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Changelog

What changed on the platform, newest first. Each entry links to its guide when there is one.

18 October 2026

Plan & billing. Starter, Growth and Pro, a 14-day trial, usage this month, pay by UPI, card or netbanking, GST invoices, and the Own it licence. Guide: Plan & billing.
MCP & API. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code to your store; changes they suggest wait for your approval. Access tokens for scripts, and an activity log. Guide: MCP & API.
Sales channels, for real. Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp sync through your Meta business catalog, Google through Merchant Center, and ChatGPT through OpenAI’s merchant feed, with Sync now, Pause and Disconnect. Guides: Social media and Google, Agentic sales.

About 80 changes landed today. The full list in plain words, grouped, is in What’s new. The short version:

Website builder. Click any text to edit it, one bar above each block, easier section settings, 20 new sections with pictures in the Add panel, Pages, Media and Audit panels, zoom, version history, “Use content from…” lists, and product, collection and page templates in a Shopify theme import. Guide: Online store.
Stock and purchasing. A new Stock menu, suppliers, purchase orders in any currency with freight and customs, landed cost, bills read by AI, and a bulk-edit spreadsheet for products. Guide: Stock.
Several warehouses and GST. One order can ship from more than one warehouse, with an invoice per parcel and credit notes per GST number. Guide: Several warehouses and GST.
Profit. A Profit card on every order and two profit reports. Guide: Profit.
Shipping. A tabbed Shipments workspace, and a page for each abandoned checkout.
Growth and analytics. Short links that count clicks and orders, “what marketing earned”, a Live view that says how many people are on your store, and Umami visitor analytics. Guide: Analytics.
Admin polish. A new look, discounts you can pause and duplicate, storage usage in Files, and recommended apps.

Download your data, or delete your store. A full copy of everything your store holds, as one zip, and a way for the owner to close the store for good. Both at the bottom of Settings → General. Guide: Download your data or delete your store.
Fair sharing between stores. One store’s big import, campaign or export no longer slows down other stores. Developers: Architecture, section 3, and Key rotation.

More ways for customers to sign in. Google (with One Tap), Apple, Facebook and Truecaller, a sign-in link by email, passkeys, and “Remember this device”. Each one is a switch in Settings → Customer accounts, and customers only see the ones you turned on. Guide: Customer accounts. Developers: Shopper login options.

Settings → Customer privacy and Settings → Customer accounts. Cookie banner, marketing consent per channel, data requests, and sign-in by email, SMS or WhatsApp code. Guide: Customer accounts.
Settings → Taxes & GST.
Settings → Policies and Settings → Checkout.
Hindi in the admin.
Guided onboarding.
EMI & pay later app.
Cashfree connector finished.
Product page UX.
Storefront speed pass.
Theme editor, part 2, Theme editor modern look, Dynamic sources in the theme editor and Build your own sections.
Images built off the server and Shopify-import images processed automatically.
Custom WebGL globe.
Worker dev restarts.

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