Hemingway
Hemingway is a WordPress theme by Anders Norén (Free). Tested on 2026-11-04 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 88 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 54/54 for SEO and 83/82 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 4.6 out of 5 from 47 reviews.
Mobile88
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 88 | 99 |
| SEO | 54 | 54 |
| Accessibility | 83 | 82 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 2 times since 2026-11-04 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Hemingway home page
Mobile
Speed 88 · 12 points to gain
- −11.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −6.1 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −6.1 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 54 · 46 points to gain
- −36.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −9.1 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 82 · 18 points to gain
- −6.5 Form elements do not have associated labels medium effort
- −6.5 Select elements do not have associated label elements. medium effort
- −4.6 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 | ||||||
| Hemingway default demo ↗ | 88 | 54 | 83 | 99 | 54 | 82 | 2026-11-04 |
| home ↗ | 88 | 54 | 83 | 99 | 54 | 82 | 2026-11-04 |
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