Graduate
Graduate is a WordPress theme by themepalace (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 95 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 74/80 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 4 reviews.
Mobile95
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 95 | 99 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 74 | 80 |
| 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 — Graduate home page
Mobile
Speed 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.2 Largest Contentful Paint 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 do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 74 · 26 points to gain
- −7 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −7 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −4.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −2.1 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
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 do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 80 · 20 points to gain
- −5.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5.3 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.6 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 | ||||||
| Graduate default demo ↗ | 95 | 45 | 74 | 99 | 45 | 80 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 95 | 45 | 74 | 99 | 45 | 80 | 2026-09-13 |
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