Essentials
Essentials is a Shopify theme by Noord ($320). Tested on 2026-11-07 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 87 for mobile speed and 93 for desktop speed, 97/97 for SEO and 94/90 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 61 to 100. On its marketplace it is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 12 reviews.
Mobile83

Desktop82

Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 87 | 93 |
| SEO | 97 | 97 |
| Accessibility | 94 | 90 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Median of 5 presets · measured 150 times since 2026-10-02 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Essentials home page
Mobile
Speed 83 · 17 points to gain
- −16.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 82 · 18 points to gain
- −16.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.2 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 93 · 7 points to gain
- −3 `button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements do not have accessible names. medium effort
- −3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.3 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order 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 | ||||||
| Chronograph demo ↗ | 84 | 97 | 93 | 96 | 97 | 91 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 100 | 100 | 93 | 95 | 100 | 89 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 92 | 90 | 97 | 92 | 90 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 79 | 100 | 96 | 95 | 100 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |
| Essentials default demo ↗ | 88 | 97 | 94 | 90 | 97 | 92 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 98 | 100 | 93 | 95 | 100 | 89 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 83 | 92 | 93 | 82 | 92 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 83 | 100 | 96 | 94 | 100 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |
| Volt demo ↗ | 87 | 97 | 94 | 84 | 97 | 90 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 100 | 100 | 93 | 75 | 100 | 89 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 82 | 92 | 93 | 82 | 92 | 89 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 78 | 100 | 96 | 96 | 100 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |
| Filter demo ↗ | 92 | 97 | 94 | 98 | 97 | 89 | 2026-10-30 |
| category ↗ | 98 | 100 | 92 | 99 | 100 | 86 | 2026-10-31 |
| home ↗ | 94 | 92 | 93 | 97 | 92 | 89 | 2026-10-30 |
| product ↗ | 83 | 100 | 96 | 98 | 100 | 93 | 2026-10-31 |
| Cut demo ↗ | 78 | 97 | 94 | 93 | 97 | 90 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 99 | 100 | 93 | 95 | 100 | 89 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 92 | 93 | 87 | 92 | 89 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 61 | 100 | 96 | 96 | 100 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |