Pulse
Pulse is a Ghost theme by brightthemes ($149). Tested on 2026-10-31 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 70 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 100/100 for SEO and 100/100 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile70
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 70 | 98 |
| SEO | 100 | 100 |
| Accessibility | 100 | 100 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-09 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Pulse home page
Mobile
Speed 70 · 30 points to gain
- −24.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.7 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.9 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 800 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −1 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Pulse default demo ↗ | 70 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-31 |
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A live badge: it always shows Pulse's current score and links back here. Paste this where the theme is sold or documented.
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