Roots Original
Roots Original is a BigCommerce theme by Weizen Young (Free). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 72 for mobile speed and 90 for desktop speed, 85/85 for SEO and 81/77 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile63
Desktop92
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 72 | 90 |
| SEO | 85 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 81 | 77 |
| Best practices | 100 | 99 |
Single preset · measured 5 times since 2026-09-12 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Roots-Original home page
Mobile
Speed 63 · 37 points to gain
- −24.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.6 Speed Index medium effort
- 450 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −5 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −3.5 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Desktop
Speed 92 · 8 points to gain
- −5.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.5 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
Accessibility 80 · 20 points to gain
- −5 `[user-scalable="no"]` is used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element or the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is less than 5. low effort
- −3.5 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −3.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −3.5 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
- −1.5 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Roots-Original default demo ↗ | 72 | 85 | 81 | 90 | 85 | 77 | 2026-09-12 |
| category ↗ | 81 | 85 | 78 | 98 | 85 | 80 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 63 | 85 | 83 | 92 | 85 | 80 | 2026-09-12 |
| product ↗ | – | – | – | 80 | 85 | 72 | 2026-09-12 |
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