Author Writer
Author Writer is a WordPress theme by themespride (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 73 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 30/30 for SEO and 90/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 2.7 out of 5 from 3 reviews.
Mobile73
Desktop96
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 73 | 96 |
| SEO | 30 | 30 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 94 |
| 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 — Author Writer home page
Mobile
Speed 73 · 27 points to gain
- −22.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
SEO 30 · 70 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
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.8 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
SEO 30 · 70 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
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. 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 | ||||||
| Author Writer default demo ↗ | 73 | 30 | 90 | 96 | 30 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 30 | 90 | 96 | 30 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
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