Auden
Auden is a Ghost theme by brightthemes ($149). Tested on 2026-10-31 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 56 for mobile speed and 94 for desktop speed, 61/61 for SEO and 90/87 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile56
Desktop94
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 56 | 94 |
| SEO | 61 | 61 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 87 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-03 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Auden home page
Mobile
Speed 56 · 44 points to gain
- −24.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −1.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 2.2 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 61 · 39 points to gain
- −31 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain
- −3.9 Elements use prohibited ARIA attributes medium effort
- −3.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 94 · 6 points to gain
- −5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 61 · 39 points to gain
- −31 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 87 · 13 points to gain
- −3.9 Elements use prohibited ARIA attributes medium effort
- −3.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Auden default demo ↗ | 56 | 61 | 90 | 94 | 61 | 87 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 56 | 61 | 90 | 94 | 61 | 87 | 2026-10-31 |
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