WordPress third-party provider count and the Core Web Vitals
How many distinct third-party services the page embeds.
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.
24.4% of WordPress sites use 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 85% of those sites have a good LCP, against 76% of all WordPress sites.
28.3% of WordPress sites use 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 100% of those sites have a good INP, against 100% of all WordPress sites.
24.4% of WordPress sites use 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 81% of those sites have a good CLS, against 78% of all WordPress sites.
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%.
Sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good LCP most often: 85%, against 76% of all WordPress sites. Sites with 9+ third-party providers provider count have it least often, at 69%.
Sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good INP most often: 100%, against 100% of all WordPress sites. Sites with 9+ third-party providers provider count have it least often, at 100%.
Sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good CLS most often: 81%, against 78% of all WordPress sites. Sites with 9+ third-party providers provider count have it least often, at 76%.
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.
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.
On jQuery, 35% of sites use 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 75% of jQuery sites have a good LCP, against 76% of all sites. On Vue, 55% of sites use 2 to 4 third-party providers, and 75% of Vue sites have a good LCP.
On jQuery, 35% of sites use 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 100% of jQuery sites have a good INP, against 100% of all sites. On Vue, 55% of sites use 2 to 4 third-party providers, and 99% of Vue sites have a good INP.
On jQuery, 35% of sites use 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count, and 77% of jQuery sites have a good CLS, against 78% of all sites. On Vue, 55% of sites use 2 to 4 third-party providers, and 75% of Vue sites have a good CLS.
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.
On jQuery, 84% of sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good LCP, against 74% of jQuery sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers. Within jQuery, sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers have a good LCP more often. On Vue, 72% of sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good LCP, against 80% of Vue sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers. Within Vue, sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers have a good LCP less often.
On jQuery, 100% of sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good INP, against 100% of jQuery sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers. Within jQuery, sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers and 5 to 8 third-party providers have a good INP about equally often. On Vue, 99% of sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good INP, against 99% of Vue sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers. Within Vue, sites with 2 to 4 third-party providers and 5 to 8 third-party providers have a good INP about equally often.
On jQuery, 80% of sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good CLS, against 77% of jQuery sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers. Within jQuery, sites with 0 to 1 third-party providers have a good CLS more often. On Vue, 73% of sites with 5 to 8 third-party providers third-party provider count have a good CLS, against 76% 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 have a good CLS about equally often.
By Arjen Karel · 63,295 crawled WordPress sites (17,005 with desktop Chrome field data, October 2026). How we measured.