{"id":38100,"date":"2020-05-19T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=38100"},"modified":"2025-12-04T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T05:33:08","slug":"5-million-active-installs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/5-million-active-installs\/","title":{"rendered":"We Just Reached the Peak of WordPress: 5 Million Active Installs!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"38100\" class=\"elementor elementor-38100\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-323bde15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"323bde15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-323ea8a7\" data-id=\"323ea8a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b8660a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30b8660a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elementor just passed the highest milestone possible for a WordPress plugin: 5 million active installs.\u200b<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1746f64e elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1746f64e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e1c02d9\" data-id=\"4e1c02d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad7bb71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ad7bb71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;show_image_overlay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;image_overlay&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/05\/zoom-meeting-5M_loop_2.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" controls=\"\" muted=\"muted\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b9a48c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b9a48c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42554a69\" data-id=\"42554a69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a324b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a324b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to share that today, Elementor reached the important milestone of five million active installs in the WordPress repository.<\/p><p>Only three other plugin developers reached this number: Takayuki Miyoshi, Team Yoast, and Automattic.<\/p><p>On behalf of the entire Elementor team, I&#8217;d like to offer our gratitude to each and every member of the community for supporting us. Five million thank yous go out to everyone who has been using Elementor over the past four years. From the early adopters to those latest to try it. We\u2019re lucky to have one of the strongest communities on WordPress, and on the planet, for that matter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d77ffa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d77ffa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=721,h=451\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-22-80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-38579\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=721\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-22-80.jpg 721w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Artboard-22-80-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Looking at the numbers, it's inspiring to see how Elementor grew over the past few years<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508d8b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"508d8b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A huge Thank you goes to everyone who has tried and trusted our product over the past 4 years. We\u2019re lucky to have such an engaged user community \u2014 and we promise to keep listening and learning.<\/p>\n<p>If you recall, just 3 and a half months ago we celebrated our 4 million installs milestone by letting you choose the next Elementor feature. We have been working hard to finish this feature, and in the next few days will release a sneak peek for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/widgets\/form-widget\/\">multi-step form builder feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Five million is where the WordPress repository stops counting, but for us, this is just the beginning. 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