Baskerville
Baskerville is a WordPress theme by Anders Norén (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 96 for mobile speed and 79 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 59/76 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 44 reviews.
Mobile96
Desktop79
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 96 | 79 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 59 | 76 |
| 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 — Baskerville home page
Mobile
Speed 96 · 4 points to gain
- −1.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high 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 59 · 41 points to gain
- −12.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −12.3 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −8.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −3.7 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 79 · 21 points to gain
- −20.8 Cumulative Layout Shift 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 76 · 24 points to gain
- −10.5 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −7.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.2 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −3.2 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Baskerville default demo ↗ | 96 | 50 | 59 | 79 | 50 | 76 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 96 | 50 | 59 | 79 | 50 | 76 | 2026-09-12 |
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