CORE WEB VITALS MONITORING FOR WORDPRESS

It’s Monday morning.
Rankings dropped.
Nobody knows why.

Something changed last week. Your Core Web Vitals monitoring data shows something shifted. None of your current tools can tell you which change caused it or whether things are still getting worse.

Sciova tracks LCP, CLS, and INP trends over time using real CrUX field data, so you stop finding out about regressions a month after they happen.

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SOUND FAMILIAR?

Does this sound like your Monday morning?

You open Google Search Console. LCP is flagged under Core Web Vitals. The report is based on data that’s already 28 days old.

You run PageSpeed Insights. The score is 54. You don’t know if it was 54 last week or if it’s been sliding since the last plugin update.

Plugin updated Thursday

Scores dropped Friday

28 days later

You find out Monday

You ask the developer what changed. They list a few things. You write them down. You still don’t know which one did it.

So you write a report that says “LCP needs improvement” and schedule a meeting to talk about it.

This is how most SEO teams manage WordPress Core Web Vitals monitoring today. It doesn’t have to be.

HOW SCIOVA WORKS

Core Web Vitals monitoring built on real CrUX data. Not lab simulations.

Know if you’re getting better or worse

Sciova pulls up to 25 rolling periods of CrUX History data, the same real-user field data Google uses as a ranking signal, and charts it over time. Not a one-time score. A trend you can actually act on.

Stop chasing false alarms

Week-to-week Core Web Vitals data is naturally spiky. Moving average overlays (MA5 and MA10) smooth out the noise so you can see the actual direction of travel without reacting to every blip.

Finally answer “what caused this?”

The Notes panel lets you log plugin updates, theme changes, and deployments with a timestamp. They appear on the same timeline as your CrUX trends. When LCP starts climbing, the answer is usually one scroll away.

SEE IT IN ACTION

Stop guessing. Start seeing.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE FREE VERSION

Built for the Monday morning you never want to have again.

CrUX History Charts

Tracks LCP, CLS, and INP over up to 25 rolling 28-day periods using real Chrome user data. Your weekly check-in starts here. One glance tells you whether your Core Web Vitals monitoring data has moved since last week.

Moving Average Overlay

Plots an MA5 or MA10 smoothing line over raw CrUX data to filter out week-to-week noise. When a client asks if performance is actually getting worse or just had a bad week, this is the chart you pull up.

Automatic Trend Classification

Reads the moving average and labels each metric Improving, Regressing, or Stable with no manual interpretation needed. Every morning you open the dashboard you know immediately which URLs need your attention and which are holding steady.

URL Health Indicator

A colour-coded dot next to each tracked URL. Green, amber, or red based on its worst active trend. Scanning five client sites before your 9am standup takes seconds, not a spreadsheet.

Smart Analysis Text

Generates a plain-language summary per metric with actual p75 values and whether your Core Web Vitals monitoring scores clear Google’s thresholds. Copy and paste it directly into a client email or Slack update without rewriting anything.

One-Click Copy Report

Copies the full URL analysis including trend classification, p75 values, and notes to your clipboard in one click. The weekly performance update you used to spend 20 minutes writing now takes one click and a paste.

PageSpeed Insights Diagnostics

Runs a PSI lab test for mobile and desktop and stores the results alongside your field data. When CrUX shows a regression, PSI tells you what is likely causing it so you walk into the dev conversation with a diagnosis and not just a complaint.

Notes Panel

A timestamped change log attached to each tracked URL. Log every plugin update, theme change, and deployment as it happens. When LCP spikes two weeks later, you already know what to look at first.

WHO IT’S FOR

Built for the people who ask why every Monday morning.

If you manage Core Web Vitals on WordPress sites, you already know the problem. Whether you are an SEO manager at an agency, a technical SEO at a company, or a developer responsible for site performance, it is the same story. Optimisation tools tell you what to fix. Nothing tells you when things changed or why.

Sciova fills that gap. It is not a caching plugin or an optimiser. It is a Core Web Vitals monitoring and trend intelligence tool. The layer above your existing stack that finally makes regressions explainable.

Built for WordPress. Free to install. Zero frontend impact.

WHAT YOU GET

Free gets you in the door. Pro keeps clients coming back.

Feature

Free

PRO

3 tracked URLs

CrUX History charts for LCP, CLS, and INP

MA5 and MA10 trend analysis

Automatic trend classification

PSI lab diagnostics

Notes panel

Unlimited tracked URLs

Change Intelligence

Multi-site network dashboard

White-label client reporting

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sciova?

Sciova is a free WordPress plugin for Core Web Vitals monitoring built by G26 Digital. It connects to the Google Chrome UX Report History API to track real-user LCP, CLS, and INP data over time, then classifies each metric as Improving, Regressing, or Stable using moving average analysis. Unlike optimisation plugins, it does not modify your site. It monitors and interprets what is happening to real-user performance.

How is this different from Google Search Console?

Google Search Console shows a sitewide Core Web Vitals pass/fail status based on a 28-day rolling average. Sciova tracks individual URLs over up to 25 historical periods, applies moving average smoothing, classifies the trend direction per metric, and lets you annotate the timeline with site changes via the Notes panel. Think of it as the difference between a single health check result and a medical chart showing months of readings.

How is CrUX data different from PageSpeed Insights?

PageSpeed Insights runs a simulated lab test on a virtual device under controlled conditions. It is useful for diagnostics but it is not how Google measures your site for rankings. CrUX is field data aggregated from real Chrome users actually visiting your site across their real devices and connections. CrUX is what Google uses as a ranking signal. Sciova is built entirely around CrUX as the source of truth, with PageSpeed Insights scores available as supporting lab diagnostics.

How is this different from Google Site Kit?

Site Kit by Google shows a point-in-time CrUX score for individual pages inside your WordPress dashboard. Sciova tracks up to 25 historical CrUX periods per URL, adds moving average trend lines, automatically classifies metric direction, and provides a Notes panel to correlate performance changes with site events. Site Kit tells you where you stand today. Sciova tells you which direction you are heading and what changed before you got there.

Will this plugin slow down my WordPress site?

No. Sciova is entirely admin-only. No JavaScript, CSS, or markup is added to your frontend. The plugin has zero impact on page load times, Core Web Vitals scores, or visitor experience. Your site runs exactly as it did before installation.

Do I need any technical knowledge to use it?

No coding required. Install it like any WordPress plugin, go to the dashboard, add the URLs you want to track, and enter a free Google CrUX API key from Google Cloud Console. Setup takes about five minutes.

When is Pro launching?

Sciova Pro is in active development. It will add Change Intelligence for automatic annotation of plugin and theme updates on your trend timeline, white-label client reporting, a multi-site network dashboard, and Performance Playbooks which are structured remediation guides triggered by your actual trend data. Join the early access list and you will hear first.

Stop finding out about Core Web Vitals problems a month after they happen.