The State of Web Vitals

CMS

The CMS the site is built on, as a per-site dimension.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · All devices field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for CMS

The CMS the site is built on, as a per-site dimension.

12
Categories
42,025 sites
73.3%
Top share
wordpress
1.9s
Top LCP
Median for wordpress

WordPress powers 73.3% of the sites we measured.

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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CMS who uses what, and how fast each group loads

Median LCP
0
0.5s
1s
1.5s
2s
2.5s
3s
3.5s
4s
ghost1.1s0% of sites
wix1.2s6% of sites
typo31.2s0% of sites
drupal1.3s4% of sites
shopify1.3s10% of sites
joomla1.5s3% of sites
squarespace1.6s2% of sites
adobe_commerce1.7s1% of sites
wordpress1.9s73% of sites
VariantShare of sitesMedian
ghost 19 sites
0%
1.1s
wix 2,687 sites
6%
1.2s
typo3 48 sites
0%
1.2s
drupal 1,608 sites
4%
1.3s
shopify 4,046 sites
10%
1.3s
joomla 1,222 sites
3%
1.5s
squarespace 1,010 sites
2%
1.6s
adobe_commerce 565 sites
1%
1.7s
wordpress 30,809 sites
73%
1.9s

Ghost sites post the best median LCP (1.1s). Wordpress sites trail at 1.9s. Correlation, not causation. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per CMS which group passes the LCP most often

VariantSitesPassing LCPLCP
Ghost 0% 19 100% 1.1s
Shopify 9.6% 4,046 96% 1.3s
Wix 6.4% 2,687 95% 1.2s
Typo3 0.1% 48 94% 1.2s
Drupal 3.8% 1,608 92% 1.3s
Joomla 2.9% 1,222 89% 1.5s
Squarespace 2.4% 1,010 89% 1.6s
Adobe commerce 1.3% 565 78% 1.7s
Wordpress 73.3% 30,809 71% 1.9s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good LCP (2.5s at p75) · one value per site

96% of Shopify sites pass LCP. Wordpress trails 25 points behind, leaving 29% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

The CMS decides your defaults: the theme's markup, the plugin economy, how images are sized, what loads in the head. Most sites never change those defaults, so the platform's choices become the platform's vitals.

No platform is doomed and none is safe. The spread inside a platform is bigger than the gap between platforms: a tuned site on a slow-median CMS beats a neglected site on a fast one. The platform pages rank them on real field data.

How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?

CMS correlates with the LCP. With Shopify, 96% of sites pass the LCP. With WordPress, 71% do. The causal link is weak: the choice mostly marks what kind of site made it.

Go fix it CMS standings → WordPress Core Web Vitals guide → Shopify Core Web Vitals guide →
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