Hester
Hester 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 55 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 85/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile55
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 55 | 98 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 85 | 85 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 10 times since 2026-10-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Hester home page
Mobile
Speed 55 · 45 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −5.4 Total Blocking Time 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 85 · 15 points to gain
- −5.5 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −3.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium 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 85 · 15 points to gain
- −5.5 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −3.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.9 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.7 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Hester default demo ↗ | 55 | 92 | 85 | 98 | 92 | 85 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 55 | 92 | 85 | 98 | 92 | 85 | 2026-10-28 |
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