Rara Academic
Rara Academic is a WordPress theme by Rara Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 78 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 40/36 for SEO and 89/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 11 reviews.
Mobile78
Desktop96
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 78 | 96 |
| SEO | 40 | 36 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 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 — Rara Academic home page
Mobile
Speed 78 · 22 points to gain
- −19.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 290 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 290 ms Reduce unused JavaScript 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 do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain
- −6.5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 96 · 4 points to gain
- −1.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 36 · 64 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −9.1 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −9.1 robots.txt is not valid outside the theme
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 | ||||||
| Rara Academic default demo ↗ | 78 | 40 | 89 | 96 | 36 | 94 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 78 | 40 | 89 | 96 | 36 | 94 | 2026-09-12 |
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