New WordPress themes since January 2022
I’ve been tracking the number of themes tagged as Full Site Editing since the beginning of 2022.
While there are several new block themes being added each month there are many more traditional PHP themes being published to wordpress.org.
The number of traditional themes added is 5.5 times that of block based themes developed for the Site Editor. I don’t know why this is the case. It’s just a fact.
These charts display the increase in themes from January 2022
- The line chart shows the accumulated figures for themes created this year. Note: The Total includes the block based themes.
- The next two bar charts show the estimates of the block based and total themes on the first of each month.
- The tables show the raw data from which the first day of month estimates were calculated. This raw data is needed for future updates.
Block based themes
increase to 1 Aug 2023
374
https://wordpress.org/themes/tags/full-site-editing/
| Date | Block based raw data |
|---|---|
| 2021-11-30 | 28 |
| 2021-12-19 | 32 |
| 2022-01-25 | 44 |
| 2022-02-05 | 47 |
| 2022-03-12 | 53 |
| 2022-04-11 | 64 |
| 2022-04-19 | 64 |
| 2022-06-15 | 83 |
| 2022-07-03 | 87 |
| 2022-07-13 | 94 |
| 2022-07-19 | 99 |
| 2022-08-01 | 108 |
| 2022-08-10 | 112 |
| 2022-08-22 | 125 |
| 2022-09-06 | 127 |
| 2022-09-14 | 130 |
| 2022-09-20 | 137 |
| 2022-09-27 | 150 |
| 2022-10-13 | 158 |
| 2022-10-18 | 162 |
| 2022-10-26 | 165 |
| 2022-11-10 | 172 |
| 2022-11-16 | 178 |
| 2022-11-16 | 178 |
| 2022-11-24 | 185 |
| 2022-12-13 | 195 |
| 2023-01-18 | 216 |
| 2023-01-29 | 225 |
| 2023-02-22 | 234 |
| 2023-03-15 | 252 |
| 2023-04-19 | 281 |
| 2023-05-24 | 312 |
| 2023-07-19 | 364 |
| 2023-08-14 | 391 |
Latest themes
increase to 1 Aug 2023
2087
https://wordpress.org/themes/browse/new
| Date | All themes raw data |
|---|---|
| 2021-10-20 | 8863 |
| 2021-11-17 | 8959 |
| 2021-12-19 | 9079 |
| 2022-02-05 | 9258 |
| 2022-03-16 | 9363 |
| 2022-04-19 | 9490 |
| 2022-06-15 | 9693 |
| 2022-07-19 | 9795 |
| 2022-09-20 | 10000 |
| 2022-09-27 | 10049 |
| 2022-10-13 | 10097 |
| 2022-10-18 | 10106 |
| 2022-10-26 | 10131 |
| 2022-11-10 | 10195 |
| 2022-11-16 | 10215 |
| 2022-11-24 | 10249 |
| 2022-12-13 | 10304 |
| 2023-01-18 | 10402 |
| 2023-01-29 | 10450 |
| 2023-02-22 | 10509 |
| 2023-03-15 | 10580 |
| 2023-04-19 | 10710 |
| 2023-05-24 | 10818 |
| 2023-07-19 | 11062 |
| 2023-08-14 | 11152 |
References
These figures come from the FSE theme statistics posts published on this site, and the Some WordPress Trivia slide in the PowerPoints created for WordUp Pompey!
Make WordPress Themes publish similar figures on the Themes Team Meeting Notes.