WordPress plugins Used by UK Advanced Manufacturing Companies: Market Share (2026)

Among 2,230 UK advanced manufacturing companies with a detectable WordPress plugin, Site Kit leads with 33.7% market share (751 companies) across 24 systems.

Across 50,406 trading UK advanced manufacturing companies, 2,230 have a detectable WordPress plugin footprint. The detected market is split across 24 systems, with Site Kit accounting for 33.7% (751 companies), followed by Max Mega Menu at 19.1% (426) and Jetpack at 11.6% (259).

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Smaller employers dominate the observed base: 1,292 companies sit in the Under 10 employees band, compared with 808 in the 10–50 employees band and 130 in the Over 50 employees band. Site Kit ranks first in all three bands, with 34.6% among Under 10 employees, 32.1% among 10–50 employees and 34.6% among Over 50 employees.

The long tail is material but fragmented. Beyond Site Kit, Max Mega Menu, Jetpack, Essential Addons for Elementor, Smush, EWWW Image Optimizer, JetEngine and Autoptimize, another 16 systems cover 343 companies.

2,230

advanced manufacturing with detected WordPress plugins

Of 50,406 UK advanced manufacturing

4.4%

Detection rate

2026

24

Systems detected

In this category

33.7%

Leader share

Site Kit

UK Advanced Manufacturing WordPress plugins market share

Other (16 systems)

Share of the 2,230 UK Advanced Manufacturing with a detectable system. As of June 2026.

WordPress plugins compared

SystemUK Advanced ManufacturingShareMedian headcountLondon shareTypical profile
Site Kit75133.7%77.2%Small manufacturers, analytics-led sites
Max Mega Menu42619.1%68.9%Small manufacturers, navigation-heavy sites
Jetpack25911.6%77.3%Small manufacturers, managed site utilities
Essential Addons for Elementor2019%88%Small manufacturers, page-builder sites
Smush1878.4%65.3%Small manufacturers, image-heavy sites
EWWW Image Optimizer904%98.9%Larger SMEs, image optimisation
JetEngine863.9%1010.5%Larger SMEs, dynamic content
Autoptimize743.3%74.1%Small manufacturers, site performance
Breadcrumb NavXT572.6%77%Small manufacturers, structured navigation
iThemes472.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Advanced Custom Fields462.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
GoDaddy CoBlocks431.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
GenerateBlocks411.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Animate It411.8%View these companies in Firmbase →
Perfmatters291.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Elementor Addon Elements281.3%View these companies in Firmbase →
Essential Blocks261.2%View these companies in Firmbase →
a3 Lazy Load251.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
ContentViews251.1%View these companies in Firmbase →
Shortcodes Ultimate200.9%View these companies in Firmbase →
Flying Pages140.6%View these companies in Firmbase →
WooBeWoo130.6%View these companies in Firmbase →
HT Mega110.5%View these companies in Firmbase →
WP Portfolio90.4%View these companies in Firmbase →

Systems detected below the page threshold appear with counts only; their full lists are available in the Firmbase app.

Market leader by size

The leading WordPress plugins system shifts with company size: among UK Advanced Manufacturing with under 10 employees, Site Kit leads at 34.6% of the 1,292 with a detectable system; among UK Advanced Manufacturing with 10–50 employees, Site Kit leads at 32.1% of the 808 with a detectable system; and among UK Advanced Manufacturing with over 50 employees, Site Kit leads at 34.6% of the 130 with a detectable system.

Under 10 employees

Site Kit

34.6% of band

Under 10 employees is the largest observed band, covering 1,292 companies. Site Kit accounts for 34.6%, with Max Mega Menu, Jetpack, Essential Addons for Elementor and Smush competing across small manufacturing sites.

10–50 employees

Site Kit

32.1% of band

10–50 employees covers 808 companies and still skews towards general website management and navigation plugins. Site Kit accounts for 32.1%, with the rest spread across Max Mega Menu, Jetpack, Essential Addons for Elementor, Smush and smaller systems.

Over 50 employees

Site Kit

34.6% of band

Over 50 employees covers 130 companies, making it the smallest observed band. Site Kit accounts for 34.6%, while the remaining usage is divided among Max Mega Menu, Jetpack, Essential Addons for Elementor, Smush and the wider long tail.

How WordPress plugins usage is detected

Methodology

Company data

Detected companies are joined to UK Companies House records and XBRL accounts data. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.

Detection

Firmbase crawls the public website of actively-trading UK companies and fingerprints the technologies present: tracking scripts, embedded forms, chat widgets, CMS markers and similar signatures. A company is included in this list when one or more of the technology's signatures are found on its site; closely-related variants of the same product are grouped under one name. Detection covers what is visible on the public web — a company using the technology purely internally, with no website footprint, will not appear. Counts are therefore a conservative floor, not a ceiling.

Freshness

Websites are re-crawled on a rolling basis and the underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear within days of submission. The list and its statistics are regenerated when the detected cohort moves meaningfully. You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the most-used WordPress plugins among UK advanced manufacturing companies?
Site Kit is the most-detected WordPress plugins among UK advanced manufacturing companies, with 33.7% share (751 of 2,230 companies with a detectable system), ahead of Max Mega Menu (19.1%) and Jetpack (11.6%).
How many UK advanced manufacturing companies have a detectable WordPress plugins?
2,230 of 50,406 actively-trading UK advanced manufacturing companies (4.4%) have a WordPress plugins detectable from their public website. The remainder either run systems with no public web footprint or none at all, so detected share figures are a conservative floor.
What is a WordPress plugins?
WordPress plugins add functions to a company website without replacing the underlying content management system. For UK advanced manufacturing companies, they tend to support analytics, navigation, site utilities, page-building, image optimisation, dynamic content and performance tuning.
How is WordPress plugins usage detected?
Firmbase crawls the public website of every actively-trading company in this scope and fingerprints the technologies present — scripts, widgets, booking and checkout flows. A company is attributed to a system when that system's signatures are found; systems with no public web footprint are not attributable, which is why every share figure on this page means share of companies with a detectable system.
Which has more UK advanced manufacturing companies, Site Kit or Max Mega Menu?
Site Kit: 751 detected companies versus 426 for Max Mega Menu, of the 2,230 UK advanced manufacturing companies with a detectable WordPress plugins.
What is the best WordPress plugins for UK advanced manufacturing companies?
This page publishes observed usage figures rather than recommendations, so “best” depends on the job the site needs to do. Site Kit ranks first in every employee band: 34.6% of the 1,292 companies under 10 employees, 32.1% of the 808 companies with 10–50 employees and 34.6% of the 130 companies over 50 employees.

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