Gilden
Gilden 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 92 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 88/91 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile59
Desktop92
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 59 | 92 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 88 | 91 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 10 times since 2026-10-07 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Gilden home page
Mobile
Speed 59 · 41 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.4 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 2.0 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 600 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain
- −4.2 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −4.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Desktop
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.5 Speed Index medium effort
- 250 ms Reduce unused JavaScript 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
- −4.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Gilden default demo ↗ | 59 | 92 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 59 | 92 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 91 | 2026-10-28 |
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