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WordPress Core Web Vitals scoreboard (2026)
Explore the multi-page lab sample from Watcher’s WordPress cohort, chart the metrics, then reconcile with public CrUX orientation. Clocks stay separate so agencies can set remediation priorities without mixing field and lab.
Full methodology & narrative live on the Watcher blog — public context, lab vs field, remediation order, and FAQ.
Open article →Public WordPress CrUX context
HostingStep and PageSpeed Matters publish population pass rates that differ by sample. Orientation only — contrast with the Watcher multi-page lab sample.
Explore the scoreboard
Two data views — open the one that matches your question.
Scoreboards drift. Schedule the same money-path URLs across every WordPress client — lab history, CrUX when Google returns it, budgets and alerts.
Methodology & FAQ
What is the Watcher WordPress multi-page lab sample?
Latest domain report per WordPress-scoped Watcher lead with an aggregated payload (n = 381; window 27 Aug–2 Nov 2026). Each report averages Lighthouse across selected URLs (median 21 pages). Client-tagged WordPress sites with aggregated domain reports; median 21 pages per site. Store-level lab averages — not single-URL CrUX p75s.
What is a good Core Web Vitals score in 2026?
Good thresholds remain LCP ≤ 2.5 s, INP ≤ 200 ms, and CLS ≤ 0.1 at p75. Passing means all three are good. Lighthouse Performance is a different artefact.
Why can lab look worse than CrUX?
Multi-page lab averages under throttling punish heavy templates. Origin CrUX reflects real Chrome traffic. Keep them in separate views — as this scoreboard does.
Where is the full write-up?
Read
Core Web Vitals Benchmarks for WordPress Sites (2026 Data)
on apogeewatcher.com, and the notes in
data/wordpress-2026.json.