Shopify themes / Spotlight
Is the Shopify Spotlight theme accessible?
98/100 (A)
Spotlight's demo homepage failed 1 rule on 1 element before any merchant changed anything. A store built on it starts with these and adds whatever its own content and apps bring.
Scanned 2026-10-23: homepage of Shopify's official Spotlight demo store (default preset), WCAG 2.1 AA rules, 44 rules passed. Open the full report →
Automated tests find some, not all, accessibility issues. A high score does not mean your site meets ADA, WCAG or EAA requirements. Not legal advice. What a score means
What failed, and whether it carries into your store
Heading levels should only increase by one (moderate, 1 element)
A heading skips a level (say, from H2 to H4), which breaks the outline screen-reader users navigate by.
On your store: Section headings are set by the theme, but the heading levels you pick in the editor for custom sections count too.
Your Spotlight store is not the demo
The demo has Shopify's sample photos and alt text. Yours has your product images, the alt text you did or did not type, your colour scheme and the apps you installed, and this scan covers the homepage only. Product, collection and cart pages are where store-only controls live: variant pickers, quantity fields, the cart drawer.
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