Clean Journal
Clean Journal is a WordPress theme by Catch Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 68 for mobile speed and 77 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 82/90 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 12 reviews.
Mobile68
Desktop77
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 68 | 77 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 82 | 90 |
| Best practices | 96 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Clean Journal home page
Mobile
Speed 68 · 32 points to gain
- −21.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.9 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 82 · 18 points to gain
- −5.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −5.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −5.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −2.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
Speed 77 · 23 points to gain
- −20 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −2.7 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 90 · 10 points to gain
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −1.7 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 | ||||||
| Clean Journal default demo ↗ | 68 | 54 | 82 | 77 | 54 | 90 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 68 | 54 | 82 | 77 | 54 | 90 | 2026-09-12 |
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