{"id":31,"slug":"wordpress-cwv-44pct-mobile-2025","title":"WordPress mobile Core Web Vitals pass rate is ~44% — far behind Shopify (65%), Duda (83.6%), Squarespace (95.9% INP)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"superseded","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["core-web-vitals","wordpress","measurement"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Search Engine Journal's June 2025 CWV Technology Report (\"2025 Core Web Vitals Challenge: WordPress Versus Everyone\") and corroborating sources:\n\n- **Duda:** 83.63% CWV-good\n- **Squarespace:** 95.85% INP-good (top for INP specifically)\n- **Shopify:** 75.22% / ~65% mobile pass rate\n- **WordPress:** **43.44% CWV-good** with *\"no signs of positive momentum\"*\n\n**Sources:** SEJ — <https://www.searchenginejournal.com/2025-core-web-vitals-cms-rankings/552679/>; corewebvitals.io — <https://www.corewebvitals.io/core-web-vitals/wordpress-guide>; Ben Ryan — <https://benryan.com.au/blog/new-core-web-vitals-2026-changes-fix-before-march>.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**For context:** HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2025 reports 48% of all mobile origins pass CWV. WordPress sits materially below that median. The brochure-vs-database CWV gap is real and measurable at the platform level.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-marketing-sites-that-do-something","title":"Research brief: What makes a marketing site do something (piece on brochure vs platform)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"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":"supersedes"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T18:57:39.596Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:22:23.380Z"}