Sundew
Sundew is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-09-15 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 56 for mobile speed and 86 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 93/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile56
Desktop86
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 56 | 86 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 93 | 93 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-09-15 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Sundew home page
Mobile
Speed 56 · 44 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.4 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 2.4 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 580 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 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.1 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 86 · 14 points to gain
- −13 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.7 Speed Index medium effort
- 400 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 120 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 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.1 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 | ||||||
| Sundew default demo ↗ | 56 | 85 | 93 | 86 | 85 | 93 | 2026-09-15 |
| home ↗ | 56 | 85 | 93 | 86 | 85 | 93 | 2026-09-15 |
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