Shopify theme accessibility — per-theme hot-spot map

Each theme has predictable accessibility hot-spots based on the structural patterns it ships with. Pick yours for the failure list, the WCAG criterion affected, and the exact theme-code fix.

Free · OS 2.0VPAT WCAG 2.1 AA

Dawn

Shopify's reference Online Store 2.0 theme — open-source, the most-installed theme on the platform.

Free · OS 2.0

Studio

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for art and craft merchants.

Free · OS 2.0

Sense

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for health, beauty, and wellness merchants.

Free · OS 2.0

Refresh

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for sports and outdoor merchants.

Free · OS 2.0

Origin

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for handmade and one-of-a-kind merchants.

Free · OS 2.0

Crave

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for food, drink, and bold-branded merchants.

Free · OS 2.0

Spotlight

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for fashion and apparel merchants.

Free · OS 2.0

Colorblock

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme designed for kids, baby, and toy merchants — bold colors, playful design.

Free · OS 2.0

Taste

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme for food and beverage merchants — large product imagery, recipe-friendly content blocks.

Free · OS 2.0

Craft

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme for handmade, artisan, and small-batch merchants — text-forward, editorial layouts.

Free · OS 2.0

Trade

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme for B2B and wholesale merchants — large catalogs, complex variant matrices.

Free · OS 2.0

Ride

Shopify's free OS 2.0 theme for outdoor, sporting goods, and adventure merchants — bold imagery, gear-focused product cards.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Brooklyn

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme. New installs disabled in 2021; many merchants still run it.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Debut

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme — was the default for new stores 2017-2021. Sunset for new installs.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Narrative

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme for storytelling-led brands — long-scroll product pages, full-bleed imagery.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Venture

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme for sporting goods and outdoor — large catalogs, multi-column nav.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Simple

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme — minimalist, sidebar-driven layout.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Boundless

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme for visual storytelling — full-bleed product imagery, minimal chrome.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Minimal

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme — minimalist typography, plenty of whitespace.

Free (legacy) · OS 1.0

Supply

Shopify's legacy free 1.0 theme for high-volume catalogs — dense product grids, sidebar filters.

Paid ($380) · OS 2.0

Impulse

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Archetype with mega-menu, advanced product video, and rich-media collection layouts.

Paid ($420) · OS 2.0

Prestige

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Maestrooo built for fashion and luxury — refined typography, elegant defaults.

Paid ($380) · OS 2.0

Motion

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Archetype focused on motion design — slideshow, scroll animations, parallax.

Paid ($240) · OS 2.0

Symmetry

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Clean Themes for large catalogs — flexible homepage sections, mega-menu support.

Paid ($320) · OS 2.0

Empire

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Pixel Union for high-volume merchants — quick view, advanced filtering.

Paid ($350) · OS 2.0

Turbo

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Out of the Sandbox optimized for high-traffic stores — performance-focused, large catalog.

Paid ($350) · OS 2.0

Flex

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Out of the Sandbox with extensive section flexibility — drag-to-rearrange page sections.

Paid ($300) · OS 2.0

Warehouse

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Pixel Union for B2B and large-catalog merchants — multi-column nav, density-focused.

Paid ($300) · OS 2.0

Broadcast

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Invisible Themes for content-led merchants — large blog component, editorial blocks.

Paid ($300) · OS 2.0

Pacific

Premium OS 2.0 theme by Pixel Union for fashion and lifestyle — large lookbook sections, full-bleed photography.