Aug 5, 20221 min read

Are the WIX websites slow?

Wix websites have seen some incredible speed boosts in the last few years.

We're talking about drastic improvements for Core Web Vitals and a more than 10x increase in the number of Wix sites with good scores.

Host all our sites on a globally distributed CDN infrastructure, enabling automatic caching of all site resources, including the HTML

Optimize for the Largest Contentful Paint by prioritizing image and font resources, and by lazy loading elements outside the viewport.

Automatically convert Images to WebP while resizing and cropping for optimal media delivery.

Compress all resources using Brotli to ensure faster downloads.

Utilize code splitting and dynamic imports so sites load quickly regardless of complexity.

Ensure all our components are built to minimize layout shifts, using proper dimensions, CSS aspect ratios, and font preloads.

Web Workers provide an easy way to speed up your site by minimizing main-thread blocking JavaScript and input delays.

Learn more about Wix Performance: https://www.wix.com/performance