WordPress vs. Wix: what the measured sites showed.
This snapshot contains 5,923 detected WordPress sites and 654 detected Wix sites. Wix had the higher median mobile performance score and lower median lab LCP in this sample. That is an association in observed websites, not evidence that the platform alone caused the difference.
Wix was faster in the median; WordPress appeared far more often.
Routeless Website Benchmark • WordPress n=5,923 • Wix n=654 • 2026-08. This is an observational comparison of detected platforms. Platform choice does not by itself cause the measured difference.
Platform is only one variable in the website.
Theme quality, plugins, apps, image handling, third-party scripts, hosting, content, and implementation choices all vary inside each cohort. The data supports “the medians differed in this sample.” It does not support “Wix causes faster sites” or “WordPress causes slower sites.”
“WordPress median LCP was 8,692 ms versus 6,887 ms on Wix.”
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“WordPress median mobile score was 59 versus 65 on Wix.”
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“Structured data was detected on 86.0% of WordPress sites and 93.7% of Wix sites.”
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