Aurora
Aurora is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-10-28 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 59 for mobile speed and 78 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 91/91 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile59
Desktop78
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 59 | 78 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 91 | 91 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Aurora home page
Mobile
Speed 59 · 41 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.9 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −3.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 2.7 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 750 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain
- −5.2 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 78 · 22 points to gain
- −15.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −1.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 640 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 120 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain
- −5.2 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Aurora default demo ↗ | 59 | 92 | 91 | 78 | 92 | 91 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 59 | 92 | 91 | 78 | 92 | 91 | 2026-10-28 |
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