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Neve

A flexible multipurpose theme with broad builder support, starter sites and a conservative compatibility baseline.

Bottom line

A pragmatic choice for mixed-editor teams that need compatibility and starter options more than the absolute smallest foundation.

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Lighthouse performanceMedian mobile lab scoreOfficial preview · 3 runs · 16 Aug 2026
LCP
3.11slab loading
CLS
0.002lab stability
TBT
0msproxy, not INP
Transfer
310 KBpage total

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.

Largest Contentful Paint
3.11 smedian of 3
First Contentful Paint
3.11 slab metric
TTFB
56 mspreview host response
Requests
17network records
DOM size
451elements
Transferred
310 KBcompressed total
Do not read this as “your site will load in this time.” The content, cache, host, plugins, builder, fonts and traffic conditions will differ. Use the result to understand a baseline and to spot unusually heavy default behaviour.

Theme choice sets a floor, not a ceiling. The meaningful unit for your project is the configured stack.

Measured hereNevetheme baseline
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ChooseBlock editoreditor / builder
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AddCommerce + pluginsproduction stack
Dependency warning

The base preview does not include a starter site. Imported demos, page builders and cloud assets must be evaluated separately.

Strengths

  • Broad compatibility
  • Frequent updates
  • Starter-site path for non-developers

Trade-offs

  • Rating trails several peers
  • Important design features sit in Pro
  • Final stack can differ sharply from baseline

Best fit

Flexible small-business sites

The first snapshot creates a baseline. Future runs will preserve the tested version rather than silently replacing old numbers.

Test dateVersionScoreLCPTransferScenario
16 Aug 20264.2.11883.11s310 KBOfficial preview