Widgets on Pages vs WooCommerce
A side by side look at reach, regional footprint and where each wordpress plugins technology actually wins, built from live detections across millions of websites.
The short version. WooCommerce has roughly 768x more sites overall (7.5K vs 5.8M). But the split flips by market: Widgets on Pages over-indexes in Japan, Germany and Ireland, while WooCommerce runs the majority in Viet Nam, Chile and Nigeria. Which one fits depends far more on your market than on raw totals.
Head to head
Where each technology comes out ahead, by dimension
Who leads each market
Share of the two technologies per country. The marker is Widgets on Pages's 0% global share, so bars past it lean Widgets on Pages.
Where to build
Building an app, theme or agency around one technology? This is where its sites actually concentrate.
Build for Widgets on Pages
Build for WooCommerce
United States is the most one-sided market in this comparison: 405.9K WooCommerce sites to 662 on Widgets on Pages, a 100% split. For a new project there, the ecosystem, plugins and talent all point one way.
Which should you choose
A quick read based on reach and regional traction
Choose Widgets on Pages if
- ✓You sell into Japan, Germany and Ireland, where it has real traction.
- ✓You value where it concentrates its footprint over sheer volume.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the Widgets on Pages stack.
Choose WooCommerce if
- ✓You operate in Viet Nam, Chile and Nigeria, its heartland.
- ✓You want the larger install base (5.8M sites) and a bigger ecosystem.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the WooCommerce stack.
Export the websites behind either technology
Get the sites using Widgets on Pages or WooCommerce with emails, socials and country filters.