Evidence database / v0.1
Filter ten deliberately selected themes. Each profile separates our controlled preview measurements from official repository facts and editorial fit.
Mobile Lighthouse · official WordPress.org previews · 16 Aug 2026
Conditions and limitations →These measurements describe the official preview pages under one repeatable lab setup. They do not report how production sites perform for real users.
View evidence → Lean content and business builds
A restrained, modular foundation that gives performance-minded builders a clean starting point without forcing a visual builder.
View evidence → Fast launches with a large template ecosystem
A mature multipurpose theme with unusually broad integration and starter-site coverage. The theme can stay lean; imported stacks vary.
View evidence → Design control with a block-first workflow
A visually capable block-first theme with polished header, typography and WooCommerce controls before reaching for a full page builder.
View evidence → Polished visual sites and WooCommerce
A modern, feature-rich theme with strong visual defaults and commerce controls. It aims for design range without a heavy legacy feel.
View evidence → Flexible small-business sites
A flexible multipurpose theme with broad builder support, starter sites and a conservative compatibility baseline.
View evidence → Native WordPress full-site editing
The official block theme is a useful control case: patterns, style variations and native editing without a proprietary builder layer.
View evidence → Elementor sites that need a neutral shell
A deliberately minimal theme shell designed to hand layout and styling to Elementor. Its blank baseline excludes the required builder cost.
View evidence → A conservative WooCommerce baseline
Automattic’s long-running WooCommerce theme prioritizes compatibility and predictable store templates over a trend-led visual system.
View evidence → Design-forward small WooCommerce stores
A commerce-focused theme with clean retail styling and store controls, offering a more designed starting point than generic Woo baselines.
View evidence → Feature-rich multipurpose builds
A mature multipurpose theme with deep customization and WooCommerce support, balanced by more potential feature surface than lean peers.
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Median of three Lighthouse mobile runs on a same-platform preview environment.
Release, installs, ratings and screenshots retrieved from the WordPress.org API.
Fit, strengths and trade-offs are editorial judgment—not disguised benchmark data.