A mature multipurpose theme with unusually broad integration and starter-site coverage. The theme can stay lean; imported stacks vary.
Best all-round option when speed matters but a large template and integration ecosystem saves more time than a minimal shell.
This is the official WordPress.org preview under Lighthouse’s simulated mobile conditions. It is the fairest current cross-theme control we have—but it is not a realistic completed site.
Theme choice sets a floor, not a ceiling. The meaningful unit for your project is the configured stack.
Do not treat an Astra blank preview as a proxy for a starter site. Builder, template and add-on choices can dominate the final result.
Fast launches with a large template ecosystem
The first snapshot creates a baseline. Future runs will preserve the tested version rather than silently replacing old numbers.
| Test date | Version | Score | LCP | Transfer | Scenario |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Aug 2026 | 4.13.9 | 91 | 3.21s | 148 KB | Official preview |
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