%

Summary

Most Common
6.9.1
Version Coverage
76%
of sites have detectable WP version
Unique Versions
164
Most Popular Plugins
Top 50

Vulnerable Version Usage

Sites running outdated (vulnerable) vs safe versions of top plugins

Complianz – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent100% vulnerable
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder80.8% vulnerable
WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More50.2% vulnerable
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor47.3% vulnerable
Breeze Cache38.7% vulnerable
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder37.8% vulnerable
Ultimate Addons for Elementor36.7% vulnerable
Easy Table of Contents33.5% vulnerable

Plugin Security Overview

Breakdown of 50 most popular plugins on Cloudways

50plugins
No known CVEs4
CVEs (all patched)46
Unpatched CVEs0
Est. exposed sites
56K
plugins on Cloudways — sorted by prevalence
#PluginCVEs
18
Version distribution on Cloudways (96 versions detected)
2.4.1
22K32.7%
2.3.1
8K11.2%
2.2.23
5K8.0%
2.2.21
4K5.7%vuln
2.2.20
3K4.8%vuln
2.2.22
2K3.5%
2.2.17
1K2.1%vuln
2.4.2
1K1.8%
2.1.6
1K1.8%vuln
2.2.16
1K1.6%vuln
+86 more versions
2
SlideShow Press
0
3
Meta Generator and Version Info Remover
0
447
520
6
Contact Form 7
8
71
826
92
101
11
Ultimate Addons for Elementor
12
1232
134
1410
1510
16
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway
4
1724
1827
1914
20
Easy Table of Contents
5
Most Popular Themes
Hello Elementor
#1
13K sites

Hello Elementor

by elemntor

Hello Elementor is a lightweight and minimalist WordPress theme that was built specifically to work seamlessly with the Elementor site builder plugin. The theme is free, open-source, and designed for users who want a flexible, easy-to-use, and customizable website. The theme, which is optimized for performance, provides a solid foundation for users to build their own unique designs using the Elementor drag-and-drop site builder. Its simplicity and flexibility make it a great choice for both beginners and experienced Web Creators.

1.0M 1 CVE
Astra
#2
7K sites

Astra

by brainstormforce

The Astra WordPress theme is lightning-fast and highly customizable. It has over 1 million downloads and the only theme in the world with 6,000+ five-star reviews! It’s ideal for professional web designers, solopreneurs, small businesses, eCommerce, membership sites and any type of website. It offers special features and templates so it works perfectly with all page builders like Spectra, Elementor, Beaver Builder, etc. Fast performance, clean code, mobile-first design and schema markup are all built-in, making the theme exceptionally SEO-friendly. It’s fully compatible with WooCommerce, SureCart and other eCommerce plugins and comes with lots of store-friendly features and templates. Astra also provides expert support for free users. A dedicated team of fully trained WordPress experts are on hand to help with every aspect of the theme. Try the live demo of Astra: https://zipwp.org/themes/astra/

1.0M 3 CVEs
GeneratePress
#3
3K sites

GeneratePress

by edge22

GeneratePress is a lightweight WordPress theme built with a focus on speed and usability. Performance is important to us, which is why a fresh GeneratePress install adds less than 10kb (gzipped) to your page size. We take full advantage of the block editor (Gutenberg), which gives you more control over creating your content. If you use page builders, GeneratePress is the right theme for you. It is completely compatible with all major page builders, including Beaver Builder and Elementor. Thanks to our emphasis on WordPress coding standards, we can boast full compatibility with all well-coded plugins, including WooCommerce. GeneratePress is fully responsive, uses valid HTML/CSS, and is translated into over 25 languages by our amazing community of users. A few of our many features include 60+ color controls, powerful dynamic typography, 5 navigation locations, 5 sidebar layouts, dropdown menus (click or hover), and 9 widget areas. Learn more and check out our powerful premium version at https://generatepress.com

500K No CVEs
Kadence
#4
2K sites

Kadence

by stellarwp

Kadence Theme is a lightweight yet full featured WordPress theme for creating beautiful fast loading and accessible websites, easier than ever. It features an easy to use drag and drop header and footer builder to build any type of header in minutes. It features a full library of gorgeous starter templates that are easy to modify with our intelligent global font and color controls. With extensive integration with the most popular 3rd party plugins, you can quickly build impressive ecommerce websites, course websites, business websites, and more.

400K No CVEs
hello-theme-child-master
#5
2K sites

hello-theme-child-master

No CVEs
Blocksy
#6
2K sites

Blocksy

by creativethemeshq

Blocksy is a fast, modern WordPress theme with advanced WooCommerce support and full compatibility with the block editor.

300K 12 CVEs
bb-theme
#7
1K sites

bb-theme

No CVEs
bricks
#8
1K sites

bricks

8 CVEs
astra-child
#9
1K sites

astra-child

No CVEs
flatsome
#10
1K sites

flatsome

4 CVEs
bb-theme-child
#11
942 sites

bb-theme-child

No CVEs
salient
#12
828 sites

salient

2 CVEs
hello-elementor-child
#13
771 sites

hello-elementor-child

No CVEs
bricks-child
#14
714 sites

bricks-child

No CVEs
OceanWP
#15
619 sites

OceanWP

by oceanwp

OceanWP is the perfect theme for your project. Lightweight and highly extendable, it will enable you to create almost any type of website such a blog, portfolio, business website and WooCommerce storefront with a beautiful & professional design. Very fast, responsive, RTL & translation ready, best SEO practices, unique WooCommerce features to increase conversion and much more. You can even edit the settings on tablet & mobile so your site looks good on every device. Work with the most popular page builders as Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy, Visual Composer, Divi, SiteOrigin, etc... Developers will love his extensible codebase making it a joy to customize and extend. Best friend of Elementor & WooCommerce. Looking for a Multi-Purpose theme? Look no further! Check the demos to realize that it's the only theme you will ever need: https://oceanwp.org/demos/

500K 5 CVEs
Vulnerable Sites

These sites on Cloudways are running outdated plugin versions with known security vulnerabilities. Domain names are partially masked for privacy.

vulnerable domains on Cloudways
DomainVulnerable Plugins
hi*******.com
www**********.net
pha*******.org
edit***********.mx
pr******.com
saty***************.com
da*******.org
funn**********.com
ol***.dk
ta*******.in
www.****************.com
mai**********.com
www*********.com
www.***********.sk
gs*******.th
mo****.md
prav***********.si
se*******.it
stri***********.com
thep****************.com

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