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How FAST is the Neve WordPress Theme? (Speed Test Results)

We put the popular Neve WordPress Theme to the ultimate speed test, and now we know why it is often ranked among the fastest WordPress themes.

Why read WordPress themes users’ reviews and opinions that we can test out on our own?

We have a spare domain name and a fast web hosting service, so why not use it for speed testing various WordPress Themes?

And this is what we did.

Here it goes.

Speed Test – Environment

WordPress Theme used: Neve version 3.4.9

Web Hosting: We are using a fast and reliable web host called WPX Hosting.

Installation: We used our testing domain (https://testedsite.com), and it is used purely for conducting WordPress Themes speed tests. On top of that, we have it on a brand new reset WordPress database before installing the theme. This is to ensure our speed tests do not conflict with any other web elements.

Configuration: As brand-new as possible, there are no extra posts, pages, media or even plugins to influence our speed test experiment. The aim here is to make the Neve theme as lightweight and essential as possible.

Speed Test – Sites Used

These are the five (5) sites that we used to conduct speed tests;

  1. PageSpeed Insights
  2. GTMetrix
  3. Pingdom Tools
  4. WebPageTest
  5. ByteCheck

Speed Test – Results

S/noSpeed Test – Sites usedResults
1PageSpeed InsightsScore 100,
FCP 1.3 sec, Speed Index 1.9 sec, LCP 1.5 sec
Time to Interactive 1.3 sec, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
2GTMetrixGrade A,
Performance 100%, Structure 100%,
LCP 574ms, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
3Pingdom ToolsGrade A 92,
Page Size 35.1 KB,
Load Time 751ms, Requests 7
4WebPageTestFirst Byte 0.221 sec
FCP 0.473 sec, Speed Index 0.5 sec, LCP 0.472 sec,
TBT 0ms, CLS 0
5ByteCheckTTFB 226ms,
Total Time 430ms, Header Size 557 bytes,
Request Size 188 bytes

Conclusion

The Neve WordPress theme scored excellent in most of our speed tests, particularly PageSpeed Insights and GTMetrix tests.

It scored a perfect 100 on both test sites, with super-fast First Contentful Paint (FCP) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) timing.

FCP measures how your visitors perceive the performance of your website, as opposed to what a speed test tool measures.

LCP tells us the time it takes to load the most significant capacity piece of content on your site, and it can be an image or graphic.

The timing of 226 milliseconds is considered very good for The Time To First Byte (TTFB).

TTFB is the total duration between when your web browser requests the web page and when that first byte arrives.

In summary, the Neve WordPress Theme is excellent with blazing-fast coding that excelled against all our five (5) speed test sites. It is ranked one of our fastest WordPress themes in this article.

To install Neve, you can either;

  • Search for “Neve” in your WordPress interface via Appearance – Themes – Add New
  • Visit the Neve Official website

The entire speed test experiment and results can also be seen here in this video.

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How FAST is Astra WordPress Theme (Speed Test Results + Data)

Astra is the most downloaded WordPress theme, and the speed test data in this article will tell you why.

With over 1 million+ downloads, Astra is easily the most popular and the most used WordPress theme.

Astra has over 180+ starter WordPress themes (both free and paid) for you to choose from. Once you have installed Astra in your WordPress, activate the [Importer Plugin] to download your preferred Starter Templates.

In this article, we are going to conduct speed tests on the Astra theme to see how well it fares across 5 different test sites.

Speed Test – Environment

WordPress Theme used: Astra WordPress Theme version 3.7.5

Web Hosting: We are using a fast & reliable web hosting service called WPX Hosting

Installation: We reset our entire WordPress database and settings to achieve a clean start. We used our dedicated test domain for this experiment (https://www.testedsite.com).

Configuration: To make the speed test as accurate as possible, there will be no extra posts, pages, media or even plugins to influence our experiment. The aim is to use a clean Astra theme, making it as lightweight as possible.

Speed Test – Sites Used

These are the five (5) sites that we used to conduct speed tests;

  1. PageSpeed Insights
  2. GTMetrix
  3. Pingdom Tools
  4. WebPageTest
  5. ByteCheck

Below are the screenshots of the test results for each site.


PageSpeed Insights

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GTMetrix

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Pingdom Tools

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WebPageTest

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ByteCheck

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Overall Results

Here are all the speed test results displayed in one table.

S/noSpeed Test – Sites usedResults
1PageSpeed InsightsScore 100,
FCP 1.4 sec, Speed Index 2.1 sec, LCP 1.5 sec
Time to Interactive 1.4 sec, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
2GTMetrixGrade A,
Performance 100%, Structure 100%,
LCP 532ms, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
3Pingdom ToolsGrade A 93,
Page Size 47.7 KB,
Load Time 183ms, Requests 7
4WebPageTestFirst Byte 0.492 sec
FCP 0.836 sec, Speed Index 0.8 sec, LCP 0.835 sec,
TBT 0ms, CLS 0
5ByteCheckTTFB 393ms,
Total Time 559ms, Header Size 541 bytes,
Request Size 188 bytes

Conclusion

The Astra WordPress Theme is one of the fastest themes out there we have tested.

It scored a perfect 100 on Google’s PageSpeed Insights and GTMetrix tests, with commendable FCP and LCP timing.

FCP measures how your visitors perceive the performance of your website, as opposed to what a speed test tool measures.

LCP tells us the time it takes to load the most significant capacity piece of content on your site, and it can be an image or graphic.

It is not easy to score a high A 93 on Pingdom Tools, and Astra is definitely one of the few themes out there that can do it.

Time To First Byte (TTFB) is a blazing fast speed of 393 milliseconds. For this test, the lesser time, the better it is.

TTFB is the total duration between when your web browser requests the web page and when that first byte arrives.

To install Astra, you can either;

  • Search for “Astra” in your WordPress interface via Appearance – Themes – Add New.
  • Visit the Astra Officlal website

The entire speed test experiment and results can also be seen here in this video.

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Hello Elementor WordPress Theme Speed Test – How Fast Is It?

A truly versatile and speedy WordPress Theme based on our tested data.

Ever wondered to know precisely how WordPress themes fare in terms of putting them into different speed test sites?

We conducted a series of individual speed tests on several popular WordPress Themes.

So how do we do that?

We used our dedicated domain name (https://www.testedsite.com), reset and started a brand new WordPress database, and finally, installed each WordPress theme we wanted to test out.

This article will focus on the highly-rated Hello Elementor WordPress theme.

Speed Test – Environment

WordPress Theme used: Hello Elementor version 2.4.1

Web Hosting: We used a fast & reliable web hosting service called WPX Host.

Installation: To ensure our speed test experiment is as accurate as possible, we reset our WordPress database to revert to its basic default settings and installed the Hello Elementor theme onto it.

Configuration: Again, to minimize any speed test disruptions, there will be no CDN used, no other WordPress plugins, no additional or removal of any posts, pages and media.

Speed Test – Sites Used

These are the five (5) sites that we used to conduct speed tests;

  1. PageSpeed Insights
  2. GTMetrix
  3. Pingdom Tools
  4. WebPageTest
  5. ByteCheck

Speed Test – Results

S/noSpeed Test – Sites usedResults
1PageSpeed InsightsScore 99,
FCP 1.5 sec, Speed Index 2.1 sec, LCP 1.6 sec
Time to Interactive 1.5 sec, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
2GTMetrixGrade A,
Performance 100%, Structure 100%,
LCP 233ms, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
3Pingdom ToolsGrade A 92,
Page Size 26.5 KB,
Load Time 1.02 second, Requests 7
4WebPageTestFirst Byte 0.313 sec
FCP 0.521 sec, Speed Index 0.5 sec, LCP 0520 sec,
TBT 0ms, CLS 0
5ByteCheckTTFB 164ms,
Total Time 343ms, Header Size 563 bytes,
Request Size 188 bytes

Conclusion

The Hello Elementor theme scored very well on all five (5) speed tests.

It has achieved full marks of 100 for GTMetrix and 99 for PageSpeed Insights.

For most speed measurement metrics, the lower the timing, the faster the WordPress theme is.

The First Contentful Paint (FCP) is at a low of 1.5 seconds, and the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) is also at a low of 1.6 seconds.

FCP measures how your visitors perceive the performance of your website, as opposed to what a speed test tool measures.

LCP tells us the time it takes to load the biggest capacity piece of content on your site, and it can be an image or graphic.

The “Time To First Byte” (TTFB) is also at a low of 164 milliseconds.

TTFB is measured from when your web browser requests the web page to when that first byte arrives.

In summary, you should consider installing the Hello Elementor theme on your blog or even for your business site. There is plenty of customization available.

Visit Hello Elementor official homepage

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How FAST is Twenty Twenty-One WordPress Theme: Speed Test Results

We put the default WordPress theme into our speed tests and are pleased with the results.

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WordPress offers its default theme, Twenty Twenty-Three, for every new user.

So just how fast is this theme?

We put it to the ultimate speed test in this article and show you the results.

Speed Test Environment

WordPress Theme used; Twenty Twenty-Three version 1.0

Web Hosting; We are using a fast and reliable WordPress host called WPX Hosting

Installation; We installed the theme on our dedicated test domain (https://www.testedsite.com) on top of a newly reset WordPress configuration.

Considerations; No CDN used, no additional WordPress plugins, no amendments or removal of posts, pages or media, no configuration of WordPress Settings and the WordPress database newly reset.

Speed Test – Sites used

These are the five (5) sites that we used to conduct speed tests;

  1. PageSpeed Insights
  2. GTMetrix
  3. Pingdom Tools
  4. WebPageTest
  5. ByteCheck

Speed Tests – Results

The table below shows all the speed test results from all five (5) sites.

S/noSpeed Test – Sites usedResults
1PageSpeed InsightsScore 97,
FCP 1.3 sec, Speed Index 4.4 sec, LCP 1.5 sec
Time to Interactive 1.3 sec, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
2GTMetrixGrade A,
Performance 100%, Structure 98%,
LCP 577ms, TBT 0ms, CLS 0
3Pingdom ToolsGrade A 91,
Page Size 47.9 KB,
Load Time 1.16 sec, Requests 8
4WebPageTestFirst Byte 0.199 sec
FCP 0.702 sec, Speed Index 0.7 sec, LCP 0.693 sec,
TBT 0ms, CLS 0
5ByteCheckTTFB 378ms,
Total Time 532ms, Header Size 555 bytes,
Request Size 188 bytes

Conclusion

The default WordPress theme, Twenty Twenty-One, scored a very high-performance grade (A) for both PageSpeed Insights and GTMetrix tests.

Provided that your domain is hosted on a fast & reliable web hosting service, this theme has proven itself from these speed tests that it is worth using.

The Time to First Byte (TTFB) is a fast 378 milliseconds which means visitors can expect a quick web page loading on your site.

Twenty Twenty-One is recommended to be used by anyone if they want a clean and speedy WordPress theme.

If you had previously uninstalled the theme, you could always get it back via the official WordPress website.

The entire speed test experiment and results can also be seen here in this video.

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