Gates
Gates is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-11-04 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 87 for mobile speed and 52 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 96/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile87
Desktop52
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 87 | 52 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 95 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 12 times since 2026-11-04 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Gates home page
Mobile
Speed 87 · 13 points to gain
- −5.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −3.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 Total Blocking Time medium 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 52 · 48 points to gain
- −23.3 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −14.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −3.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 430 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
- −4.8 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 | ||||||
| Gates default demo ↗ | 87 | 92 | 96 | 52 | 92 | 95 | 2026-11-04 |
| home ↗ | 87 | 92 | 96 | 52 | 92 | 95 | 2026-11-04 |
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