The Minimal
The Minimal 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 66 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 50/50 for SEO and 89/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 12 reviews.
Mobile66
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 66 | 98 |
| SEO | 50 | 50 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 95 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 4 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — The Minimal home page
Mobile
Speed 66 · 34 points to gain
- −20 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 180 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low 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 98 · 2 points to gain
- −2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 50 · 50 points to gain
- −40.3 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −10 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −5.3 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 | ||||||
| The Minimal default demo ↗ | 66 | 50 | 89 | 98 | 50 | 95 | 2026-10-13 |
| home ↗ | 66 | 50 | 89 | 98 | 50 | 95 | 2026-10-13 |
Show this score on your site
A live badge: it always shows The Minimal's current score and links back here. Paste this where the theme is sold or documented.
<a href="https://themestested.com/theme/wordpress/the-minimal"><img src="https://themestested.com/badge/wordpress/the-minimal.svg" alt="The Minimal speed score on Themestested" height="20"></a>
Add ?device=d for the desktop score, or ?metric=seo / ?metric=a11y for SEO or accessibility.