Palawan
Palawan is a WordPress theme by candidthemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 92 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 78/92 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile92
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 92 | 99 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 78 | 92 |
| 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 — Palawan home page
Mobile
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −4.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high 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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 78 · 22 points to gain
- −7.2 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −5 Lists do not contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`). low effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 92 · 8 points to gain
- −4.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.1 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Palawan default demo ↗ | 92 | 40 | 78 | 99 | 40 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 92 | 40 | 78 | 99 | 40 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
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