Meriden
Meriden 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 28 for mobile speed and 69 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 91/91 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile28
Desktop69
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 28 | 69 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 91 | 91 |
| 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 — Meriden home page
Mobile
Speed 28 · 72 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −25 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −10 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.5 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.7 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 7.0 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 910 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 91 · 9 points to gain
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.6 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 69 · 31 points to gain
- −17 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −10.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −3.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 850 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high 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 91 · 9 points to gain
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.7 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.6 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order 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 | ||||||
| Meriden default demo ↗ | 28 | 85 | 91 | 69 | 85 | 91 | 2026-11-05 |
| home ↗ | 28 | 85 | 91 | 69 | 85 | 91 | 2026-11-05 |
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