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24 articles in Shopify Development
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Shopify Legacy Customer Accounts Deprecated: What to Fix Now
Shopify has deprecated legacy customer accounts and new stores get the latest account model. If you have a custom login, portal, B2B, warranty or app flow, plan the migration now.
Shopify Product Metafields Disappearing? Limits and productSet Fixes
Shopify's 16KB metafield write discussion and productSet's list-field behaviour can wipe custom storefront data if nobody owns the data model. What to audit before the next app sync.
How to Add SKU Search to Shopify Predictive Search
Shopify predictive search can search variant SKUs, but many themes never send variants.sku in the request. The one-line theme change that makes SKU search work.
The Shopify Features Missing Out of the Box Usually Belong in a Dev Queue
Store owners keep running into the same Shopify gaps: sold-out product handling, discount edge cases, shipping logic, metafield workflows, and theme limitations. The answer is not always another app. Sometimes it is a small, well-scoped development task.
When Shopify Apps, Metafields, and Checkout Limits Become a Custom Development Problem
Shopify gives brands more extension points than ever, but the hard work is knowing where each problem belongs. Product data, app blocks, metafields, variants, and checkout logic can all become fragile without a clear development plan.
What Shopify's 2026 Checkout and Account Branding Changes Mean for Your Store
Shopify is making checkout, customer accounts, and sign-in branding more consistent. For growing brands, this is not just a visual update. It is a chance to audit the full post-click experience before customers feel the seams.