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Paper is a Shopify theme by Brickspace Lab ($320). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 81 for mobile speed and 95 for desktop speed, 90/90 for SEO and 89/89 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 70 to 98. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 53 reviews. Note: its demo home page is heavy — 40.4 MB — heavier than a typical store, so the speed score may understate the theme.

Mobile70
Paper home page on mobile
Desktop81
Paper home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed8195
SEO9090
Accessibility8989
Best practices9999

Median of 5 presets · measured 150 times since 2026-11-06 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Parade home page

Mobile

Speed 70 · 30 points to gain

  • −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −3 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −2.1 Speed Index medium effort

SEO 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
  • −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort

Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain

  • −4.6 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −3.2 Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` do not have accessible names. medium effort
  • −3.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Desktop

Speed 81 · 19 points to gain

  • −13.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −4.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −1.2 Speed Index medium effort

SEO 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
  • −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort

Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain

  • −4.5 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −3.2 Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` do not have accessible names. medium effort
  • −3.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −1.4 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
Parade default demo ↗ 768787898787 2026-11-06
category ↗ 779291919291 2026-11-08
home ↗ 708588818588 2026-11-06
product ↗ 828583948583 2026-11-08
Postcard demo ↗ 789289909289 2026-11-07
category ↗ 769290859290 2026-11-07
home ↗ 839291889291 2026-11-07
product ↗ 759287979287 2026-11-07
Paper demo ↗ 818789998791 2026-11-07
category ↗ 868593988593 2026-11-07
home ↗ 819284999288 2026-11-07
product ↗ 7585911008591 2026-11-07
Pull demo ↗ 869089959089 2026-11-07
category ↗ 809290999290 2026-11-07
home ↗ 838591968591 2026-11-07
product ↗ 969287899287 2026-11-07
Parts demo ↗ 819289989289 2026-11-07
category ↗ 9892901009290 2026-11-07
home ↗ 719290969290 2026-11-07
product ↗ 749287979287 2026-11-07

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