Ignite
Ignite is a WordPress theme by Ben Sibley (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 89 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 86/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 57 reviews.
Mobile89
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 89 | 99 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 86 | 94 |
| 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 — Ignite home page
Mobile
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −5.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.6 Speed Index medium effort
- 130 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 86 · 14 points to gain
- −8.1 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −6.2 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 | ||||||
| Ignite default demo ↗ | 89 | 50 | 86 | 99 | 50 | 94 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 89 | 50 | 86 | 99 | 50 | 94 | 2026-09-12 |
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