Peruse
Peruse is a WordPress theme by Template Sell (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 99 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 100/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile99
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 99 | 100 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 100 | 95 |
| 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 — Peruse home page
Mobile
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 290 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
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 95 · 5 points to gain
- −5.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Peruse default demo ↗ | 99 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 95 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 99 | 50 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 95 | 2026-09-13 |
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