WP Data Dashboard Tracks WordPress.org Themes Ecosystem
Munich-based digital agency owner Hendrik Luehrsen has been tracking the usage of themes with the FSE tag (block themes) using a spreadsheet that pulls in data from the WordPress.org API. Wrangling the data in a spreadsheet became too cumbersome, so Luehrsen launched WP Data Dashboard over the weekend as a “centralized hub for exploring, analyzing, and visualizing data across the WordPress landscape.” The new website is currently tracking 6,017 themes hosted on WordPress.org with 250 snapshots. It offers stats and data-based insights for those interested in getting a bird’s-eye view on themes hosted in the official directory. “Right now, the WP Data Dashboard has one main function: It crawls the WordPress Theme Repo (API) and crunches the numbers to identify trends,” Luehrsen said. “With the data stored in my own database, I can analyze and combine it in exciting new ways.” WP Data Dashboard has two unique stats that are interpretations of the data available. The first is a “Usage Score,” which is calculated based on a theme’s active installs vs. total downloads: A high score indicates a theme that not only has been downloaded frequently but also remains actively installed on many sites. The score undergoes a significant decay if the proportion…
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