Palo Alto
Palo Alto is a Shopify theme by Presidio ($420). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 61 for mobile speed and 83 for desktop speed, 56/56 for SEO and 88/89 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 45 to 71. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 312 reviews.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 61 | 83 |
| SEO | 56 | 56 |
| Accessibility | 88 | 89 |
| Best practices | 93 | 93 |
Median of 5 presets · measured 30 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Skylight home page
Mobile
Speed 66 · 34 points to gain
- −24.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6.4 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.3 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.9 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- 300 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
- 150 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain
- −5 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.5 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −1.5 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 74 · 26 points to gain
- −11.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −8.7 Speed Index medium effort
- −5.4 Total Blocking Time 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 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 86 · 14 points to gain
- −5.2 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
- −3.7 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
- −3.7 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.6 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
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Palo Alto demo ↗ | 68 | 54 | 87 | 79 | 54 | 92 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 70 | 46 | 82 | 81 | 46 | 89 | 2026-09-11 |
| home ↗ | 64 | 54 | 85 | 64 | 54 | 95 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 71 | 61 | 93 | 91 | 61 | 93 | 2026-09-11 |
| Skylight default demo ↗ | 61 | 54 | 89 | 86 | 54 | 86 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 56 | 54 | 87 | 92 | 54 | 85 | 2026-09-11 |
| home ↗ | 66 | 46 | 90 | 74 | 46 | 86 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 60 | 61 | 90 | 91 | 61 | 86 | 2026-09-11 |
| Dynamo demo ↗ | 61 | 56 | 87 | 83 | 56 | 88 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 68 | 54 | 87 | 90 | 54 | 85 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 45 | 54 | 84 | 70 | 54 | 93 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 70 | 61 | 90 | 89 | 61 | 86 | 2026-09-12 |
| Pluma demo ↗ | 58 | 56 | 88 | 83 | 56 | 92 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 65 | 54 | 85 | 91 | 54 | 88 | 2026-09-11 |
| home ↗ | 55 | 54 | 84 | 66 | 54 | 94 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 55 | 61 | 94 | 93 | 61 | 94 | 2026-09-11 |
| Phenomena demo ↗ | 65 | 56 | 92 | 84 | 56 | 89 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 64 | 61 | 86 | 85 | 61 | 82 | 2026-09-11 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 46 | 94 | 77 | 46 | 89 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 60 | 61 | 95 | 90 | 61 | 95 | 2026-09-11 |
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