The State of Web Vitals

WordPress layout shift count and the Core Web Vitals

25.8% of audited sites (16,315) record zero lab layout shifts and reach 95% good field CLS, while 43.9% have 1 to 2 shifts (93% good CLS) and the 14.8% triggering 6 or more shifts drop to 81% good CLS.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Phone field outcomes · WordPress sites only
WordPress Scoped to 63,295 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →

One in four WordPress sites, 25.8%, have no layout shift count. Of the 74.2% that do, 59% use 1 to 2 layout shifts, and 93% of those sites have a good CLS, against 90% of all WordPress sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 36,524 with phone field data · 63,291 sites with layout shift countBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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CLS pass rate

Sites with 1 to 2 layout shifts layout shift count have a good CLS most often: 93%, against 90% of all WordPress sites. Sites with 6+ layout shifts shift count have it least often, at 81%.

SitesGood, needs improvement, poor CLSMedian
All WordPress sites36,52490%0.00
0 layout shifts 25.8%9,44595%0.00
1 to 2 layout shifts 43.9%15,85093%0.00
3 to 5 layout shifts 15.5%5,79085%0.00
6+ layout shifts 14.8%5,43781%0.01
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 36,524 with phone field data · 63,291 sites with layout shift countBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Layout shift count usage

Three in four WordPress sites uses layout shift count, and three in five of those use 1 to 2 layout shifts.

WordPress sites with layout shift count 63,291 sites
0 layout shifts 25.8% Layout shift count 74.2%
Sites with layout shift count 46,976 sites
1 to 2 layout shifts 59.2% 3 to 5 layout shifts 20.9% 6+ layout shifts 20.0%
1 to 2 layout shifts 59.2% 3 to 5 layout shifts 20.9% 6+ layout shifts 20.0%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 36,524 with phone field data · 63,291 sites with layout shift countBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Layout shift count per framework

On jQuery, 44% of sites use 1 to 2 layout shifts layout shift count, and 90% of jQuery sites have a good CLS, against 90% of all sites. On Vue, 46% of sites use 1 to 2 layout shifts, and 90% of Vue sites have a good CLS.

FrameworkLayout shift count on its sitesGood CLS
WordPress sites with layout shift count 63,291 sites1 to 2 layout shifts 44%0 layout shifts 26%3 to 5 layout shifts 15%6+ layout shifts 15%90%
jQuery 60,310 sites1 to 2 layout shifts 44%0 layout shifts 25%3 to 5 layout shifts 16%6+ layout shifts 15%90%
Vue 4,844 sites1 to 2 layout shifts 46%0 layout shifts 22%3 to 5 layout shifts 18%6+ layout shifts 15%90%
Alpine 380 sites1 to 2 layout shifts 43%0 layout shifts 29%3 to 5 layout shifts 19%89%
React 2,233 sites1 to 2 layout shifts 42%0 layout shifts 23%3 to 5 layout shifts 19%6+ layout shifts 15%88%
1 to 2 layout shifts 0 layout shifts 3 to 5 layout shifts 6+ layout shifts
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 36,524 with phone field data · 63,291 sites with layout shift countBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Layout shift count or the framework

Does the framework explain the layout shift count difference?

On jQuery, 93% of sites with 1 to 2 layout shifts layout shift count have a good CLS, against 95% of jQuery sites with 0 layout shifts. Within jQuery, sites with 1 to 2 layout shifts have a good CLS less often. On Vue, 93% of sites with 1 to 2 layout shifts layout shift count have a good CLS, against 95% of Vue sites with 0 layout shifts. Within Vue, sites with 1 to 2 layout shifts and 0 layout shifts have a good CLS about equally often.

How repeated layout shifts erode visual stability in the field

Each unexpected layout frame during page load increments the shift count. Across 16,315 sites (25.8%) with 0 lab shifts, 95% pass field CLS, and across 27,803 sites (43.9%) with 1 to 2 shifts, 93% pass field CLS. When a page triggers 3 to 5 shifts (15.5%), good field CLS drops to 85%, and at 6 or more shifts (14.8%, 9,373 sites) good field CLS falls to 81%.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 36,524 with phone field data · 63,291 sites with layout shift countBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Understanding layout shift count

Reserve explicit dimensions on all images, embeds, and sticky headers, and replace JS-initialized carousels with CSS scroll-snap layouts. On WordPress, 25.8% of sites record 0 shifts (95% good CLS) while 14.8% trigger 6+ shifts (81% good CLS).

Go fix it Scroll-triggered animations cause CLS → Layout shift caused by CSS transitions → Identify and fix CLS →
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 36,524 with phone field data · 63,291 sites with layout shift countBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
Related signals What shifted → Shift direction → Largest single shift → Shift concentration → By Arjen Karel · 63,295 crawled WordPress sites (36,524 with phone Chrome field data, 63,291 sites with layout shift count, October 2026) · How we measured