Core Web Vitals is here, and it not only makes a website have better results in SEO but also has been proven to help increase conversation rates.
Choosing a theme with the best Core Web Vitals metrics could give you a large advantage, whether for an ecommerce, blog, or affiliate website.
Google recently released a tool to visualize themes and their Core Web Vitals metrics. We can now compare themes by fastest loading speed time with real data.
Other ranks only test themes with a single run analysis in speed testing tools such as Gtmetrix. This method is way more accurate in setting a standard for the fastest Wordpress theme.
Here’s the leaderboard:
Technology | Percent good CWV (’24) |
---|---|
Lightning | 66,64% |
Understrap | 49,12% |
Bricks | 47,69% |
Sydney | 40,25% |
Kadence WP Kadence | 37,06% |
Genesis theme | 37,02% |
Neve | 36,51% |
GeneratePress | 34,35% |
Blocksy | 33,90% |
Kadence
Kadence is a free theme with the following features:
- Header and Footer builder.
- Custom Layout: sidebars, full-width, etc.
- Global styling.
Kadence Pro
Kadence Pro features are Header Addons, Hooked Elements(Hooks), Ultimate Menu, and Woocommerce Addons. Other Kadence features include:
- Drag & Drop option with 10+ elements
- Live Editing, and more.
- Templates library to bootstrap your website project.
Kadence is available with the following pricing options:
- Kadence Theme: Free
- Kadence Pro unlimited site(1y support): $59/year
- Kadence Theme Pro + Blocks + Pro templates: $129/year
- Kadence Theme Pro + Blocks + Pro templates + Cloud + Child theme + Shop Kit + AMP: $199/year
GeneratePress
GeneratePress is a well-known theme of Wordpress. Using the combination of GeneratePress Premium and the premium GenerateBlocks plugin, the possibilities for layout and styling are infinite.
The free GP version offers:
- Custom Layout: full-width or contained divs, etc.
- Typography.
GeneratePress Premium
- Theme Builder: using GeneratePress Premium and GenerateBlocks plugin(free), build visually every aspect of your website.
- Site Library: a set of different templates to kickstart your site.
- Woocommerce options.
- Hooks.
GeneratePress Premium also offers a library with a bunch of templates to kickstart your website layout. GP offers the following pricing options:
- GeneratePress theme: Free
- GeneratePress premium up to 500 websites(1y support): 59$/year
- GeneratePress premium up to 500 websites(lifetime support): $249/year
Blocksy
Blocksy is a Gutenberg-ready and lightweight theme. The Blocksy Free theme features include:
- Header builder.
- Footer builder.
- WooCommerce features: AJAX add-to-cart button, advanced archive, and single product layouts.
- Trending and related posts module.
- Cookies notice and Woocommerce support.
Blocksy Pro
- Custom Blocks: Insert any scripts such as Ads based on the user device, post type, or user type.
- Content Blocks and Hooks: Create blocks and display them on a list of locations.
- Adobe & Google Fonts.
- Mega menu
- Conditional sidebars, headers, and footers. Show only when needed.
- WooCommerce features: Wishlist.
- Blocksy theme: Free
- Blocksy Pro 1 site license: $49/year
- Blocksy Pro unlimited sites: $99/year
Additional themes
Other notable themes without field data, but have good performance in speed tests:
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