California
California is a Shopify theme by Small Victories ($240). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 75 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 87/85 for SEO and 90/88 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 4 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 71 to 87. On its marketplace it is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 82 reviews.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 75 | 99 |
| SEO | 87 | 85 |
| Accessibility | 90 | 88 |
| Best practices | 95 | 94 |
Median of 4 presets · measured 24 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — California home page
Mobile
Speed 86 · 14 points to gain
- −11.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 77 · 23 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
- −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 use prohibited ARIA attributes medium effort
- −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.3 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
- −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
- −3.8 Issues were logged in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools high effort
Desktop
Speed 99 · 1 points to gain
- −1 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 77 · 23 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
- −7.7 Links are not crawlable medium effort
- −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 points to gain
- −4.7 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
- −4.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −3.3 Links do not have a discernible name 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 / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Anthologist demo ↗ | 72 | 87 | 90 | 99 | 85 | 89 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 74 | 92 | 91 | 100 | 92 | 90 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 85 | 90 | 99 | 85 | 92 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 71 | 85 | 90 | 99 | 77 | 84 | 2026-09-12 |
| California default demo ↗ | 79 | 85 | 88 | 99 | 82 | 86 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 80 | 92 | 91 | 98 | 92 | 90 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 86 | 77 | 84 | 99 | 77 | 83 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 72 | 85 | 90 | 99 | 77 | 84 | 2026-09-12 |
| Disruptor demo ↗ | 78 | 87 | 90 | 99 | 85 | 88 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 87 | 92 | 91 | 99 | 92 | 90 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 77 | 85 | 89 | 98 | 85 | 91 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 71 | 85 | 90 | 99 | 77 | 84 | 2026-09-12 |
| Lane demo ↗ | 72 | 87 | 90 | 94 | 85 | 88 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 74 | 92 | 91 | 99 | 92 | 90 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 71 | 85 | 89 | 83 | 85 | 91 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 71 | 85 | 90 | 99 | 77 | 84 | 2026-09-12 |
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