WordPress, 10 seconds behind.
Same server. Same page. Element Node loads faster and handles more traffic — because there’s no PHP, there are RSC.
Same hardware. Same page.
WordPress 6 + Elementor PRO vs Element Node. Misurato su Plesk shared, 1 vCPU 2GB.
Benchmark interno · pagina identica (hero + 3 sezioni + form) · medie su 20 esecuzioni · cache fredda al primo load.
Five reasons WordPress can’t catch up
Not really our credit. It’s Next.js + Prisma + RSC + a clean design.
No PHP request/response
Node.js serves with an event loop, not a PHP process per request.
React Server Components
Only interactive components ship JS to the browser. The rest is pre-rendered HTML.
Prisma + connection pooling
Prepared MySQL queries, managed pool, no plugin opening new connections.
Image optimization via sharp
Automatic WebP/AVIF, responsive sizes, native lazy.
HTTP cache + ISR
Published pages stay cached until the next deploy or invalidation.
No mandatory plugins
Every WordPress plugin is 50–500 KB more JS. Element Node starts at zero.
Benchmark methodology
Numbers aren’t made up. Here is how we measured.
- Plesk shared VPS, 1 vCPU 2GB RAM, Italy region
- Same content page: hero + 3 sections + contact form
- WordPress 6.x + Elementor PRO + cache plugin (WP Rocket)
- Element Node 1.x with `output: standalone` and nginx in front
- 20 runs via Lighthouse CLI, mean reported
- Cold cache on first load, warm on second
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