wpcom
WordPress plugin · detected on 497 sites in our index (9.16% of WordPress sites scanned)
Where wpcom sits in the WordPress plugin ecosystem
wpcom is the #21 most-detected WordPress plugin in our scan index of 5,424 sites, appearing on roughly 9.16% of WordPress sites we've fingerprinted. Most sites running wpcom are hosted on WordPress.com (57% of identified hosts). The most common companion plugin is Jetpack: WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth, present on 100% of wpcom sites. The most frequent theme is Newspack Scott.
Every data point here comes from actual scans of public WordPress sites, not vendor case studies or curated showcases. We don't accept submissions; everything you see is detected automatically when a site is scanned through the tool.
Plugins commonly used with wpcom
From co-occurrence analysis across sites running wpcom in our index.
- Jetpack: WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth100% of wpcom sites · 497 sites
- Jetpack Boost: Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS95% of wpcom sites · 472 sites
- my-jetpack93% of wpcom sites · 461 sites
- Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection83% of wpcom sites · 411 sites
- Yoast SEO: Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI65% of wpcom sites · 324 sites
- vip48% of wpcom sites · 241 sites
- cron-control48% of wpcom sites · 239 sites
- Two Factor40% of wpcom sites · 200 sites
Themes commonly running wpcom
Top themes on sites using this plugin.
- Newspack Scott4% of wpcom sites · 20 sites
- CMS3% of wpcom sites · 13 sites
- NBC2% of wpcom sites · 11 sites
- vip2% of wpcom sites · 10 sites
- Newspack Katharine2% of wpcom sites · 9 sites
- Assets2% of wpcom sites · 8 sites
Hosting providers running wpcom
Limited to sites where we identified the hosting provider.
- WordPress.com57% · 24 sites
- Kinsta14% · 6 sites
- Pantheon12% · 5 sites
- Pressable12% · 5 sites
- DreamHost2% · 1 site
Sites using wpcom
Most-recently-scanned sites detected with this plugin.
- pgstorenepal.comPG Store Nepal · host unknown · scanned 2026-08-18
- pinballmachinesaleaustralia.comAltr · host unknown · scanned 2026-08-09
- etilaatroz.comFoxiz child · host unknown · scanned 2026-07-29
- catopper.co.inAstra · host unknown · scanned 2026-06-22
- wmn.deNewspack Katharine · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- pokemongohub.netnewspaper · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- events.comEvents.com v2 · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- themarginalian.orgThe Marginalian · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- utusan.com.myUtusan Child · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- aftvnews.comResponsive (Customized - DO NOT UPDATE) · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- consumercal.orgitul.theme.abc · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
- ctmirror.orgNewspack Scott · host unknown · scanned 2026-05-22
How we detect wpcom
Five-vector detection: /wp-content/plugins/wpcom/ asset paths, /wp-json/ REST API namespaces, HTML signature patterns, sitemap XML comments, and asset-probe HEAD requests against the top-100 popular plugins on wordpress.org. Each detected plugin carries provenance pills showing which sources corroborated it; cross-vector matches indicate high-confidence detections. More on how detection works.
Data comes from real-time scans of public WordPress sites, not vendor case studies or curated showcases. Every claim on this page traces back to a specific detection in our scan corpus, observable via our methodology. Affiliate links are disclosed per the affiliate disclosure.