Challenger
Challenger is a WordPress theme by Ben Sibley (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 76 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 96/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews.
Mobile76
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 76 | 98 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 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 — Challenger home page
Mobile
Speed 76 · 24 points to gain
- −20.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.9 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1 Speed Index medium effort
- 150 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.7 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 94 · 6 points to gain
- −6 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 | ||||||
| Challenger default demo ↗ | 76 | 54 | 96 | 98 | 54 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 76 | 54 | 96 | 98 | 54 | 94 | 2026-09-13 |
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