The Conference
The Conference is a WordPress theme by Rara Themes (Free). Tested on 2026-10-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 85 for mobile speed and 89 for desktop speed, 58/58 for SEO and 85/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 16 reviews.
Mobile85
Desktop89
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 85 | 89 |
| SEO | 58 | 58 |
| Accessibility | 85 | 94 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 4 times since 2026-09-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — The Conference home page
Mobile
Speed 85 · 15 points to gain
- −9.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.2 Speed Index medium effort
- 280 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 58 · 42 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.5 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −5.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −2.3 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.4 Total Blocking Time medium effort
SEO 58 · 42 points to gain
- −33.6 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −8.3 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −4.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.9 Document does not have a main landmark. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| The Conference default demo ↗ | 85 | 58 | 85 | 89 | 58 | 94 | 2026-10-13 |
| home ↗ | 85 | 58 | 85 | 89 | 58 | 94 | 2026-10-13 |
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