Kate
Kate is a Ghost theme by trexthemes ($89). Tested on 2026-10-31 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 71 for mobile speed and 94 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 84/84 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile71
Desktop94
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 71 | 94 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 84 | 84 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-03 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Kate home page
Mobile
Speed 71 · 29 points to gain
- −24.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 760 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −4.6 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.6 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 94 · 6 points to gain
- −6 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −4.6 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.6 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.2 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Kate default demo ↗ | 71 | 85 | 84 | 94 | 85 | 84 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 85 | 84 | 94 | 85 | 84 | 2026-10-31 |
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