Story
Story is a Shopify theme by Groupthought ($280). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 86 for mobile speed and 90 for desktop speed, 62/62 for SEO and 99/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 4 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 71 to 94. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 22 reviews.
Mobile74

Desktop72

Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 86 | 90 |
| SEO | 62 | 62 |
| Accessibility | 99 | 93 |
| Best practices | 97 | 99 |
Median of 4 presets · measured 120 times since 2026-10-09 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Story home page
Mobile
Speed 74 · 26 points to gain
- −23.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 46 · 54 points to gain
- −31 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.8 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.8 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 72 · 28 points to gain
- −23 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −3.3 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −1.6 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 46 · 54 points to gain
- −31 Page is blocked from indexing low effort
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 84 · 16 points to gain
- −5.2 `[aria-*]` attributes do not match their roles medium effort
- −3.6 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name 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 | ||||||
| Shale demo ↗ | 83 | 64 | 100 | 90 | 64 | 94 | 2026-11-08 |
| category ↗ | 88 | 69 | 100 | 99 | 69 | 95 | 2026-11-08 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 61 | 100 | 72 | 61 | 92 | 2026-11-08 |
| product ↗ | 89 | 61 | 100 | 99 | 61 | 95 | 2026-11-08 |
| Solace demo ↗ | 86 | 64 | 99 | 88 | 64 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 93 | 69 | 100 | 99 | 69 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 61 | 96 | 66 | 61 | 88 | 2026-11-08 |
| product ↗ | 94 | 61 | 100 | 99 | 61 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |
| Spade demo ↗ | 87 | 59 | 99 | 90 | 59 | 93 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 93 | 69 | 100 | 99 | 69 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 75 | 46 | 96 | 72 | 46 | 88 | 2026-11-08 |
| product ↗ | 93 | 61 | 100 | 99 | 61 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |
| Story default demo ↗ | 85 | 59 | 97 | 90 | 59 | 91 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 93 | 69 | 100 | 100 | 69 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 74 | 46 | 92 | 72 | 46 | 84 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 89 | 61 | 100 | 99 | 61 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |