WordPress third-party provider count and the Core Web Vitals

How many distinct third-party services the page embeds.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Desktop field outcomes · WordPress sites only
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24.4% of WordPress sites use 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 70% of those sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 60% of all WordPress sites.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Core Web Vitals pass rate

Sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count pass all three Core Web Vitals most often: 70%, against 60% of all WordPress sites. The biggest gap is LCP, 85% against 76%.

SitesAll three good · at least one needs improvement · at least one poor
All WordPress sites17,00560%
0 to 1 providers 24.4%2,12670%
2 to 4 providers 28.3%3,83764%
5 to 8 providers 34.8%6,94559%
9+ providers 12.5%4,09755%
GoodNeeds improvementPoorSites: with Chrome field data
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Third-party provider count usage

5 to 8 third-party providers is the most used: 34.8% of WordPress sites. 0 to 1 third-party providers is 24.4% of WordPress sites.

5 to 8 providers 34.8% 2 to 4 providers 28.3% 0 to 1 providers 24.4% 9+ providers 12.5%
5 to 8 providers 34.8% 2 to 4 providers 28.3% 0 to 1 providers 24.4% 9+ providers 12.5%
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Third-party provider count per framework

On jQuery, 35% of sites use 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 60% of jQuery sites pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 60% of all sites. On Vue, 55% of sites use 2 to 4 third-party providers, and 57% of Vue sites pass all three.

FrameworkThird-party provider count on its sitesPass all three
All WordPress sites 63,295 sites5 to 8 providers 35%2 to 4 providers 28%0 to 1 providers 24%9+ providers 12%60%
Alpine 380 sites5 to 8 providers 39%9+ providers 37%2 to 4 providers 15%69%
jQuery 60,314 sites5 to 8 providers 35%2 to 4 providers 28%0 to 1 providers 24%9+ providers 13%60%
Vue 4,844 sites2 to 4 providers 55%5 to 8 providers 31%57%
React 2,233 sites5 to 8 providers 36%2 to 4 providers 30%9+ providers 19%0 to 1 providers 15%50%
5 to 8 providers 2 to 4 providers 0 to 1 providers 9+ providers
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Third-party provider count or the framework

Does the framework explain the third-party provider count difference?

On jQuery, 69% of sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 59% of jQuery sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers. Within jQuery, sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers pass all three more often. On Vue, 55% of sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count pass all three Core Web Vitals, against 61% of Vue sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers. Within Vue, sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers and 2 to 4 third-party providers pass all three about equally often.

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress: 63,295 crawled sites · 17,005 with desktop field dataBy Arjen Karel · corewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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