Rufous
Rufous is a WordPress theme by Extend Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 89 for mobile speed and 36 for desktop speed, 42/42 for SEO and 92/88 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 2.3 out of 5 from 3 reviews.
Mobile89
Desktop36
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 89 | 36 |
| SEO | 42 | 42 |
| Accessibility | 92 | 88 |
| 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 — Rufous home page
Mobile
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −10.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 42 · 58 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −8.3 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −8.3 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 92 · 8 points to gain
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. 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
Speed 36 · 64 points to gain
- −30 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −18.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −10 Speed Index medium effort
- −5.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 42 · 58 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −8.3 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −8.3 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.3 Links do not have a discernible 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
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Rufous default demo ↗ | 89 | 42 | 92 | 36 | 42 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 89 | 42 | 92 | 36 | 42 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
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