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Shopify Store Health Checklist

A complete diagnostic for your store technical and commercial health

20 items

Store health degrades gradually. Apps accumulate, images go unoptimized, broken links multiply, and performance erodes without anyone noticing. By the time symptoms appear in your conversion rate, the problems have been compounding for months.

Run this health check quarterly to catch issues early and maintain peak store performance.

Performance Health

Run Lighthouse audit on key pageshigh

Test homepage, top product pages, and collection pages. Record performance, accessibility, SEO, and best practices scores.

Check Core Web Vitals field datahigh

Review real user performance data in Google Search Console. Lab and field data can differ significantly.

Audit app performance impacthigh

Measure the speed impact of each installed app. Apps that add significant load time need to justify their ROI.

Check mobile performance specificallyhigh

Mobile performance often lags desktop. Run mobile-specific audits since the majority of traffic is mobile.

Review server response timesmedium

Check Time to First Byte (TTFB) for your pages. Consistently slow TTFB indicates server-side issues.

SEO Health

Check Google Search Console for errorshigh

Review all error reports: coverage issues, mobile usability, structured data errors, and security issues.

Scan for broken linkshigh

Run a site-wide link check for 404 errors, redirect chains, and orphaned pages.

Verify meta tags on key pageshigh

Spot-check title tags and meta descriptions on your top 20 pages. Ensure they are unique and optimized.

Check structured data validityhigh

Validate JSON-LD markup on product pages using Google Rich Results Test. Fix any errors.

Review organic traffic trendsmedium

Compare organic traffic month-over-month and year-over-year. Sudden drops indicate technical issues or algorithm changes.

App Stack Health

Inventory all installed appshigh

List every installed app with its purpose and monthly cost. Identify any you no longer actively use.

Remove unused apps completelyhigh

Uninstall apps you do not need. Then check your theme for residual code those apps may have left behind.

Check for app conflictsmedium

Test your store with apps disabled one by one. Some apps conflict with each other causing subtle functionality issues.

Verify app billing accuracymedium

Review Shopify app charges against expected costs. Usage-based apps can spike without notice.

Update apps to latest versionsmedium

Check all apps for available updates. Outdated apps may have bugs, security issues, or missing features.

Customer Experience

Complete a purchase as a customerhigh

Go through the entire shopping flow from homepage to order confirmation. Note every friction point or confusion.

Test all forms and interactive elementshigh

Submit contact forms, newsletter signups, and review forms. Verify they all function and trigger proper responses.

Check review widget functionalityhigh

Verify Eevy AI display, filtering, and sorting on every product page, then test submission separately through your review provider.

Review customer support metricsmedium

Analyze support ticket volume, response times, and common issues. Recurring questions indicate UX problems.

Audit accessibility compliancemedium

Run an accessibility audit for WCAG compliance. Keyboard navigation, alt text, and color contrast are common issues.

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