# WordPress: how AI models rank it, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/wordpress/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal communications and intranet | 0% | 83 | 100% | 2 |
| Recruitment marketing and career sites | 0% | 55 | 0% | 2 |

## And against it

- "*Warning:* Unless you have a full-time IT team, this often fails. WordPress requires constant security patching and maintenance." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Internal communications)
- "Why to be cautious: The initial setup seems cheap, but the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is incredibly high." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Internal communications)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Internal communications and intranet: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 70 → 83 of 86.
- Recruitment marketing and career sites: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 58 → 55 of 104.

## What it publishes

Every page wordpress.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10019 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 288 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- webinar or virtual event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-12-20
- conference or event: 86 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- report or ebook: 12 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-15
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2018-05-28
- template or tool: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-12-01
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-03-29
- podcast or video: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-04-04
- news or press: 278 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-22
- Recent: 2026-09-22 news or press: Wordpress 7 1 2 release https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/wordpress-7-1-2-release/
- Recent: 2026-09-22 news or press: All posts https://wordpress.org/news/all-posts/
- Recent: 2026-09-21 news or press: Owa president https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/owa-president/
- Recent: 2026-09-17 news or press: Wordpress 7 1 1 maintenance and security release https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/wordpress-7-1-1-maintenance-and-security-release/
- Recent: 2026-09-07 news or press: 108 student websites https://wordpress.org/news/2026/09/108-student-websites/
- Recent: 2026-09-01 conference or event: Meetup y wordcamp en espana septiembre 2026 https://es.wordpress.org/2026/09/02/meetup-y-wordcamp-en-espana-septiembre-2026

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.