Hestia
Hestia is a WordPress theme by Themeisle (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 70 for mobile speed and 81 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 83/84 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 561 reviews.
Mobile70
Desktop81
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 70 | 81 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 83 | 84 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Hestia home page
Mobile
Speed 70 · 30 points to gain
- −20.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.4 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −8.3 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −6.8 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −6.8 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −2.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 81 · 19 points to gain
- −13 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −8.3 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −6.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −6.5 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −2.8 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 | ||||||
| Hestia default demo ↗ | 70 | 50 | 83 | 81 | 50 | 84 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 50 | 83 | 81 | 50 | 84 | 2026-09-12 |
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