Webflow vs Wordpress — Platform Benchmark

54.4

Webflow

19 sites

WINNER

52.5

Wordpress

240 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

57.5 63.7

Avg Security

50.9 27.0

Avg Efficiency

54.7 57.4

Avg Total Score

54.4 52.5

Avg Structure

64.5 63.2

Avg Load Complexity

50.2 52.9

Avg Lighthouse

48.9 55.8

Best Site Score

66.4 83.9

Worst Site Score

31.6 28.4

Webflow Wordpress

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Webflow	Wordpress
Architecture	65.2 1 sites	48.3 19 sites
Content Creation	51.3 3 sites	55.0 3 sites
Corporate-personal	63.1 2 sites	53.0 25 sites
Design	56.6 2 sites	51.5 11 sites
Film & Video	—	64.7 1 sites
Photography	52.3 11 sites	52.8 181 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Both platforms perform at a very similar level - the 1.9-point gap is within the margin of normal variation.

Dimension Edge

Webflow leads in: Security. Wordpress leads in: AI Readability, Efficiency, Load Complexity, Lighthouse. Wordpress has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Webflow could target AI Readability, Efficiency, Load Complexity, Lighthouse to close the gap.
Wordpress could target Security to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Webflow wins in 3 of 6 shared industries, suggesting its advantage is consistent rather than driven by a single vertical.

Sample Size Consideration

Wordpress has 12.6× more audited sites than Webflow. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.