Darken
Darken is a WordPress theme by WordPress.org (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 97 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 90/89 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile97
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 97 | 100 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 89 |
| 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 — Darken home page
Mobile
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −3 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
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −1.8 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
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 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −1.9 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 | ||||||
| Darken default demo ↗ | 97 | 54 | 90 | 100 | 54 | 89 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 97 | 54 | 90 | 100 | 54 | 89 | 2026-09-12 |
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