Alternative
Alternative is a WordPress theme by Theme Freesia (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 93 for mobile speed and 89 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 84/84 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews.
Mobile93
Desktop89
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 93 | 89 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 84 | 84 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Alternative home page
Mobile
Speed 93 · 7 points to gain
- −3.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −6.5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.6 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.7 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −2.2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −6 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.2 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −1.8 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 | ||||||
| Alternative default demo ↗ | 93 | 40 | 84 | 89 | 40 | 84 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 93 | 40 | 84 | 89 | 40 | 84 | 2026-09-13 |
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