Hester
Hester is a WordPress theme by peregrinethemes (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, 40/45 for SEO and 92/98 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews.
Mobile95
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 95 | 99 |
| SEO | 40 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 92 | 98 |
| 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 — Hester home page
Mobile
Speed 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.2 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 92 · 8 points to gain
- −6.5 `[aria-*]` attributes do not have valid values medium effort
- −2 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium 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 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.7 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 | ||||||
| Hester default demo ↗ | 95 | 40 | 92 | 99 | 45 | 98 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 95 | 40 | 92 | 99 | 45 | 98 | 2026-09-13 |
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