Kanso
Kanso is a WordPress theme by Rich Tabor (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 86 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 96/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews.
Mobile86
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 86 | 99 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 96 |
| Best practices | 96 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Kanso home page
Mobile
Speed 86 · 14 points to gain
- −13.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.3 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.3 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Kanso default demo ↗ | 86 | 54 | 96 | 99 | 54 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 86 | 54 | 96 | 99 | 54 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
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