When starting an online store many people may choose Shopify over Woocommerce, with one of the motives being that Shopify has a more robust technology stack which allows it to have better results with customers buying and navigating faster on the store.
But choosing a fast Woocommerce theme that improves your user experience is not that hard. Below is a list of the fastest Woocommerce themes ranked using Google data:
Other notable themes without field data, but have good performance in speed tests:
Kadence
Kadence is a free theme with the following features:
- Header and Footer builder.
- Custom Layout: sidebars, full-width, etc.
- Global styling.
Kadence ranks in the top 2 on the fastest Wordpress themes rank.
Kadence Pro
Kadence Pro features are Header Addons, Hooked Elements(Hooks), Ultimate Menu, Woocommerce add-ons, and Shop Kit. Other Kadence features include:
- Drag & Drop option with 10+ elements
- Live Editing, and more.
- Templates library to bootstrap your website project.
Pricing
Kadence is available with the following pricing options:
- Kadence Theme: Free
- Kadence Pro unlimited site(1y support): $59/year
- Kadence Theme Pro + Blocks + Pro templates: $129/year
- Kadence Theme Pro + Blocks + Pro templates + Cloud + Child theme + Shop Kit + AMP: $199/year
- Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks (needs Gutenberg): Free
GeneratePress
GeneratePress offers a free version of its theme with limited usage, but it has the same speed gains as its premium theme.
GeneratePress Free
- Custom Layout: full-width or contained divs, etc.
- Typography.
- Remove all GP Customizer options: remove customization from the admin interface.
GeneratePress Pro
- Full Customization
- Import / Export layout
- Site Library: Multiple pre-built themes.
- Backgrounds: Set background images for various HTML elements.
- Blog: Set blog options like infinite scroll, masonry layouts, and more.
- Elements: Use the block editor theme builder, build advanced HTML hooks, Layout control, and control elements page appearance using hooks.
- Menu Plus: Set up a mobile header, sticky navigation, or off-canvas panel.
- Secondary Nav: Add fully-featured secondary navigation to your site.
- Typography, color options.
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