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Kiln

Shopify theme by Presidio

Modular pairs lively animation with large imagery for jewelry, food and drink, and general retail stores of varied catalog sizes. Its feature set spans a mega menu, swatch filters, image hotspots, and a slide-out sticky cart with quick buy and sign-in with Shop.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
4.8 · 225 reviews · 96% positive
PRICE
$ 300,00 USD
PRESETS
5 styles

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Kiln?

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

The official Kiln demo scored 72/100 on mobile and 90/100 on desktop in our October 2026 test. On mobile, LCP was 10.2s, CLS 0.01 and Total Blocking Time 0ms.

Theme demo store

Official Kiln demo, home page
72 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
90 /100
Desktop
Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 10.2s 1.9s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.01 0.00
Total Blocking Time 0ms 0ms
Speed Index 3.7s 1.4s

The 8 live stores we tested averaged 43/100 on mobile and 55/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 13.2s and CLS was 0.19. These results reflect complete production stores, not the theme alone.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Kiln
43 /100
Mobile
Poor
55 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

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

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 13.2s 3.2s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.19 0.12
Total Blocking Time 926ms 451ms
Speed Index 8.1s 2.8s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Shoe Palace
shoepalace.com
Mobile 28
Desktop 46
The Boeing Store
boeingstore.com
Mobile 63
Desktop 76
Naturally Derived Fragrance by Heretic Parfum
hereticparfum.com
Mobile 31
Desktop 59
Alexandre Family Farm, LLC
alexandrefamilyfarm.com
Mobile 39
Desktop 63
The Penny Candy Store
pennycandy.com
Mobile 72
Desktop —
Rieker Shoe Corporation USA
rieker.us
Mobile —
Desktop 63
Saratogateaandhoney
saratogateaandhoney.com
Mobile 61
Desktop 27
Littleseedfarm
littleseedfarm.com
Mobile 9
Desktop 50

Kiln ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#449 of 1302
Position among Shopify themes for "art"
#16 of 45
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
96% positive

Tracked over time

Shopify themes ranking

Position among all Shopify themes

#449
94 positions
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
Dropped from #355 to #449 since Sep 11, 2026

Industry ranking

Position among Art industry

#16
8 positions
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
Dropped from #8 to #16 since Sep 11, 2026

Review growth

Cumulative merchant reviews

225
1 review
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
+1 new reviews since Sep 11, 2026

Price history

Theme Store list price, USD

$300
no price changes
Sep 11 Sep 26 Sep 29 Oct 1 Oct 4 Oct 7
No price changes since Sep 11, 2026

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v7.0.1
Released June 9, 2026
Releases in 12 mo 3
Total releases 60
First release October 11, 2017
v7.0.1 FIX

Added

  • All new presets: Sparkling, Pattern, Companion, Kiln, and the main Modular preset has gotten a complete style overhaul
  • Highlights section
  • Text columns with images section
  • Jumbo button section
  • Shop the look section
  • Social gallery section
  • Subheadings badge style option
  • Global ‘Rounded corners’ setting added for images and boxed elements
  • Product form blocks: Icon block, Accordion block
  • Add to cart button: Implemented an option to display the product price directly on the ATC button.
  • Badges added as an option to Hero, Slideshow, Image with text and Text columns with images sections to provide a modern way to highlight product features, brand identity etc.
  • Grid updated and Width settings added into all sections
  • Logo section in Footer
  • Cutline for product grid added. Use the metafield 'theme.cutline' to show a short description under product titles

Changed

  • Overall theme design has been modernized
  • New color palettes
  • New typography styles and settings
  • Important: If upgrading, you will be required to reset your color and typography settings
  • Product card design updated
  • Icons updated to modern designs
  • Slider design modernized and updated, fixed scroll setting included
  • Quick view design updated for both desktop and mobile
  • Image with text section and Slideshow sections now built with theme blocks
  • Image with text overlay section renamed to Hero section and is now built with theme blocks
  • Animations speed increased
  • Testimonials section design updated and modernized
  • Additional settings added to Rich text and Split content sections to apply background colors, vertical padding and border radius to the content
  • New Header style added. Two styles removed: ‘Menu center, logo center’ and ‘Menu right, logo left’
  • Announcement bar homepage section renamed to Marquee section with additional text and color settings
  • Image and Icon block added to Marquee section
  • ‘Heading SEO tag’ setting added to all Heading blocks

Fixes & improvements

  • A11Y improvements
  • Top/bottom padding settings included in all sections now
  • Language and Currency selectors updated
  • Add to cart bar on Product page improved
  • Complimentary products block on the Product page displays correctly
  • Improvements made to the Text block in the Mosaic section
v7.0.0 MAJOR

Fixes and other improvements

  • Restructured theme files for theme store redesign.
v6.0.0 MAJOR

Added

  • Added support for high-variant products
v5.0.0 MAJOR

Fixes and other improvements

  • Restructured theme files for theme store redesign.
v4.1.3 FIX

Fixes and other improvements

  • Collection list overlay was not appearing
  • Removed deprecated font families

Full changelog

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What merchants say about Kiln Shopify theme

We know about 225 reviews

I always judge a company on their after sales support. These guys are A1. The email support is very helpful and responsive. I've also found Modular to be very versatile and easy to tailor to my store's particular requirements. Highly recommended.

F
Fusion Studio Works
Sep 28, 2026

The theme is beautifully designed and very easy to use. If you run into any issues, the support team responds quickly and helps resolve them efficiently. Highly recommended!

S
Soil home ehime みかん
Jun 11, 2026

Amazing Theme, great Support! Thank you so much volks!

T
thoughts of september
Nov 21, 2025

Decent theme. Contacted support, and while they were initially not helpful, the issue was eventually escalated, and I am in contact with somebody who is helpful.

L
LGH - Optimal Cellular Health for Dogs
Jul 25, 2025

Truly exceptional support from the team at Presidio Creative! We've been using this theme for several years, and their support team is always responsive, thoughtful, and creative when we've run into (very few) customization roadblocks. Modular is a robust and very customizable theme on which to build your e-commerce store!

S
Saratoga Tea & Honey Co.
Apr 22, 2025

Great service as always! Would definitely recommend those guys :)

V
Vidakafe
Feb 5, 2025

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