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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
Essentials home page on mobile
Desktop82
Essentials home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed8793
SEO9797
Accessibility9490
Best practices9696

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 / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Chronograph demo ↗ 849793969791 2026-11-07
category ↗ 100100939510089 2026-11-07
home ↗ 739290979290 2026-11-07
product ↗ 79100969510093 2026-11-07
Essentials default demo ↗ 889794909792 2026-11-07
category ↗ 98100939510089 2026-11-07
home ↗ 839293829293 2026-11-07
product ↗ 83100969410093 2026-11-07
Volt demo ↗ 879794849790 2026-11-07
category ↗ 100100937510089 2026-11-07
home ↗ 829293829289 2026-11-07
product ↗ 78100969610093 2026-11-07
Filter demo ↗ 929794989789 2026-10-30
category ↗ 98100929910086 2026-10-31
home ↗ 949293979289 2026-10-30
product ↗ 83100969810093 2026-10-31
Cut demo ↗ 789794939790 2026-11-07
category ↗ 99100939510089 2026-11-07
home ↗ 739293879289 2026-11-07
product ↗ 61100969610093 2026-11-07

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Essentials: mobile speed 87 on Themestested
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