Essex
Essex is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-11-06 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 51 for mobile speed and 76 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 95/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile51
Desktop76
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 51 | 76 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 95 | 95 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 10 times since 2026-11-06 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Essex home page
Mobile
Speed 51 · 49 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −10 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.5 Speed Index medium effort
- −4.8 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 5.4 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 920 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −5.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 76 · 24 points to gain
- −17 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.9 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 680 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 95 · 5 points to gain
- −5.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Essex default demo ↗ | 51 | 92 | 95 | 76 | 92 | 95 | 2026-11-06 |
| home ↗ | 51 | 92 | 95 | 76 | 92 | 95 | 2026-11-06 |
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