Release
Release is a Shopify theme by DigiFist ($400). Tested on 2026-09-12 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 67 for mobile speed and 79 for desktop speed, 95/95 for SEO and 91/92 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 40 to 74. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 111 reviews.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 67 | 79 |
| SEO | 95 | 95 |
| Accessibility | 91 | 92 |
| 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 — Release home page
Mobile
Speed 64 · 36 points to gain
- −24.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −6 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −2.4 Total Blocking Time 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 83 · 17 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 Links do not have a discernible name 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
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
- −15.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7 Speed Index medium effort
- −4.8 Total Blocking Time medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
Accessibility 83 · 17 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 Links do not have a discernible name 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
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 | ||||||
| Forest demo ↗ | 69 | 95 | 92 | 79 | 95 | 93 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 74 | 92 | 92 | 82 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 70 | 92 | 90 | 80 | 92 | 90 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 62 | 100 | 95 | 76 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| Grasse demo ↗ | 59 | 92 | 92 | 80 | 92 | 93 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 73 | 92 | 92 | 82 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 40 | 85 | 90 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 64 | 100 | 95 | 77 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| Release default demo ↗ | 67 | 95 | 90 | 78 | 95 | 91 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 71 | 92 | 92 | 84 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 64 | 92 | 83 | 72 | 92 | 83 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 65 | 100 | 95 | 77 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| Renaissance demo ↗ | 67 | 95 | 91 | 80 | 95 | 92 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 73 | 92 | 92 | 82 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 67 | 92 | 87 | 83 | 92 | 87 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 62 | 100 | 95 | 76 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| Serenity demo ↗ | 64 | 92 | 91 | 78 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 65 | 92 | 89 | 82 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 64 | 85 | 90 | 78 | 85 | 87 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 62 | 100 | 95 | 75 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
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