WordPress Websites in South Africa
We verified 6,167 live WordPress websites on South Africa's .za domain extension, the 26th largest country in our list of websites using WordPress. Sites on generic extensions such as .com are counted separately, so the real number of WordPress sites from South Africa is higher. Most of these sites are written in English, followed by Other / unrecognised code.
How South Africa sites compare
- 18% of South Africa sites run WooCommerce, above the WordPress average (9.5%).
- 3.4% still run a WordPress release older than 6.0, below the WordPress average (6.1%).
- 36% of South Africa sites are built with Elementor, above the WordPress average (23%).
- 15% of South Africa sites use Rank Math, above the WordPress average (9.9%).
What South Africa websites are built with
Plugins used alongside
Share of South Africa sites that also load each plugin on their homepage.
Most used themes
Active parent theme on South Africa sites.
Page builders
36% of these sites use no detectable page builder.
SEO plugins
Detected from plugin files and the HTML comments SEO plugins add.
Languages
Language declared in the page's <html lang> attribute.
WordPress versions
Among sites that expose their version (70%); the rest hide it.
Hosting (when identifiable)
Only hosts that identify themselves in HTTP headers are counted.
How popular these sites are
Rank is the position of the domain in a list of the 100 million most-visited domains; lower means more traffic.
Top 10 South Africa websites by traffic rank
The full list of all 6,167 sites, with every column, is in the dataset.
| Rank | Domain | Homepage title | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,444 | dailymaverick.co.za | Daily Maverick — Defend Truth | - |
| 22,271 | citizen.co.za | The Citizen | More News, Your Way | citizen-2023 |
| 29,987 | sarao.ac.za | Home - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory - NRF-SARAO | Enfold |
| 35,802 | birdlife.org.za | BirdLife South Africa - Giving Conservation Wings | hello-theme |
| 35,902 | tuit.co.za | Tuit Online Learning | Divi |
| 38,081 | rwrant.co.za | Running Wolf's Rant - Entertainment News and More | SmartMag |
| 39,912 | htxt.co.za | Homepage - Hypertext | - |
| 45,435 | assaf.org.za | ASSAf | Hello Elementor |
| 45,901 | fpb.org.za | Film and Publications Board – Content Regulatory Authority of South Africa. | modins |
| 47,101 | kzncomsafety.gov.za | KZNCSL – KwaZulu-Natal Community Safety and Liaison | The7 |
Get all 6,167 South Africa websites
The full dataset includes a ready-made South Africa file with all 6,167 sites, plus domain, URL, title, WordPress version, theme, plugins, page builder, SEO plugin, hosting, language and country for every site, as CSV files ready for Excel or your CRM.