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Shopify vs WordPress

Security & risk comparison · Updated October 2026

How does Shopify 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

Shopify scores 63/100 overall versus WordPress's 44/100. Shopify has 40 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 Shopify and WordPress

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

WhereShopifyWordPress
Top 1,000 2.3% (5) 23.3% (50)
Top 10,000 0.8% (20) 29.0% (743)
Top 100,000 3.8% (1,067) 37.4% (10,368)
Wider web7.8%74.3%

Highest-ranked sites on Shopify

  1. shopify.com#175
  2. myshopify.com#348
  3. ring.com#713
  4. biblegateway.com#884
  5. wyzecam.com#923

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

63
Shopify
Modern · RUBY
vs
44
WordPress
Legacy · PHP
Dimension-by-dimension breakdown
security Shopify
70
22
Shopify
WordPress
performance Tie
65
65
Shopify
WordPress
ecosystem Shopify
65
55
Shopify
WordPress
ai readiness Shopify
50
35
Shopify
WordPress
developer experience Tie
50
50
Shopify
WordPress
market trajectory Shopify
80
75
Shopify
WordPress
cost of ownership Shopify
55
35
Shopify
WordPress
Security details
Metric Shopify WordPress
Total CVEs 40 11334
Critical CVEs 5 387
Exploited (KEV) 0 23
CVEs last year 8 4200
Avg CVSS 5.0 6.1
Security score 70/100 22/100
Acceptable
Shopify

Shopify scores 63/100. Verdict: Acceptable.

Caution
WordPress

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

Alternatives: astro, nextjs, hugo

Quick facts
Shopify
Category: Ecommerce
Language: RUBY
First release: 2006
Generation: Modern
Trend: Stable
Market share: 4.5%
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.