Republic
Republic is a WordPress theme by Sandy (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, 45/45 for SEO and 78/77 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile99
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 99 | 100 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 78 | 77 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Republic home page
Mobile
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 310 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 45 · 55 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 78 · 22 points to gain
- −4.9 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −4.9 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.4 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Desktop
SEO 45 · 55 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 77 · 23 points to gain
- −5.2 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −5.2 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.6 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Serves images with low resolution low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Republic default demo ↗ | 99 | 45 | 78 | 100 | 45 | 77 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 99 | 45 | 78 | 100 | 45 | 77 | 2026-09-13 |
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