Balanced Blog
Balanced Blog is a WordPress theme by HeadThemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 91 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 85/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 3.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews.
Mobile91
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 91 | 100 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 85 | 85 |
| 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 — Balanced Blog home page
Mobile
Speed 91 · 9 points to gain
- −6 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.2 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
Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −7.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium 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
Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −7.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Balanced Blog default demo ↗ | 91 | 50 | 85 | 100 | 50 | 85 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 91 | 50 | 85 | 100 | 50 | 85 | 2026-09-13 |
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