Today 25% of all websites are built with WordPress. This means 1 in 4 sites on the web is using this open source system.
source: w3techs
WordPress powers approximately 25 percent of all websites that use a content management system (CMS). That means that one out of four websites is running on WordPress. While this is great news, the red flag is that more hackers will target this cms. Its just a matter of writing scripts to exploit WorPress. Then they have a 1 in 4 chance of hitting a WordPress site.
We are all for building your next website in WordPress. Just make sure to have it built by a professional who has been building websites with the platform for a few years now, and knows the proper security measures. We know hacking is on the rise, and we know the popularity of WordPerss is on the rise.