Selene
Selene 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 56 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 96/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile55
Desktop56
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 55 | 56 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 96 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Selene home page
Mobile
Speed 55 · 45 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −10 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 5.7 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 900 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 56 · 44 points to gain
- −22.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −16 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.2 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 260 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 130 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 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. 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 | ||||||
| Selene default demo ↗ | 55 | 85 | 96 | 56 | 85 | 96 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 55 | 85 | 96 | 56 | 85 | 96 | 2026-10-28 |
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