Shopify updates
Everything Shopify ships, month by month: new features, changes and deprecations, and what they mean for your store.
Shopify changes every week. Most updates are small, some change how your checkout, admin or theme works, and a few force you to act before a deadline. We read the changelogs so you don't have to, and sum up every month what matters for merchants.
How Shopify ships updates
Editions: two big launch moments a year, in summer and winter, with hundreds of announcements at once
The changelog: smaller features and changes, released continuously
API versions: a new version every quarter, with older versions retired after a while, which matters for apps and integrations
The monthly roundup
Every month we group the updates by theme, explain who they matter for and what to do. Start with the latest: Shopify updates October 2026.
Need help acting on an update?
A new feature is only useful once it is set up in your store. We roll out Shopify updates for our clients as part of our Build work.
Articles
Updates 2026
Every Shopify update of 2026, month by month.
Questions
What people ask about this topic.
Continuously. Smaller changes land in the changelog every week, the big announcements come twice a year in the Summer and Winter Editions, and developers get a new API version every quarter.
Editions are Shopify's two big product launches per year, in summer and winter, where it announces new features across the admin, checkout, themes, apps and AI in one go.
Usually not, but some updates come with a deadline, such as deprecated features or API versions, and new features only help once they are switched on and set up. Our monthly roundup flags which updates need action.
We build, migrate and grow Shopify stores.
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