Dawson
Dawson is a WordPress theme by Automattic (Free). Tested on 2026-09-14 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 100 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 89/89 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Note: its demo home page is light — 311 KB in 5 requests — where a stocked storefront is usually 1–4 MB, so the speed score flatters it.
Mobile100
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 100 | 100 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 89 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Dawson home page
Mobile
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 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.5 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
- −1.9 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 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.5 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
- −1.9 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Dawson default demo ↗ | 100 | 50 | 89 | 100 | 50 | 89 | 2026-09-14 |
| home ↗ | 100 | 50 | 89 | 100 | 50 | 89 | 2026-09-14 |
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