Unicorn Shopify theme – Unicorn preset
Unicorn
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Unicorn Shopify theme

Unicorn preset

Created by MPIthemes

Unicorn is a Shopify theme aimed at home and living retailers, with a flexible layout, full-width logo display, and icon-based menus for navigation. Nested theme blocks let merchants layer and reorder content in the editor, and the theme also includes image hotspots, lookbooks, a mega menu, and swatch filtering.
Source Shopify Theme Store Official
★★★★★
★★★★★
3.3 · 20 reviews · 65% positive
PRICE
$ 100,00 USD
PRESETS
5 styles

Independently reviewed by the eDIY editorial team

How fast is Unicorn?

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

In our October 2026 test, the official Unicorn demo scored 89/100 on mobile and 89/100 on desktop. Mobile LCP was 2.3s, CLS was 0.14, and Total Blocking Time was 64ms.

Theme demo store

Official Unicorn demo, home page
89 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
89 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

Tested Oct 2026 · Google PageSpeed Insights lab data

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 2.3s 582ms
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.14 0.20
Total Blocking Time 64ms 29ms
Speed Index 4.1s 1.5s

Across 8 live stores we tested, the average PageSpeed score was 67/100 on mobile and 79/100 on desktop. Average mobile LCP was 4.5s and CLS was 0.21. These results reflect complete production stores, not the theme alone.

Live stores average

Mean across 8 stores running Unicorn
67 /100
Mobile
Needs improvement
79 /100
Desktop
Needs improvement

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

MetricMobileDesktop
Largest Contentful Paint 4.5s 1.2s
Cumulative Layout Shift 0.21 0.10
Total Blocking Time 420ms 434ms
Speed Index 6.1s 2.6s

Per-store results

8 live stores · tested Oct 2026
Looking Glass Photographic Outfitters
lookingglassphoto.com
Mobile 77
Desktop 95
TheArsenale
thearsenale.com
Mobile 76
Desktop 81
hOmeLabs
homelabs.com
Mobile 75
Desktop 59
Top Fabric
topfabric.com
Mobile 58
Desktop 70
Chamonix House
chamonixhouse.com
Mobile 73
Desktop 71
Hairetic
hairetic.com
Mobile 72
Desktop 80
Eclipse Tubes
eclipse.bike
Mobile 52
Desktop 91
Brimz Supply
brimzsupply.com
Mobile 55
Desktop 81

Features

Built-in features listed on the Theme Store.

Cart and checkout

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

Marketing and conversion

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

Merchandising

  • Animation
  • Before/after image slider
  • Color swatches
  • High-resolution images
  • Image galleries
  • Image hotspot
  • Image rollover
  • Image zoom
  • Ingredients or nutritional information
  • Lookbooks
  • Product options
  • Product tabs
  • Product videos
  • Shipping/delivery information
  • Size chart
  • Slideshow
  • Usage information

Product discovery

  • Back-to-top button
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Collection page navigation
  • Enhanced search
  • Infinite scroll
  • Mega menu
  • Product filtering and sorting
  • Recently viewed
  • Recommended products
  • Sticky header
  • Swatch filters
53 features

Unicorn ranking and satisfaction

Position among all Shopify themes
#737 of 1349
Position among Shopify themes for "home"
#75 of 123
Overall satisfaction based on all reviews
65% positive

Release history

LATEST VERSION
v5.0.0
Released June 10, 2026
Moderately active

Unicorn has received 4 updates in the last 12 months.

Releases in 12 mo 4
Total releases 23
First release August 8, 2023
v5.0.0 MAJOR

🚀 Major Update

Unicorn 5.0 is a massive upgrade focused on flexibility, cleaner customization, better UX, improved admin experience, and full alignment with modern Shopify standards.

✨ New & Improved Sections

Search Section — Fully Rebuilt

  • Search is now a complete standalone section with full functionality
  • Improved structure and customization
  • Better UX and layout consistency

Featured Product — Completely New

  • Fully rebuilt Featured Product section
  • Full product functionality support
  • Correct placeholder states
  • Added 2 presets
  • Added preset with sidebar layout

New Tabs Section

  • Brand-new Tabs section added
  • Improved content organization and flexible layouts

Collection Banner — Fully Reworked

  • Completely redesigned and improved
  • Better visual structure and customization options

Footer — Major Upgrade

  • Advanced construction system added:
    • columns
    • stacked blocks
    • inner/outer spacing controls
    • layout flexibility
  • Fully aligned with Figma design specs
  • Added 2 footer presets
🧩 Header & Navigation Improvements

Header — Deep Customization Upgrade

  • Significantly improved customization settings
  • More flexible configuration system

Menus — Major Rework

  • Improved navigation architecture
  • Added support for deeper nested menu levels

Sticky Headers System — Fully Improved

  • Advanced sticky behavior system
  • Separate sticky settings for each individual header line

Localization Improvements

  • Added localization flags
  • Improved localization search pipe inside header
⚙️ Admin & Editor Experience

Correct Admin Selection System

  • Section and block selection now works properly in admin

Automatic Popup Opening in Admin

  • All popups now automatically open when selecting a section/block in admin
  • Includes Product Sticky Panel popup
  • Removed obsolete “Show in admin” setting

Smart Settings Visibility

  • Non-existing or unavailable options are now automatically hidden

Improved Settings Structure

  • Reworked:
    • section names
    • setting names
    • info texts
    • paragraph descriptions
  • Cleaner and more understandable customization experience

Link Controls

  • Added “Open in new window” option for all links
🛒 Product & Commerce Enhancements

Recommendations Improved

  • Related / Complementary product switcher added
  • Improved recommendation logic and UI

Promotion Section Improvements

  • Removed unclear promotion types
  • Improved Text Box Background settings
  • Added mobile-specific settings
🗺️ Map Improvements

iframe Support Added

  • Maps can now be embedded via iframe

New Map Placeholder

  • Updated placeholder image for map section
🎁 Gift Card Improvements

JSON Template Migration

  • Gift card template migrated to JSON format

QR Code Fix

  • Fixed Gift Card QR code issues
🔧 Technical Improvements

SVG Migration

  • icon.liquid replaced with .svg

Removed Deprecated Includes

  • Removed all legacy include usage

Locale Cleanup

  • Reworked locale values for frontend translations

Legacy Version Preserved

  • Previous version remains available for legacy projects
📄 404 Page Upgrade
  • Improved 404 page customization
  • Added image settings
  • Added block controls and flexible content options
v4.4 FEATURE

Updated Header Section

Added

  • Redesigned header with an improved layout and visual appearance
  • Transparent header option for a cleaner, modern look
  • New mobile header type optimized for mobile devices
v4.3.0 FEATURE

✨ New Features

  • Product recommendations popup
  • Content sidebar on collection and product pages

🛍 Product Page Improvements

  • Redesigned product page layout
  • New product gallery layout
  • Vertical thumbnail slider in the product gallery
  • Updated button designs and refined UI details

🎨 UI / UX Enhancements

  • Improved visual hierarchy and interactions on the product page
  • More modern and consistent design elements for a better shopping experience
v4.2.0 FEATURE
New Features
  • New Shoes & Bags Skin — Added a new theme style.
  • Collection for Lookbook — Support for using collections within Lookbook pages.
  • RTL Support — Full right-to-left language support.
  • Simple Plan — Introduced a simplified plan for basic theme usage.
  • Pre-Order — Added the ability to enable product pre-orders.
  • Images Navigation — Improved image navigation on product pages.
  • Featured Collection Tabs — Added tabs for featured collections on the homepage.
  • Collection Grid Banner — Added banner support within collection grids for enhanced visual design.
Fixes and Improvements
  • Filter Swatch Color & Image Fix — Fixed display issues for color and image swatches in filters.
  • Other Fixes / Mini Updates — Various small improvements and performance enhancements.
v4.1.1 FIX

Fix: missing product page template

Full changelog

23 releases
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What merchants say about Unicorn Shopify theme

We know about 20 reviews · showing 6

Merchant sentiment summary

AI

14 of 20 reviews are positive, 1 is neutral and 5 are negative. Merchants most often praise the responsive, helpful support team, the clean design and the ease of customisation. The most common criticism is that theme updates create functionality problems and break existing sites, with several reviewers saying support pointed to Shopify or the developers rather than resolving issues.

Generated from all 20 Theme Store reviews ·

Positive 14 · 70%
Neutral 1 · 5%
Negative 5 · 25%
Mixed reviews

Unicorn has received 11 reviews in the last 12 months.

Reviews in 12 mo 11
Total reviews 20
First review

Their updates create a myriad of problems with overall functionality. I have complained to Shopify already for not properly vetting this company. Positively, the design is good, but obviously their developers are below par and cannot keep up with their own internal bug fixes. No theme I have worked with over 10 years with Shopify has never had these may problems or dissatisfied customers.

B
Bed and Base Co.
Sep 20, 2026

The updates are a secondary problem. When I called for help all I received was finger pointing towards Shopify and when I called them they pointed fingers right back to you. I was not being unprofessional and did not call any individual a lier. REBUILDING A SITE EACH UPDATE IS RIDICULOUS AND IT IS COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL AND NOT WORTH THE TIME OR EFFORT. DON'T BUY IT!!!!!!!!

O
Out of the Norm Designs
Aug 11, 2026

I bought this paid theme expecting basic product card alignment to work properly. Product grids and sliders look inconsistent, and support says fixing it is outside standard support. For a $100 theme, basic ecommerce layout should not require extra paid customization. Very disappointing.

Y
Yeti Shop
May 23, 2026

The design is clean and user-friendly, with strong functionality. The overall experience is smooth, and the support team resolves issues quickly and efficiently.

D
Dr. Rao's Herbal
Apr 24, 2026

thats a good theme i used and good customer support

T
Tamm Store Kuwait
Apr 13, 2026

This theme is awesome! It provides everything my business needs and produced 100s of sales in the 1st month. What is even more awesome is the customer service and team of developers who worked hard to provide a feature I requested, the speed of turn around and attention to detail is best in class, now my customers can enjoy features that make their shopping experience even better. Thank you!

M
Maggsbags
Feb 4, 2026

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