Author
Author is a WordPress theme by Ben Sibley (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 99 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 100/100 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 101 reviews.
Mobile99
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 99 | 99 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 100 | 100 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Author home page
Mobile
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Desktop
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Author default demo ↗ | 99 | 50 | 100 | 99 | 50 | 100 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 99 | 50 | 100 | 99 | 50 | 100 | 2026-09-12 |
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