Subtle
Subtle is a Ghost theme by justgoodthemes ($39). Tested on 2026-10-31 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 75 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 91/92 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile75
Desktop99
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 75 | 99 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 91 | 92 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-03 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Subtle home page
Mobile
Speed 75 · 25 points to gain
- −14 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.7 Speed Index medium effort
- 600 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain
- −4.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.3 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −0.7 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 92 · 8 points to gain
- −4.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −4.2 Links rely on color to be distinguishable. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Subtle default demo ↗ | 75 | 92 | 91 | 99 | 92 | 92 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 75 | 92 | 91 | 99 | 92 | 92 | 2026-10-31 |
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