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Grove

Grove 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 54 for mobile speed and 57 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 89/89 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).

Mobile54
Grove home page on mobile
Desktop57
Grove home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed5457
SEO8585
Accessibility8989
Best practices100100

Single preset · measured 12 times since 2026-10-07 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Grove home page

Mobile

Speed 54 · 46 points to gain

  • −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −8.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −7.2 Speed Index medium effort
  • −5.1 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • 1.8 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 600 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain

  • −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −4.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Desktop

Speed 57 · 43 points to gain

  • −27.9 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −7.7 Speed Index medium effort
  • −5.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
  • −1.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
  • 160 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain

  • −4.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −4.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −2 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Presets and pages

Preset / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Grove default demo ↗ 548589578589 2026-10-28
home ↗ 548589578589 2026-10-28

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Grove: mobile speed 54 on Themestested
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