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Your site vs. WordPress average

Your site
85
WordPress average
76
CategoryYour scorePeer avgDeltaPercentile
Performance8978+11—
Security8069+11—
Accessibility8065+15—
SEO9791+6—
Infrastructure8788-1—
Compliance7577-2—
Content8085-5—
Sustainability9876+22—

Better than 92% of WordPress sites

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Category: CMS

WordPress

Based on 1025 real audits

49
Avg. Performance
88
Avg. Accessibility
88
Avg. Best Practices
92
Avg. SEO
69
Avg. Security
76
Avg. Composite
49 /100
Avg. Performance
522 ms
Avg. TTFB
76 /100
Avg. Composite
1025
Sites Audited

How WordPress sites compare

WordPress sites tend to score below average on performance (49/100), compared to the global average of 67/100.

Part of these stacks

WordPress + PHP + MySQLWordPress + WooCommerce

Migrate from WordPress

→ astro→ ghost→ hugo

Recent Audits

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SitePerformanceGradeAudited
www.presentandperform.com48B2026-10-02
www.presentandperform.com49C2026-10-02
www.presentandperform.com48C2026-10-02
www.jsrcgroup.com32B2026-10-02
www.jsrcgroup.com32B2026-10-02
paulalevyct.com40B2026-10-02
sitiscommesse.com59B2026-10-02
Svennouwen.nl96A2026-10-01
tuffdigitalmarketing.com30C2026-10-01
cyan-lapwing-837262.hostingersite.com90B2026-09-30

Commonly Used With

Sites that use WordPress also commonly use:

Open Graph Miscellaneous 838PHP Programming languages 762MySQL Databases 735Google Search Console Analytics 678jQuery JavaScript libraries 661Google Tag Manager Tag managers 642Priority Hints Performance 599RSS Miscellaneous 561Google Analytics Analytics 534Cloudflare CDN 497

Compare with...

WordPress vs Open GraphWordPress vs PHPWordPress vs MySQLWordPress vs Google Search ConsoleWordPress vs jQueryWordPress vs Google Tag ManagerWordPress vs Priority HintsWordPress vs RSSWordPress vs Google AnalyticsWordPress vs Cloudflare

FAQ

What is the average Lighthouse performance score for WordPress sites?
Based on 1025 real audits, WordPress sites score an average of 49/100 on Lighthouse performance.
How does WordPress compare on web security?
WordPress sites score an average security grade of 69/100 in BeaverCheck audits.
What is the average page load time for WordPress websites?
The average Time to First Byte (TTFB) for WordPress sites is 522ms based on 1025 audits.
How can I improve my WordPress site's performance?
Run a free audit on BeaverCheck to get specific recommendations for your WordPress site. Common issues include render-blocking resources, unoptimized images, and missing caching headers.

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