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title: "Elementor Is the Slowest Major WordPress Page Builder, Passing on 30% of Sites - PageSpeed Matters"
description: "We matched Chrome field data to the page builder running on more than two million WordPress sites. Elementor, the most-used builder, passes Core Web Vitals on just 30.0% of mobile sites, below native Gutenberg's 41.5%, and the problem is loading, not responsiveness."
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[Elementor Is the Slowest Major WordPress Page Builder, Passing on 30% of Sites](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/wordpress-page-builders-core-web-vitals)

We matched Chrome field data to the page builder running on more than two million WordPress sites. Elementor, the most-used builder, passes Core Web Vitals on just 30.0% of mobile sites, below native Gutenberg's 41.5%, and the problem is loading, not responsiveness.

Core Web Vitals pass rate by page builder (mobile)

Duda

60.7% 

Webflow

54.4% 

WordPress Site Editor

43.8% 

Beaver Builder

42.7% 

Block Editor (Gutenberg)

41.5% 

SiteOrigin

38.6% 

Divi

34.5% 

WPBakery

32.7% 

Elementor

30% 

Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of roughly 2.1 million WordPress origins with CrUX field data, mobile, May 2026.

The three most popular third-party builders all pass less often than WordPress's own block editor.

Good loading (LCP) by page builder (mobile)

Duda

95.1% 

Webflow

77.7% 

WordPress Site Editor

70.6% 

Block Editor (Gutenberg)

65% 

Divi

52.6% 

WPBakery

48.9% 

Elementor

44.8% 

Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis, mobile 75th-percentile field data, May 2026.

A drag-and-drop builder outputs heavier markup and larger hero images, so the main content paints late.

Source: [Elementor Is the Slowest Major WordPress Page Builder, Passing on 30% of Sites - PageSpeed Matters](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/wordpress-page-builders-core-web-vitals)