How We Picked These Free & Paid Shopify Blog & Editorial Website Themes

We list 134 free & paid Shopify Blog & Editorial website themes that cleared our 7.0 Overall Score threshold. Across them, the average is Design: 8.0/10 and Dev: 8.5/10, and 48 score 9.0 or higher overall. 6 are free, and the 128 paid options run from $100 to $430, with a median of $350.

Our review team scores every entry on two axes. Six designers rate Design and five developers rate Dev, each independently, and we publish the average for each discipline. See how we score templates and who reviews them.

Top Rated Themes in This List

1. Zenith by Apparent Collective: Design: 9.6/10, Dev: 9.5/10, $380
2. Snow by Maestrooo: Design: 9.5/10, Dev: 9.6/10, $400
3. Affair by Apparent Collective: Design: 9.4/10, Dev: 9.6/10, $380
4. Candy by Switch: Design: 9.6/10, Dev: 9.4/10, $380
5. Rays by Almost Perfect Studio: Design: 9.4/10, Dev: 9.5/10, $320

Highest Rated Free Themes

1. Pitch by Shopify: Design: 9.1/10, Dev: 8.3/10, Free
2. Fabric by Shopify: Design: 8.3/10, Dev: 8.2/10, Free
3. Publisher by independent studios and publishers: Design: 8.2/10, Dev: 7.5/10, Free