Nova Shopify theme – Nova preset
Nova
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Nova Shopify theme

Nova preset

Created by Mile High Themes

Nova is a Shopify theme built around motion, using smooth section transitions and animation effects across more than 25 flexible sections. Positioned for jewelry, accessories, and food and drink stores, it pairs mega menus and swatch filtering with lookbooks and embedded product videos for detailed presentation.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
5.0 · 2 reviews · 100% positive
PRICE
$ 350,00 USD
PRESETS
5 styles
View on Theme Store
PRESETS INCLUDED Total 5
Nova Altair Sirius Orion Lumen
Theme support
support.milehighthemes.com
Documentation
support.milehighthemes.com/article/141-nova-theme-introduction-and-documentation

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Nova?

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

The official Nova demo scored 73/100 on mobile and 100/100 on desktop in our October 2026 test. Mobile LCP was 9.5s, CLS was 0.00, and Total Blocking Time was 40ms.

Theme demo store

Official Nova demo, home page
73 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
100 /100
Desktop
Good

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 9.5s 583ms
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.00 0.00
Total Blocking Time 40ms 0ms
Speed Index 2.6s 843ms

Across 8 live stores we tested, the average PageSpeed score was 62/100 on mobile and 87/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 8.2s and CLS was 0.14. These results reflect complete production stores, not the theme alone.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Nova
62 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
87 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

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

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 8.2s 1.3s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.14 0.00
Total Blocking Time 157ms 404ms
Speed Index 6.2s 1.5s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
ABCCANOPY
abccanopy.com
Mobile 26
Desktop 58
Rohana Wheels
rohanawheels.com
Mobile 81
Desktop 95
Tarantula Hill Brewing Co.
tarantulahillbrewingco.com
Mobile 63
Desktop 91
LegitStreetCars
legitstreetcars.com
Mobile 60
Desktop 71
Texas Saddlery
txsaddlery.com
Mobile 80
Desktop 99
Cactus Golf Club
cactusgolfclub.com
Mobile 39
Desktop 97
Manhattan Saddlery
manhattansaddlery.com
Mobile 72
Desktop 91
Toehold
shoptoehold.com
Mobile 74
Desktop 93

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

Marketing and conversion

  • Blogs
  • Countdown timer
  • Cross-selling
  • EU translations (EN, FR, IT, DE, ES)
  • FAQ page
  • In-menu promos
  • Press coverage
  • Product badges
  • Promo banners
  • Promo popups
  • Promo tiles
  • Quick view
  • Recommended products
  • Stock counter
  • Trust badges

Merchandising

  • Animation
  • Color swatches
  • High-resolution images
  • Image galleries
  • Image zoom
  • Ingredients or nutritional information
  • Lookbooks
  • Product options
  • Product tabs
  • Product videos
  • Shipping/delivery information
  • Slideshow
  • Usage information
  • Combined listing (Shopify Plus)

Product discovery

  • Collection page navigation
  • Enhanced search
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters
40 features

Nova ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#806 of 1349
Position among Shopify themes for "sports"
#47 of 73
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
100% positive

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v1.4.0
Released September 3, 2026
Moderately active

Nova has received 3 updates in the last 12 months.

Releases in 12 mo 3
Total releases 7
First release May 15, 2025
v1.4.0 FEATURE

Features

  • Added support for new customer accounts. Legacy customer account templates were removed
  • Added an option to change text width in Rich text, Newsletter, and Collapsible content sections

Fixes and other improvements

  • Fixed an issue related to the Collection and Search pages freezing when there are no results according to the applied filters
  • Fixed an issue related to displaying long names of discounts in the cart
v1.3.1 FIX

Fixes and other improvements

  • Improved UX and error handling for gift card recipient form fields
  • Improved X (Twitter) card tags markup (OpenGraph fallback)
  • Improved translation support
  • Updated links to the documentation in the theme settings
  • Fixed bug related to collection filter layout styles
  • Fixed bug related to the non-clickable pagination buttons (in some cases) on the search page
  • Fixed bug related to switching between media in the product gallery
  • Fixed browser validation of phone number inputs in contact forms
  • Fixed an issue related to color swatches limit handling on product cards
  • Minor styling improvements
v1.3.0 FEATURE

Features

  • New presets - 'Sirius' and 'Altair'
  • Added a setting to show Announcement bar only on home page
  • Added a setting to show upsell products in the Cart drawer
  • Showing article excerpts in the Featured blog section now is optional (related setting has been added)

Fixes and other improvements

  • Fixed display and style issues related to the "Marquee" layout of the Featured collections tabs section
  • Fixed bug related to incorrect content display of the Scrolling hero images section on the Safari browser
  • Adjusted marquee animation speed in related sections
  • Improved preset configurations
v1.2.1 FIX

Fixes and other improvements

  • Improved preset configurations
v1.2.0 FEATURE

Features

  • Added new 'Text with images' section
  • Added option to show collection banner in Featured collection and Featured collection tabs sections
  • Added 'Autoplay videos' setting support for product embedded videos (Youtube, Vimeo) in Product and Featured product sections
  • Added 'Header overlay' feature support for Hero background video section
  • Added 'Sticky buy bar' feature for the Product page
  • Added 'Heading size' setting for cards in Multicolumn section
  • Added 'Show arrow' setting for the button blocks in related sections
  • Extended 'Layout' (stack/grid) setting in related sections. Added new 'marquee' option
  • Added possibility to use 'Text' blocks in Gallery section
  • Added new option to use 'Carousel' layout for Complementary products in Product and Featured product sections
  • Added new option to use different types of pagination on Collection and Search pages including 'Infinite scroll' feature

Fixes and other improvements

  • Fixed typos in Collection and Search sections settings
  • Fixed bug related to an extra placeholder card in Featured collection and Featured blog sections previews
  • Fixed bug related to the cart notification display in Safari browser (MacOs)
  • Fixed some styles disadvantages of quick-buy buttons
  • Fixed styles issue related to product options buttons in Product and Featured product sections
  • Fixed unavailable variants options buttons display in Product and Featured product sections
  • Improved Product page UI (product gallery on mobile devices)
  • Improved Cart page UI (sticky cart sidebar on desktop devices)
  • Optimized JS performance
  • Normalized minor CSS issues related to cross browser compatibility

Full changelog

7 releases
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What merchants say about Nova Shopify theme

We know about 2 reviews · showing 2

Merchant sentiment summary

2 of 2 reviews rate Nova positively.

Based on all 2 Theme Store reviews

Positive 2 · 100%
Neutral 0 · 0%
Negative 0 · 0%
Highly rated

Nova has received 1 review in the last 12 months.

Reviews in 12 mo 1
Total reviews 2
First review

Great theme, many different options and screen effects that help bring the entire website together. Definitely one of the higher end themes on the theme store.

S
Saunova
Nov 4, 2025

We’re really satisfied with this theme. It’s packed with incredibly convenient automations and features a truly modern, attractive design. On top of that, Tim from Mile High Themes is always available and super helpful with support. We absolutely recommend it!

C
Calavibes
Aug 6, 2025

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