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30 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
Updated October 2026: Shopify predictive search now matches variant SKUs by default. What the variants.sku parameter still does, and the original one-line theme change.
The Shopify Features Missing Out of the Box Usually Belong in a Dev Queue
Store owners keep hitting the same Shopify gaps: sold-out product handling, discount edge cases, shipping logic, metafield workflows, theme limits. Another app is not always the answer. Often it is a small, well scoped development task.
When Shopify Apps, Metafields, and Checkout Limits Become a Custom Development Problem
Shopify has more extension points than ever. The hard part is deciding where each problem belongs, before apps, metafields, variants and checkout logic turn fragile.
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. Use the change as a reason to audit the whole post-click experience before customers feel the seams.