Personalization impact WordPress sites
Performance impact by personalization provider.
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At a glance the headline numbers for Personalization impact
Performance impact by personalization provider.
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Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
4,025
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.7s
Best LCP (p75)
Algolia Recommend
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first
| # | Provider | LCP p75 | Passing | Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algolia Recommend | 2.7s | 68.8% | 3,345 | |
| 2 | Elfsight | 3.0s | 62.0% | 680 |
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often
ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Algolia Recommend 5.3% 3,345 2.7s
Elfsight 1.1% 680 3.0s
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
69% of Algolia Recommend sites pass LCP. Elfsight trails 7 points behind, leaving 38% of its sites failing. computed
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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
Algolia Recommend 5.3%
692.7s
96128ms
890.02
582.3s
301.8s
Elfsight 1.1%
623.0s
93129ms
880.02
522.5s
301.9s
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.
Algolia Recommend leads on LCP: 69% of its sites pass. Elfsight trails at 62%. computed
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