Expert Author
Expert Author is a WordPress theme by drakearthur (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 66 for mobile speed and 93 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 78/79 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile66
Desktop93
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 66 | 93 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 78 | 79 |
| Best practices | 96 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Expert Author home page
Mobile
Speed 66 · 34 points to gain
- −24.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- 460 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 78 · 22 points to gain
- −9.5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −6.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −2.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −2.9 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
Speed 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.9 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 45 · 55 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 79 · 21 points to gain
- −6.3 `[aria-*]` attributes are not valid or misspelled medium effort
- −6.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium 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 | ||||||
| Expert Author default demo ↗ | 66 | 45 | 78 | 93 | 45 | 79 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 66 | 45 | 78 | 93 | 45 | 79 | 2026-09-13 |
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