Developer changelog

Each theme now uses one industry tag instead of two. Ensure your primary tag matches your theme's main demo designs and target merchant base.

We’ve rolled out several updates to the Shopify Theme Store that help merchants find the right theme faster—while giving your themes more visibility

Individual theme presets can now be installed, matching demo store setups. Submit updated theme files for approval to enable this.

Shopify themes must meet new requirements for submitting and updating theme listings, starting May 15, 2025.

As of October 1st, 2024 we have update the Theme Store algorithm. This new ranking system will refine how themes are discovered, prioritizing factors like recency, quality, and trust signals to...

To help merchants discover the freshest and most well-integrated themes for their store, we've shipped an update to the Theme Store homepage to highlight Top and New themes (published in the last...

• Merchants can now filter themes by 3 new features: "Quick Order List", "Sign in with Shop" & "Swatch Filters". And we have removed 3 feature filters: "Product reviews", "Event Calendar" & "Store...

Theme cards on the Theme Store have been updated. Theme cards are now:

1. Visually simpler (feature tags have been removed)
2. Have a link to the listing for the Theme title
3. Have a badge...

We are extending the promotion period for new Themes. Now, new Themes will be highlighted for a longer period than before.