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Laravel vs WordPress

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Laravel compare to WordPress on security, AI-readiness, and total cost of ownership? We scored both across 7 dimensions using NVD/NIST CVE data, GitHub metrics, and our census of the Tranco top 100,000.

Key finding

Laravel scores 70/100 overall versus WordPress's 44/100. Laravel has 50 total CVEs compared to WordPress's 11334, giving it a smaller vulnerability surface. (Source: WebPulse framework scoring, NIST NVD and CISA KEV, updated October 2026)

Who actually runs Laravel and WordPress

Share of sites with an identified platform, from WebPulse's scan of the Tranco top 100,000 and our Common Crawl census.

WhereLaravelWordPress
Top 1,000 0.0% (0) 23.3% (50)
Top 10,000 0.6% (15) 29.0% (743)
Top 100,000 1.0% (282) 37.4% (10,368)
Wider web0.0%74.3%

Highest-ranked sites on Laravel

  1. toyhou.se#1,430
  2. ihc.ru#2,766
  3. trafficjunky.net#2,876
  4. registry.in#2,898
  5. uba.ar#7,147

Highest-ranked sites on WordPress

  1. wordpress.org#48
  2. wordpress.com#100
  3. bit.ly#117
  4. criteo.com#132
  5. gravatar.com#154

Detected from each homepage's HTML, headers and cookies in September 2026. Methodology

70
Laravel
Modern · PHP
vs
44
WordPress
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Laravel
72
22
Laravel
WordPress
performance Tie
65
65
Laravel
WordPress
ecosystem Laravel
80
55
Laravel
WordPress
ai readiness Laravel
74
35
Laravel
WordPress
developer experience Laravel
80
50
Laravel
WordPress
market trajectory WordPress
60
75
Laravel
WordPress
cost of ownership Laravel
60
35
Laravel
WordPress
Security details
Metric Laravel WordPress
Total CVEs 50 11334
Critical CVEs 5 387
Exploited (KEV) 0 23
CVEs last year 10 4200
Avg CVSS 5.0 6.1
Security score 72/100 22/100
Acceptable
Laravel

Laravel scores 71/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Caution
WordPress

WordPress scores 45/100. Consider migrating to: astro, nextjs, hugo.

Alternatives: astro, nextjs, hugo

Quick facts
Laravel
Category: Backend
Language: PHP
First release: 2011
Generation: Modern
Trend: Rising
Market share: 1.8%
WordPress
Category: Cms
Language: PHP
First release: 2003
Generation: Legacy
Trend: Declining
Market share: 43.0%
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Data sourced from NVD/NIST CVE database, GitHub API, and WebPulse framework scanner. Scores calculated using a 7-dimension model covering security, performance, ecosystem health, AI-readiness, developer experience, market trajectory, and cost of ownership. Updated October 2026.