Ghost Lite
Ghost Lite is a WordPress theme by Nik Smalin (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 87 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 79/79 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.5 out of 5 from 4 reviews.
Mobile87
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 87 | 100 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 79 | 79 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Ghost Lite home page
Mobile
Speed 87 · 13 points to gain
- −11 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 79 · 21 points to gain
- −12.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −8.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 100 · 0 points to gain
- −0.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 40 · 60 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 79 · 21 points to gain
- −12.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −8.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Ghost Lite default demo ↗ | 87 | 40 | 79 | 100 | 40 | 79 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 87 | 40 | 79 | 100 | 40 | 79 | 2026-09-13 |
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