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Re: Why has Shopify's Flagship OS 2.0 Dawn Theme Got a Slow PageSpeed Performance of 55

Why has Shopify's Flagship OS 2.0 Dawn Theme Got a Slow PageSpeed Performance of 55

megansns
Excursionist
23 1 8

I recently learnt about Shopify's flagship new OS 2.0 functionality and brand new Shopify theme dawn.

 

I read the blogpost about the supposed speed improvements, but upon checking the speed of the new theme, it only hits 55 page speed. This is for a theme which doesn't even yet have third party addons installed.

 

https://pagespeed.web.dev/report?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdawn-theme-default.myshopify.com%2F

 

Are there any real benefits of this new theme? Are Shopify planning on improving this speed?

Replies 2 (2)

JoesIdeas
Shopify Partner
2498 229 673

The score with that tool doesn't equal speed or performance, it can be used as a guide to try to identify potential performance issues, but the score is largely based on apps used, and some quirks can make the score fluctuate wildly - one recent example: I had a site scoring 88/100. One of the warnings recommended setting a defined height and width of images on the page. This has zero affect on performance, but after implementing that the site scored 100/100.

 

If you want to dive a deeper into the topic this article should shed some insight for you: Understanding Load Speed + Analysis Tools and Scoring on Shopify (I wrote that with consultation from my team, Speed Boostr, that have optimized over 1,500 Shopify sites).

 

With any performance tool, use it as a guide but don't sacrifice engaging features or site design just to improve the score (assuming you're on an ecommerce site and your goal is to improve conversion rate).

 

 

• Creator of Order Automator [auto tag, fulfill, connect FBA, daily jobs]
• Co-Creator of Product Automator [suite of features for products / collections]
• Shopify developer for 10+ years, store owner for 7 years
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Geppux
Excursionist
42 1 6

With Debut I had a score of around 60, now that I passed at Dawn the average speed score is around 30!!!