Starter Blog
Starter Blog is a WordPress theme by RS WP THEMES (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 90 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 40/40 for SEO and 92/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews. Note: its demo home page is light — 117 KB in 6 requests — where a stocked storefront is usually 1–4 MB, so the speed score flatters it.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 90 | 100 |
| SEO | 40 | 40 |
| Accessibility | 92 | 96 |
| 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 — Starter Blog home page
Mobile
Speed 90 · 10 points to gain
- −10 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS 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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 92 · 8 points to gain
- −4.1 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
- −4.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Desktop
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 are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Starter Blog default demo ↗ | 90 | 40 | 92 | 100 | 40 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 90 | 40 | 92 | 100 | 40 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
Show this score on your site
A live badge: it always shows Starter Blog's current score and links back here. Paste this where the theme is sold or documented.
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