The 2022 State of WordPress report highlights that WordPress powers 43% of all websites, making it the most popular CMS with extensive use across various sectors. It details improvements in security and toolkit features, noting a significant rise in vulnerabilities and the introduction of proactive scanning and notifications for users. Upcoming enhancements include smart updates, virtual patches, and a comprehensive API for better management of WordPress sites.

1. WordPress Toolkit
Growing Together
2022

2. State Of WordPress
2022

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State Of WordPress: 2022
Sources: https://www.envisagedigital.co.uk/wordpress-market-share/ , https://hostingtribunal.com/blog/wordpress-statistics/ , https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management
43%
of all websites are
powered by WordPress
10x
more popular than Shopify,
the 2nd
most popular CMS
60
languages available
for WordPress
59k
Free WordPress plugins
available
(1.5b total
plugin downloads)
26%
of all online stores use
the WooCommerce
plugin for business
Not only WordPress shows no sign of slowing down its
adoption, it’s the fastest growing CMS
65%
of all websites using a CMS
are using WordPress

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WordPress Is Everywhere
Sources: whatcms.org, alexa.com
Private individuals, web designers, agencies, all sizes of businesses, private
and public, for profit and non-profit organizations, all over the world

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Agencies Love WordPress
Source: Jazwinski, Bartek (2021). Agencies and Web Professionals Survey. WebPros.
60% of websites that offer a digital presence to the entire
spectrum of a business are built by Agencies

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WordPress Security Access the whole whitepaper for free:
Latest data from security whitepaper:
● Almost 150% more vulnerabilities found in
2021 compared to 2020
● 29% of critical vulnerabilities found in plugins
last year were never patched
● WordPress itself is safe – only 0.58% of
vulnerabilities found in 2021 originate from
WordPress core
● Large number of server admins have no security
budget ($0)

7. Site Vulnerability Insights
2022

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● Hourly scans of WordPress core, plugins, and
themes that look for known vulnerabilities
● Proactive in-product and email notifications
about found vulnerabilities
● Intelligent calls to action: update or disable your
vulnerable assets
● Separate automatic update policies for
vulnerable assets
● Both active and inactive assets are scanned
● Powered by Patchstack
Site Vulnerability Check
Stay up-to-date on whether your website is affected by known plugin, theme, or core vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Insights

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Policies & Notifications

11. What’s New
2021 – 2022

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• Per-site WordPress Toolkit action logs (v5.5)
• Autoupdates for individual plugins & themes (v5.7)
• Checksum validation of WordPress core files (v5.6)
• Plugin blocklist (v5.7)
• Backup Limits in service plans (v5.1)
• Sets for resellers (v5.2)
• New wp-cli v2.5 w/ PHP 8 support (v5.6)
• CloudLinux 8 & AlmaLinux support (v5.4)
• Login to WP admin in maintenance mode (v5.7)
New Possibilities
• New improved interface (v5.0)
• Improved workflow for SSL/TLS status (v5.4)
• Improved workflow for unsupported or outdated
sites (v5.3)
• Improved wp-cron workflow (v5.4)
• In-product changelog (v5.1)
• Faster & more reliable cloning (v5.4)
• Asset autoactivation in sets (v5.2)
• Support for new WordPress autoupdate defaults
(v5.3)
• Hotlink protection customization (v5.7)
Changes & Improvements
WordPress Toolkit Today

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New Interface
AVAILABLE
N
O
W
● Based on Dynamic List
introduced in Plesk Obsidian
● Faster and more responsive
● More compact and efficient
● Modern/updated look’n’feel
● Focused on updates

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Action Log
AVAILABLE
N
O
W
● All actions made in WordPress
Toolkit are logged on a per-site
basis
● Real-time logging available
● Log rotation settings
● Separate Smart Updates log

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Plugin Blocklist
AVAILABLE
N
O
W
● Server-wide blocklist
● Prevent plugins from being installed or
uploaded via WordPress Toolkit
● Regular scan to find manually uploaded
blocklisted plugins
● Autodisable blocklisted plugins found by
scan
● Visual notification for users
● Email notifications

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Individual Plugin & Theme Autoupdates
AVAILABLE
N
O
W

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WordPress Core Checksum Validation
AVAILABLE
N
O
W
● Verify that core WordPress files are not
modified
● Modified core files = high chance of malware
● Reinstall WordPress core on-demand
● Reinstallation is safe, but snapshot can be
created just in case

18. What’s Coming
2022

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Coming Soon: Smart (PHP) Updates
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Q2 2022
Smart Updates Redesign
● Access & review an updated copy of your site at your leisure
● Focus on actual found issues and having access to your cloned and
updated site instead of static screenshots
● No limit to number of site pages checked anymore
Q2 2022
Smart PHP Updates
● Clones your site, switches it to a different PHP version, and checks
for issues
● Works similar to Smart Updates
● Based on redesigned Smart Updates UX for better focus and
transparency

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Coming Later: New Deluxe Features
Q3 2022
Virtual Patches
● On-the-fly patching of security vulnerabilities in WordPress core,
plugins, and themes
● Very useful if updates for vulnerable asset aren’t available
● Requires plugin installation
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Q4 2022
Site Reports
● Monthly report about what happened to your WordPress site
● Updates installed, important actions performed, etc.
● Space for custom content provided by server admin / web agency
● PDF/HTML format generation

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Coming Soon: API & SaaS
Q4 2022
WordPress Toolkit as a Service
● Part of Platform 360
● Manage all WordPress sites on all your connected Plesk & cPanel
servers from a single place
● Synergy with Platform 360 features
● All WordPress Toolkit features available
● Exclusive features like inter-server cloning & data copy coming up
later
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Q1-Q2 2022
WordPress Toolkit API
● Modern REST-based API for most WordPress Toolkit
features

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