Lute Shopify theme – Lute preset
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Lute Shopify theme

Lute preset

Created by ThemeGoal

Color plays a central role in Lute, a Shopify theme for jewelry, food and drink, and toy retailers that uses it to highlight focal points across flexible sections. Merchants can choose among multiple product page layouts, alongside mega menus, swatch filters, before/after sliders, and a slide-out cart.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
5.0 · 3 reviews · 100% positive
PRICE
$ 360,00 USD
PRESETS
2 styles
View on Theme Store
PRESETS INCLUDED Total 2
Lute Fauve
Theme support
support.themegoal.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Documentation
support.themegoal.com/hc/en-us

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Lute?

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

In our October 2026 test, the official Lute demo scored 91/100 on mobile and 94/100 on desktop. On mobile, LCP was 3.3s, CLS 0.00 and Total Blocking Time 2ms.

Theme demo store

Official Lute demo, home page
91 /100
Mobile
Good
94 /100
Desktop
Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 3.3s 761ms
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.00 0.14
Total Blocking Time 2ms 0ms
Speed Index 2.8s 835ms

The 8 live stores we tested averaged 65/100 on mobile and 88/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 10.1s and CLS was 0.03. These are complete production stores, so the numbers cover more than the theme itself.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Lute
65 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
88 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

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

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 10.1s 1.5s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.03 0.13
Total Blocking Time 117ms 44ms
Speed Index 5.8s 1.2s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Big Rock Candy Mountaineering
bigrockcandymountaineering.com
Mobile 66
Desktop 88
MadeHere
madehereonline.com
Mobile 64
Desktop 93
Uncanny Toys & More
uncannytoysandmore.com
Mobile 63
Desktop 83
Holiday Lites Up
holidaylitesup.com
Mobile 74
Desktop 95
LULU
shoplulustore.com
Mobile 61
Desktop 95
LudikQuebec
ludikquebec.com
Mobile 52
Desktop 69
The Boulder Collection Card Shop
thebouldercollection.com
Mobile 83
Desktop 98
Tubular
gettubular.co
Mobile 54
Desktop 82

Features

Built-in features listed on the Theme Store.

Cart and checkout

  • Cart notes
  • In-store pickups
  • Quick buy
  • Sign in with Shop
  • Slide-out cart
  • Sticky cart

Marketing and conversion

  • Blogs
  • Countdown timer
  • Cross-selling
  • Customizable contact form
  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • FAQ page
  • In-menu promos
  • Product badges
  • Promo banners
  • Promo tiles
  • Quick view
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Right-to-left
  • Stock counter
  • Trust badges

Merchandising

  • Animation
  • Before/after image slider
  • Color swatches
  • High-resolution images
  • Image rollover
  • Image zoom
  • Product options
  • Product tabs
  • Product videos
  • Shipping/delivery information
  • Slideshow
  • Usage information
  • Combined listing (Shopify Plus)

Product discovery

  • Breadcrumbs
  • Collection page navigation
  • Enhanced search
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters
42 features

Lute ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#1105 of 1349
Position among Shopify themes for "toys"
#25 of 27
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
100% positive

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v3.2.1
Released May 19, 2026
Moderately active

Lute has received 3 updates in the last 12 months.

Releases in 12 mo 3
Total releases 30
First release June 20, 2023
v3.2.1 FIX

Lute 3.2.1 – Minor Improvements

Fixes and other improvements

  • Improved the 'Tab information' block within the product section.

  • Fixed numbers cannot be displayed correctly in the Counters section. This issue only occurs in the theme editor, not on the live frontend, and is caused by changes made in the theme editor.

v3.2.0 FEATURE

Lute 3.2.0 adds conditional settings, badge & price customizations, a blur animation, and reorganizes sections for better navigation.

Added

  • Added support for conditional settings: settings now automatically show or hide based on the value of another setting, reducing visual clutter and improving usability and discoverability in the theme editor.

  • Added percent and fixed-amount support for the product card's "on sale" badge.

  • Added options to show or hide product card badges, including the sold out badge, on sale badge, and custom badge.

  • Added options for setting the color of product card badges, including the sold out badge, on sale badge, and custom badge.

  • Added a discount tag option for the price block on the product page; can now show discounts as a percentage or fixed amount.

  • Added a new ‘Blur’ image loading animation, configurable via ‘Theme settings → Animations’.

  • Added color options for regular and sale prices in ‘Theme settings → Colors → Card’.

Improved

  • Sections now grouped into logical categories for easier navigation in the theme editor.
v3.1.0 FEATURE

Lute 3.1.0 introduces introduces two new features.

Added

  • You can now apply discount codes directly from the cart drawer or cart page. This setting is turned off by default, but you can turn on the new "Allow discounts in cart" setting.

  • "Powered by Shopify" can now be disabled in the Footer's settings.

v3.0.0 MAJOR

Lute 3.0.0: This update is for the Shopify Theme Store redesign and does not introduce new functions from v2.3.0.

v2.3.0 FEATURE

Lute 2.3.0 introduces a “Sticky add to cart” feature to product pages, cross-sell recommendations in the cart drawer and a few improvements.

Added

  • Added support for custom badges for product cards using metafields.
  • Added "Sticky add to cart" to product pages.
  • Added cross-sell recommendations in the cart drawer.

Full changelog

30 releases
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What merchants say about Lute Shopify theme

We know about 3 reviews · showing 3

Merchant sentiment summary

3 of 3 reviews rate Lute positively.

Based on all 3 Theme Store reviews

Positive 3 · 100%
Neutral 0 · 0%
Negative 0 · 0%
Highly rated

Lute has received 0 reviews in the last 12 months.

Reviews in 12 mo 0
Total reviews 3
First review

The lute Theme just hit all our boxes when it came to how we wanted our site to look. We loved how customisable we could make the site and any extra tweaks we wanted to make we just asked the developers for some guidance and we got it within a matter of hours everytime. Great theme & great support!

W
Wrong Crowd
Jun 28, 2025

The author shows great patience when interacting with user, always eager to answer questions and provide support.

L
lycheepuzzles
Oct 16, 2024

Break away from blah themes that all look the same. Lute is fun and whimsical and really makes my brand stand out. Support and development is continuous, and if you have a question, their support time is on it! So pleased with my experience with this theme.

H
Holiday Lites Up
Aug 14, 2024

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