Bot detection impact WordPress sites
Performance impact by bot_detection provider.
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At a glance the headline numbers for Bot detection impact
Performance impact by bot_detection provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
22,176
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.4s
Best LCP (p75)
hCaptcha
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | LCP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
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| 1 | hCaptcha | 2.4s | 79.4% | 280 | |
| 2 | reCAPTCHA | 2.6s | 71.8% | 21,773 | |
| 3 | Cloudflare Turnstile | 2.7s | 73.7% | 123 |
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
DataDome 0.1% 35 2.0s
hCaptcha 0.4% 280 2.4s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2% 123 2.7s
reCAPTCHA 34.4% 21,773 2.6s
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
79% of hCaptcha sites pass LCP. ReCAPTCHA trails 7 points behind, leaving 28% of its sites failing. computed
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75
LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
reCAPTCHA 34.4%
722.6s
10063ms
760.10
632.2s
311.8s
hCaptcha 0.4%
792.4s
10063ms
740.11
711.9s
301.6s
Cloudflare Turnstile 0.2%
742.7s
10073ms
820.09
552.1s
172.0s
DataDome 0.1%
862.0s
10062ms
860.07
861.6s
601.3s
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites
One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.
hCaptcha leads on LCP: 79% of its sites pass. reCAPTCHA trails at 72%. computed
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