Wordpress vs Showit — Platform Benchmark

52.5

Wordpress

240 sites

WINNER

50.1

Showit

19 sites

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

63.7 56.4

Avg Security

27.0 29.9

Avg Efficiency

57.4 54.7

Avg Total Score

52.5 50.1

Avg Structure

63.2 59.3

Avg Load Complexity

52.9 49.4

Avg Lighthouse

55.8 55.6

Best Site Score

83.9 71.1

Worst Site Score

28.4 32.4

Wordpress Showit

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Wordpress	Showit
Architecture	48.3 19 sites	47.1 1 sites
Content Creation	55.0 3 sites	58.3 2 sites
Corporate-personal	53.0 25 sites	—
Design	51.5 11 sites	—
Film & Video	64.7 1 sites	—
Photography	52.8 181 sites	49.3 16 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Wordpress holds a modest 2.4-point lead over Showit. The difference is real but not decisive.

Dimension Edge

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

Opportunities for improvement

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

Industry-by-Industry Results

Wordpress wins in 2 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 Showit. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.