The State of Web Vitals

CMS

The CMS the site is built on, as a per-site dimension.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 2026 edition · Desktop field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for CMS

The CMS the site is built on, as a per-site dimension.

12
Categories
80,280 sites
73.5%
Top share
wordpress
1.7s
Top LCP
Median for wordpress

WordPress powers 73.5% of the sites we measured.

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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CMS who uses what, and how fast each group loads

Median LCP
0
0.5s
1s
1.5s
2s
2.5s
3s
3.5s
4s
ghost0.9s0% of sites
typo31s0% of sites
drupal1.1s4% of sites
wix1.2s7% of sites
shopify1.3s10% of sites
joomla1.3s3% of sites
squarespace1.5s3% of sites
adobe_commerce1.6s1% of sites
wordpress1.7s74% of sites
VariantShare of sitesMedian
ghost 37 sites
0%
0.9s
typo3 95 sites
0%
1s
drupal 2,984 sites
4%
1.1s
wix 5,211 sites
7%
1.2s
shopify 7,614 sites
10%
1.3s
joomla 2,325 sites
3%
1.3s
squarespace 2,027 sites
3%
1.5s
adobe_commerce 987 sites
1%
1.6s
wordpress 58,969 sites
74%
1.7s

Ghost sites post the best median LCP (938ms). Wordpress sites trail at 1.7s. Correlation, not causation. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per CMS which group passes the LCP most often

VariantSitesPassing LCPLCP
Ghost 0% 37 100% 938ms
Shopify 9.5% 7,614 97% 1.3s
Typo3 0.1% 95 95% 975ms
Squarespace 2.5% 2,027 94% 1.5s
Drupal 3.7% 2,984 93% 1.1s
Joomla 2.9% 2,325 93% 1.3s
Wix 6.5% 5,211 93% 1.2s
Adobe commerce 1.2% 987 83% 1.6s
Wordpress 73.5% 58,969 76% 1.7s
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

97% of Shopify sites pass LCP. Wordpress trails 21 points behind. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Why this matters for the Core Web Vitals, and where to start fixing it

The CMS decides your defaults: the theme's markup, the plugin economy, how images are sized, what loads in the head. Most sites never change those defaults, so the platform's choices become the platform's vitals.

No platform is doomed and none is safe. The spread inside a platform is bigger than the gap between platforms: a tuned site on a slow-median CMS beats a neglected site on a fast one. The platform pages rank them on real field data.

How does this affect the Core Web Vitals?

CMS correlates with the LCP. With Shopify, 97% of sites pass the LCP. With WordPress, 76% do. The causal link is weak: the choice mostly marks what kind of site made it.

The split is bigger on CLS. With Wix, 96% of sites pass it. With Adobe commerce, 66% do.

Go fix it CMS standings → WordPress Core Web Vitals guide → Shopify Core Web Vitals guide →
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