Reference entries (11)
- reference WordPress page builders (Elementor, Divi, Bricks)
- reference Web migration mechanics
- reference Managed WordPress host TTFB benchmarks (HostingStep 2025, 34 hosts, 1,960+ days of 24/7 monitoring)
- reference WordPress CWV gap causal decomposition (May 2026): ~40-50% hosting/TTFB, ~20-30% page builders, ~15-20% plugins, ~5-10% core, ~5-10% theme
- reference Research brief: WordPress + Page Builders vs Modern Custom Stacks — sourced performance comparison (piece 18)
- reference WordPress median mobile JS payload is 528 KB — smaller than Wix (1,462 KB) and Squarespace (1,314 KB), yet WordPress performs worse in the field
- reference Research brief: The Case Against Page Builders (piece 10 of 15)
- reference Web Almanac 2024: median desktop page weight — WordPress 2,252 KB, Wix 2,560, Squarespace 3,323; 90th pct crosses 8 MB
- reference Patchstack 2024: 4,166 new vulnerabilities, 96% in plugins, 4% in themes, only 7 in core
- reference Divi 4 stored content as proprietary [et_pb_*] shortcodes — orphan text on theme deactivation (Divi 5 fixes this)
- reference Research brief: What makes a marketing site do something (piece on brochure vs platform)
