Persist Lite
Persist Lite is a WordPress theme by gracethemes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 81 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 90/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile81
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 81 | 99 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 96 |
| 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 — Persist Lite home page
Mobile
Speed 81 · 19 points to gain
- −9 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.4 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low 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 90 · 10 points to gain
- −6 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −1.8 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.8 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Desktop
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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −1.9 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Persist Lite default demo ↗ | 81 | 40 | 90 | 99 | 40 | 96 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 81 | 40 | 90 | 99 | 40 | 96 | 2026-09-13 |
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