{"id":389,"slug":"web-almanac-2024-cms-wordpress-perf-scores","title":"Web Almanac 2024: WordPress mobile CWV pass rate jumped 28% (2023) → 40% (2024); median mobile Lighthouse Perf 38","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["core-web-vitals","wordpress","measurement"],"reference_body":"**Claims (HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2024 CMS chapter):**\n\n- WordPress mobile Core Web Vitals pass rate: **28% in 2023 → 40% in 2024** (real progress YoY)\n- Median CMS Performance score (Lighthouse): **61 desktop / 38 mobile** for WordPress\n\n**Source:** <https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/cms>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Important context:** The 40% mobile pass rate is the CMS chapter's 2024 view; the more recent [[platform-cwv-pass-rates-june-2025]] reports **43.44%** for WordPress as of June 2025. WordPress is improving but remains the lowest of major CMSes (vs Duda 83%, Shopify 75%). The platform is not standing still — but the gap to the alternatives is durable.\n\nWeb Almanac 2022 (last year per-builder CWV splits were published): Elementor sites passed CWV on ~40% desktop / 43% mobile; Divi 16% / 15%. <https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2022/cms>","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"platform-cwv-pass-rates-june-2025","title":"June 2025 platform CWV pass rates (SEJ): Duda 83.63%, Shopify 75.22%, Wix 70.76%, Squarespace 67.66%, Drupal 59.07%, WordPress 43.44%","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"elementor-flexbox-containers-40pct-less-html","title":"Elementor own admission: Flexbox Containers ship 40% less HTML output than sections/columns","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"research-brief-case-against-page-builders","title":"Research brief: The Case Against Page Builders (piece 10 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:21:39.828Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:21:39.828Z"}