Session recording impact WordPress sites

Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Desktop field outcomes · WordPress sites only
Metric LCP INP CLS
WordPress Scoped to 63,295 sites out of 203,892 analyzed (cms) Compare with all sites →
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At a glance the headline numbers for Session recording impact

Session-recording tools ranked by performance impact.

6
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
4,526
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
2.3s
Best LCP (p75)
Crazy Egg
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
1 Crazy Egg 2.3s 80.0%
50
2 Hotjar 2.5s 75.3%
1,566
3 Mouseflow 2.5s 72.5%
84
4 Contentsquare 2.6s 69.9%
138
5 Microsoft Clarity 2.7s 70.8%
2,632
6 Smartlook 3.0s 51.7%
56
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
FullStory 0% 24 86% 1.3s
PostHog Replay 0.1% 46 81% 2.1s
Crazy Egg 0.1% 50 80% 2.3s
Lucky Orange 0% 14 80% 2.3s
Hotjar 2.5% 1,566 75% 2.5s
Mouseflow 0.1% 84 73% 2.5s
Microsoft Clarity 4.2% 2,632 71% 2.7s
Contentsquare 0.2% 138 70% 2.6s
Inspectlet 0% 14 67% 2.5s
Smartlook 0.1% 56 52% 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

75% of Hotjar sites pass LCP. Contentsquare trails 5 points behind, leaving 30% 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
Microsoft Clarity 4.2%
712.7s
10072ms
760.10
622.2s
291.9s
Hotjar 2.5%
752.5s
10067ms
770.10
642.1s
321.8s
Contentsquare 0.2%
702.6s
10070ms
710.12
602.1s
281.9s
Mouseflow 0.1%
732.5s
10060ms
750.10
681.9s
331.8s
Smartlook 0.1%
523.0s
10062ms
760.07
382.4s
42.1s
Crazy Egg 0.1%
802.3s
10062ms
750.10
692.0s
441.4s
PostHog Replay 0.1%
812.1s
10074ms
920.06
861.6s
291.3s
FullStory 0%
861.3s
10052ms
860.09
861.1s
67838ms
Inspectlet 0%
672.5s
10061ms
560.22
781.4s
561.1s
Lucky Orange 0%
802.3s
10094ms
800.07
601.9s
401.2s
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.

Hotjar leads on LCP: 75% of its sites pass. Contentsquare trails at 70%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · WordPress sites (63,295) · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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