Performance optimization plugins on React sites

Sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins pass all three Core Web Vitals most often: 71%, against 76% of all React sites. The biggest gap is INP, 100% against 95%.

Sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins have a good LCP most often: 78%, against 85% of all React sites. Sites with Autoptimize optimization plugins have it least often, at 55%.

Sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins have a good INP most often: 100%, against 95% of all React sites. Sites with WP Rocket optimization plugins have it least often, at 97%.

Sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins have a good CLS most often: 91%, against 92% of all React sites. Sites with Autoptimize optimization plugins have it least often, at 82%.

WP Rocket is the most used: 34.8% of React sites. LiteSpeed Cache is 25.9% of React sites.

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between LiteSpeed Cache and Autoptimize sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 1066 ms median for LiteSpeed Cache against 1387 ms for Autoptimize. Overall median field LCP is 1.8s for LiteSpeed Cache (TTFB 1066 ms, load delay 406 ms, load duration 174 ms, render delay 257 ms) versus 2.4s for Autoptimize.

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between LiteSpeed Cache and Autoptimize sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 1066 ms median for LiteSpeed Cache against 1387 ms for Autoptimize. Overall median field LCP is 1.8s for LiteSpeed Cache (TTFB 1066 ms, load delay 406 ms, load duration 174 ms, render delay 257 ms) versus 2.4s for Autoptimize.

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between LiteSpeed Cache and Autoptimize sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 1066 ms median for LiteSpeed Cache against 1387 ms for Autoptimize. Overall median field LCP is 1.8s for LiteSpeed Cache (TTFB 1066 ms, load delay 406 ms, load duration 174 ms, render delay 257 ms) versus 2.4s for Autoptimize.

Across the four LCP sub-parts in Chrome's field data, the largest gap between LiteSpeed Cache and Autoptimize sits in time to first byte (TTFB): 1066 ms median for LiteSpeed Cache against 1387 ms for Autoptimize. Overall median field LCP is 1.8s for LiteSpeed Cache (TTFB 1066 ms, load delay 406 ms, load duration 174 ms, render delay 257 ms) versus 2.4s for Autoptimize.

On WordPress, 35% of sites use WP Rocket performance optimization plugins, and 54% of WordPress sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 76% of all sites.

On WordPress, 35% of sites use WP Rocket performance optimization plugins, and 61% of WordPress sites have a good LCP, against 85% of all sites.

On WordPress, 35% of sites use WP Rocket performance optimization plugins, and 98% of WordPress sites have a good INP, against 95% of all sites.

On WordPress, 35% of sites use WP Rocket performance optimization plugins, and 85% of WordPress sites have a good CLS, against 92% of all sites.

PlatformPerformance optimization plugins on its sitesPass all three

React sites with performance optimization plugins 618 sitesWP Rocket 35%LiteSpeed Cache 26%Autoptimize 21%WP Fastest Cache 11%76%

WordPress 590 sitesWP Rocket 35%LiteSpeed Cache 26%Autoptimize 22%WP Fastest Cache 11%54%

WP Rocket LiteSpeed Cache Autoptimize WP Fastest Cache Cloudflare APO FlyingPress W3 Total Cache NitroPack

Does the platform explain the performance optimization plugins difference?

On WordPress, 70% of sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 66% of WordPress sites with WP Rocket. Within WordPress, sites with LiteSpeed Cache and WP Rocket pass all three about equally often.

On WordPress, 78% of sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins have a good LCP, against 71% of WordPress sites with WP Rocket. Within WordPress, sites with LiteSpeed Cache and WP Rocket have a good LCP about equally often.

On WordPress, 100% of sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins have a good INP, against 99% of WordPress sites with WP Rocket. Within WordPress, sites with LiteSpeed Cache and WP Rocket have a good INP about equally often.

On WordPress, 90% of sites with LiteSpeed Cache performance optimization plugins have a good CLS, against 86% of WordPress sites with WP Rocket. Within WordPress, sites with LiteSpeed Cache and WP Rocket have a good CLS about equally often.