Author Blog
Author Blog is a WordPress theme by Smarter Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 89 for mobile speed and 83 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 93/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile89
Desktop83
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 89 | 83 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 93 | 93 |
| Best practices | 96 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Author Blog home page
Mobile
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −6.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 140 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −6.8 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
Speed 83 · 17 points to gain
- −13.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.2 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −6.8 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Author Blog default demo ↗ | 89 | 54 | 93 | 83 | 54 | 93 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 89 | 54 | 93 | 83 | 54 | 93 | 2026-09-13 |
Show this score on your site
A live badge: it always shows Author Blog's current score and links back here. Paste this where the theme is sold or documented.
<a href="https://themestested.com/theme/wordpress/author-blog"><img src="https://themestested.com/badge/wordpress/author-blog.svg" alt="Author Blog speed score on Themestested" height="20"></a>
Add ?device=d for the desktop score, or ?metric=seo / ?metric=a11y for SEO or accessibility.