Waverly
Waverly is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-09-14 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 55 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 92/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile55
Desktop96
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 55 | 96 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 92 | 94 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Waverly home page
Mobile
Speed 55 · 45 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.3 Speed Index medium effort
- −5.4 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 2.2 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 580 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 92 · 8 points to gain
- −5.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 160 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 120 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Waverly default demo ↗ | 55 | 85 | 92 | 96 | 85 | 94 | 2026-09-14 |
| home ↗ | 55 | 85 | 92 | 96 | 85 | 94 | 2026-09-14 |
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