Forever
Forever is a WordPress theme by Automattic (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 91 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 80/76 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 3.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews. Note: its demo home page is light — 84 KB in 8 requests — where a stocked storefront is usually 1–4 MB, so the speed score flatters it.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 91 | 99 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 80 | 76 |
| 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 — Forever home page
Mobile
Speed 91 · 9 points to gain
- −3.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.4 Speed Index 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 80 · 20 points to gain
- −5.8 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −5.8 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.1 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low 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 76 · 24 points to gain
- −5.8 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −5.8 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.1 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4.1 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Forever default demo ↗ | 91 | 54 | 80 | 99 | 54 | 76 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 91 | 54 | 80 | 99 | 54 | 76 | 2026-09-12 |
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