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Anthologist

Name: Anthologist Shopify Theme
Price: 240 USD
Rating: 4.9 (82 reviews)
Author: Small Victories

California keeps things clean and simple, using a Section Everywhere structure so clothing, jewelry, and other merchants can rearrange layouts without coding. Standard tools include lookbooks, product tabs, size charts, a mega menu, infinite scroll, quick buy, and a slide-out cart with cart notes, on this Shopify theme.

Source Shopify Theme Store Official

★★★★★

4.9 · 82 reviews · 98% positive

PRICE

$ 240,00 USD

PRESETS

4 styles

View on Theme Store

PRESETS INCLUDED Total 4

smallvictories.co/themes/colors/support

Documentation

small-victories.notion.site/California-Theme-Docs-ebda97bd91044e8d99151ca32ac8f5e2

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Anthologist?

Google PageSpeed Insights scores for the home page, out of 100

In our October 2026 test, the official Anthologist demo scored 81/100 on mobile and 98/100 on desktop. On mobile, LCP was 4.8s, CLS 0.00 and Total Blocking Time 0ms.

Theme demo store

Official Anthologist demo, home page

81 /100

Mobile

Needs improvement

98 /100

Desktop

Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

Metric	Mobile	Desktop
Largest Contentful Paint	4.8s	1.1s
Cumulative Layout Shift	0.00	0.00
Total Blocking Time	0ms	6ms
Speed Index	2.2s	665ms

The 8 live stores we tested averaged 50/100 on mobile and 81/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 11.0s and CLS was 0.11. These are complete production stores, so the numbers cover more than the theme itself.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Anthologist

50 /100

Mobile

Needs improvement

81 /100

Desktop

Needs improvement

Tested Oct 2026 · Results include each store's apps, images, tracking scripts and customizations

Metric	Mobile	Desktop
Largest Contentful Paint	11.0s	2.6s
Cumulative Layout Shift	0.11	0.04
Total Blocking Time	833ms	202ms
Speed Index	8.4s	1.6s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026

Pier 1

pier1.com

Mobile 47

Desktop 87

Popular Bookstore

popular.com.sg

Mobile 29

Desktop 41

LabReqs.com

schooltiters.com

Mobile 83

Desktop 99

HirbawiUSA

hirbawiusa.com

Mobile —

Desktop 81

Black Sands

blacksands.com

Mobile 58

Desktop 95

ANKI

anki.bot

Mobile 36

Desktop 67

Invertedgear

invertedgear.com

Mobile 63

Desktop 98

Jackofthedust

jackofthedust.com

Mobile 34

Desktop 76

Anthologist ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes

#464 of 1308

Position among Shopify themes for "art"

#15 of 46

Overall satisfaction based on all reviews

98% positive

Tracked over time

Shopify themes ranking

Position among all Shopify themes

#464

107 positions

Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8

improved from #571 to #464 since Sep 11, 2026

Industry ranking

Position among Art industry

#15

5 positions

Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8

improved from #20 to #15 since Sep 11, 2026

Review growth

Cumulative merchant reviews

reviews

Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8

No new reviews since Sep 11, 2026

Price history

Theme Store list price, USD

$240

no price changes

Sep 11 Sep 27 Sep 30 Oct 2 Oct 5 Oct 8

No price changes since Sep 11, 2026

Examples of Shopify stores using the Anthologist theme

A sample of live Shopify stores where the Anthologist theme has been detected.

456+ live stores found · showing 6

Release history

LATEST VERSION

v10.1.1

Released September 25, 2025

Releases in 12 mo 0

Total releases 131

First release November 18, 2016

v10.1.1 FIX September 25, 2025

California 10.1.0, updated to latest Shopify theme requirements

Added

Added support for high-variant products.

Fixes and other improvements

Minor bugs fixes.

v10.0.1 FIX June 16, 2025

California 10.0.1, updated to latest Shopify theme requirements

Changed

Restructured theme files for theme store redesign.

v9.14.0 FEATURE December 16, 2024

California 9.14.0, updated to latest Shopify theme requirements

Changed

Replaced deprecated default theme fonts.
Updated from country_option_tags to all_country_option_tags.

Fixes and improvements

Fixed translation issue in Spanish.
Fixed bug that was preventing on mobile to change the product variant image when having many product variants.
Fixed bug that was preventing pre-order button text to be preserved when changing product variants.

v9.13.0 FEATURE July 22, 2024

California 9.13.0, added the option to have the collapsible tabs to be expanded on page load.

Added

Added the option to have the collapsible tabs to be expanded on page load.

Changed

Changed product inventory block name so it renders the inventory icon.

Fixes and improvements

Fixed footer menu columns bug on mobile screens.
Fixed account pages font rendering bug.
Fixed bug that was preventing pre-order button text to be preserved when changing product variants.

v9.12.0 FEATURE December 7, 2023

California 9.12.0, added new Shopify requirement for product filtering.

Added

Added visual displays for product metaobjects options on collection filtering.

What merchants say about Anthologist Shopify theme

We know about 82 reviews

--updated-- Thank you for reply. I got your e-mail. i will update the theme and if i still have a problem.I will inform again. --previous-- I like the theme. But I need help on header menu and footer menu on California Theme. never stay on same market.

MUD FACTORY

Jun 24, 2025

This is a very clean and a great-looking theme! Everything works as expected, the load speed is great too. Documentation is quite helpful and most apps work well with the theme. The support has been incredibly efficient and Guille has been super responsive with any questions we have had. Thanks for everything!

Monsoon Breeze

Jul 19, 2024

I absolutely love this theme! Very easy to use with a clean, crisp design. And Guille has been absolutely incredible to work with, helping me customize my website to my liking. Highly recommend!

NYS Probate Leads

Jul 9, 2024

Awesome theme with great support. This theme has everything you could want. It looks so professional and has so many different ways to display information. It's also easy to tweak in code to make it unique to your store. The creator responded to my questions quickly and assisted me with making a change I couldn't figure out.

90s Sneaker Vault

Jun 30, 2023

Top notch! Appreciate the California theme for its modern and attractive appearance and functionality. You also get quick, easy-to-understand and descriptive support that Guille provides. If you are not a technical genius yourself, here you get that little extra and the necessary help you may need. That kind of service is rare but all the more appreciated! Simply world-class service!

Sporty'n'Fit

Jan 17, 2023

ALERT! Anyone looking for an amazingly functional & modern theme. This is for them! Nice, premium theme with attractive features. We do not know much Html coding & needed a few changes per our requirements. Guille has not only done the requested changes, but he checked other errors(which we didn't notice) and corrected them. Prompt response, excellent work ethic, & extremely helpful.

SHUHORNY

Jul 11, 2022