WordPress vs Squarespace

Head-to-head SEO performance comparison based on real data

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Based on 22,174 pages across 68 websites

Overall Winner
Tie
Both platforms win 3 of 10 dimensions each
Dimension WordPress Squarespace
Overall SEO Score
Average SEO score across all pages
55.3/100 63.9/100
Core Web Vitals (LCP)
Largest Contentful Paint — lower is faster
7.17s 12.68s
Core Web Vitals (CLS)
Cumulative Layout Shift — lower means less visual jank
0.03 0.05
Content Readability
AI-assessed readability score
74.9/100 78.5/100
Alt Text Compliance
Percentage of images with alt text
100.0% 100.0%
Structured Data Adoption
Percentage of pages with structured data
31.5% 19.8%
Title-Content Consistency
How well page titles match content
0.0/100 0.0/100
Internal Link Density
Average incoming internal links per page
26 8
Broken Link Rate
Average on-page errors per page — lower is better
N/A N/A
Page Speed
Average page load time — lower is faster
2.46s 1.25s
Average Content Length
Average word count across all pages
1,177 words 1,606 words

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