Buildup
Buildup is a WordPress theme by gracethemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 92 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 86/78 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.0 out of 5 from 1 reviews. Note: its demo home page is light — 104 KB in 13 requests — where a stocked storefront is usually 1–4 MB, so the speed score flatters it.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 92 | 100 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 86 | 78 |
| 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 — Buildup home page
Mobile
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.7 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.2 Largest 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 86 · 14 points to gain
- −7.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −3.3 Document does not have a main landmark. 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 78 · 22 points to gain
- −7.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −7.6 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −3.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −3.3 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Buildup default demo ↗ | 92 | 50 | 86 | 100 | 50 | 78 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 92 | 50 | 86 | 100 | 50 | 78 | 2026-09-13 |
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