Layout shift causes on Wix sites

What kind of element moved in the captured layout shifts (heuristic, top-5 shifts per site).

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes · Wix sites only
Wix Scoped to 5,623 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →

62.1% of Wix sites use element box growth layout shift causes, and 95% of those sites have a good CLS, against 97% of all Wix sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 3,077 with phone field data · 1,024 sites with layout shift causesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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CLS pass rate

Sites with element box growth layout shift causes have a good CLS most often: 95%, against 97% of all Wix sites. Sites with sibling displacement shift causes have it least often, at 94%.

SitesGood, needs improvement, poor CLSMedian
All Wix sites3,07797%0.00
Web font swap text reflow 13.2%7696%0.00
Element box growth (box_grow) 62.1%35995%0.00
Displaced sibling element 40.9%22994%0.00
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 3,077 with phone field data · 1,024 sites with layout shift causesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Layout shift causes usage

Element box growth is the most used: 62.1% of Wix sites.

Sites using each option (sites can use more than one) 1,024 sites
Element box growth (box_grow) 62.1% Displaced sibling element 40.9% Web font swap text reflow 13.2%
Element box growth (box_grow) 62.1% Displaced sibling element 40.9% Web font swap text reflow 13.2%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 3,077 with phone field data · 1,024 sites with layout shift causesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Layout shift causes per framework

React sets the layout shift causes to element box growth on 62% of its sites, and 97% of React sites have a good CLS, against 97% of all sites.

FrameworkLayout shift causes on its sitesGood CLS
Wix sites with layout shift causes 1,024 sitesElement box growth (box_grow) 62%Displaced sibling element 41%Web font swap text reflow 13%97%
React 1,023 sitesElement box growth (box_grow) 62%Displaced sibling element 41%Web font swap text reflow 13%97%
Element box growth (box_grow) Displaced sibling element Web font swap text reflow
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 3,077 with phone field data · 1,024 sites with layout shift causesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Layout shift causes or the framework

Does the framework explain the layout shift causes difference?

On React, 95% of sites with element box growth layout shift causes have a good CLS, against 94% of React sites with sibling displacement. Within React, sites with element box growth and sibling displacement have a good CLS about equally often.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · Wix: 5,621 crawled sites · 3,077 with phone field data · 1,024 sites with layout shift causesBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
Related signals Layout shift count → Shift direction → Largest single shift → Shift concentration → By Arjen Karel · 5,621 crawled Wix sites (3,077 with phone Chrome field data, 1,024 sites with layout shift causes, October 2026) · How we measured