Recipe Bites
Recipe Bites is a WordPress theme by WP Delicious (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 71 for mobile speed and 80 for desktop speed, 36/36 for SEO and 80/87 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Note: its demo home page is light — 119 KB in 17 requests — where a stocked storefront is usually 1–4 MB, so the speed score flatters it.
Mobile71
Desktop80
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 71 | 80 |
| SEO | 36 | 36 |
| Accessibility | 80 | 87 |
| 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 — Recipe Bites home page
Mobile
Speed 71 · 29 points to gain
- −23.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.2 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 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 80 · 20 points to gain
- −6.2 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −0.6 Elements with `role="none"` or `role="presentation"` have conflicts medium effort
Desktop
Speed 80 · 20 points to gain
- −19.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index 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 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 87 · 13 points to gain
- −4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −0.6 Elements with `role="none"` or `role="presentation"` have conflicts medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Recipe Bites default demo ↗ | 71 | 36 | 80 | 80 | 36 | 87 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 36 | 80 | 80 | 36 | 87 | 2026-09-13 |
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