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Run a store audit

Run the free store audit on Home. It reads your home page and best seller, then picks the fixes that matter most.

Updated November 13, 2026

The store audit is on Home. It reads your home page and best-selling product page, then lists the fixes that matter most. It's free and takes about a minute.

Before you start

  • Before Plus, you start it from Run a free store audit on Home. On Plus, a Run the audit link shows once your cart drawer, a deal and a page are live. A store that already ran an audit keeps its results card.
  • We need permission to read your products. Shopify may ask.
  • If your store has a password, keep it handy. Find it in Shopify admin under Online Store → Preferences.

Run the audit

  1. In Shopify admin, open Apps → Section Store → Home.
  2. Under Prefer to look around first?, click Run a free store audit. On Plus, click Run the audit under the Plus card's title.
  3. Pick a Theme.
  4. Click Start audit.
  5. If your store is locked, type your Storefront password and click Continue. We use it once to load your pages, then discard it. We never store it.
  6. Wait. It usually takes under 60 seconds.

You see Audit complete, and the results appear on Home.

Run it again

Each store gets one extra run. Click Run again on the audit card. It appears once you've added a section or started Plus.

If it doesn't work

  • "Product access is required to audit the product page." Approve Shopify's request, then start again.
  • "We couldn't find an active product page to analyze." Publish at least one active product on your Online Store, then try again.
  • "That storefront password didn't work." Check it under Online Store → Preferences and type it again.
  • "Audit timed out." Try again.
  • "You've used your extra audit rerun for now." You've used both runs.
  • "Rerun is available after you add at least one section or subscribe to Section Store Plus." Do one of those, then try again.

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