Kite
Kite is a Ghost theme by iristhemes ($99). Tested on 2026-10-31 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 53 for mobile speed and 100 for desktop speed, 100/100 for SEO and 89/94 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile53
Desktop100
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 53 | 100 |
| SEO | 100 | 100 |
| Accessibility | 89 | 94 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-02 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Kite home page
Mobile
Speed 53 · 47 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −12.8 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −4.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −3.6 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 2.0 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio low effort
Desktop
Accessibility 94 · 6 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.9 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio low effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Kite default demo ↗ | 53 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 53 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 94 | 2026-10-31 |
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