SoftAlt
SoftAlt is a WordPress theme by Desert Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 60 for mobile speed and 88 for desktop speed, 45/45 for SEO and 72/72 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile60
Desktop88
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 60 | 88 |
| SEO | 45 | 45 |
| Accessibility | 72 | 72 |
| 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 — SoftAlt home page
Mobile
Speed 60 · 40 points to gain
- −24.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.7 Speed Index medium effort
- 750 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 150 ms Minify CSS low effort
- 150 ms Minify JavaScript low 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 72 · 28 points to gain
- −8.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −8.4 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −5.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −2.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −2.5 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.9 Speed Index medium effort
- −4.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 130 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 72 · 28 points to gain
- −8.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −8.4 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −5.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −2.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
- −2.5 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| SoftAlt default demo ↗ | 60 | 45 | 72 | 88 | 45 | 72 | 2026-09-13 |
| home ↗ | 60 | 45 | 72 | 88 | 45 | 72 | 2026-09-13 |
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