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Release

Release is a Shopify theme by DigiFist ($400). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 74 for mobile speed and 78 for desktop speed, 95/95 for SEO and 91/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 37 to 95. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 111 reviews.

Mobile85
Release home page on mobile
Desktop62
Release home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed7478
SEO9595
Accessibility9193
Best practices9797

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

Why not 100 — Release home page

Mobile

Speed 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −11 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −3.5 Speed Index medium effort
  • 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

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

Accessibility 87 · 13 points to gain

  • −4.9 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.4 List items (`<li>`) are not contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements. low effort
  • −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Desktop

Speed 62 · 38 points to gain

  • −18.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −12.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −7 Speed Index medium effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

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

Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain

  • −4.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −3.3 Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` do not have accessible names. medium effort
  • −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.3 List items (`<li>`) are not contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements. low effort
  • −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Presets and pages

Preset / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Forest demo ↗ 749592789593 2026-11-06
category ↗ 799292929292 2026-11-08
home ↗ 719290689290 2026-11-06
product ↗ 71100957510097 2026-11-08
Grasse demo ↗ 689290799293 2026-11-06
category ↗ 789289929292 2026-11-08
home ↗ 378590708590 2026-11-06
product ↗ 90100927510097 2026-11-08
Release default demo ↗ 789591769591 2026-11-06
category ↗ 599292889292 2026-11-08
home ↗ 859287629284 2026-11-06
product ↗ 89100957710097 2026-11-08
Renaissance demo ↗ 749592889593 2026-11-06
category ↗ 799292929292 2026-11-08
home ↗ 729290939290 2026-11-06
product ↗ 71100957910097 2026-11-08
Serenity demo ↗ 799291739292 2026-11-06
category ↗ 789289799292 2026-11-08
home ↗ 658590618587 2026-11-06
product ↗ 95100957810097 2026-11-08

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Release: mobile speed 74 on Themestested
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