Benevolent
Benevolent is a WordPress theme by Rara Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-10-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 81 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 30/30 for SEO and 89/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 20 reviews.
Mobile81
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 81 | 99 |
| SEO | 30 | 30 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 94 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 4 times since 2026-10-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Benevolent home page
Mobile
Speed 81 · 19 points to gain
- −17.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 130 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 30 · 70 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain
- −6.5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −1.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 30 · 70 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −10 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −10 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −6.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Benevolent default demo ↗ | 81 | 30 | 89 | 99 | 30 | 94 | 2026-10-12 |
| home ↗ | 81 | 30 | 89 | 99 | 30 | 94 | 2026-10-12 |
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