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Shopify AI visibility and AEO guides
Source-backed Shopify AI visibility, AEO, structured-data, catalog, and agentic-commerce guides.
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- April 8th, 2026Custom dataGuides
Show Metafields on a Shopify Product Page Without an App
Define a metafield, fill it per product, and render it on the product page with dynamic sources or three lines of Liquid. No app, ten minutes.
- April 2nd, 2026Custom dataGuides
Metafields vs Metaobjects on Shopify: When to Use Which
Metafields attach extra data to things you already have. Metaobjects create things that don't exist yet. Real examples to pick the right one first time.
- March 24th, 2026CheckoutGuides
Post-Purchase Upsells on Shopify: How They Work and When They Don't
The post-purchase page can add one-tap offers after payment, but it's in beta and skips wallets, gift cards, and more. The honest rundown for merchants.
- March 18th, 2026Checkout blocksFunctions
Gift With Purchase on Shopify: Checkout Blocks, Functions, or No App at All?
Three honest ways to run a gift with purchase on Shopify: the built-in Buy X Get Y discount, Checkout Blocks on Plus, and a custom discount function.
- March 13th, 2026CheckoutCheckout blocks
Hide or Reorder Payment and Delivery Options on Shopify Without Code
How to hide, rename, and reorder payment and delivery methods with Checkout Blocks on Plus, and the honest path for every other Shopify plan.
- March 10th, 2026Checkout blocksGuides
Customize Shopify's Thank You and Order Status Pages With Checkout Blocks
The one part of Checkout Blocks every plan gets: content blocks on the Thank you and Order status pages. What they can hold and how to set them up.
- March 4th, 2026CheckoutCheckout blocks
Checkout Blocks 101: Customize Shopify Checkout Without Code
What Shopify's free Checkout Blocks app can do on each plan: content blocks, custom fields, and hiding payment or delivery options, no app build required.
- February 25th, 2026FunctionsGuides
Free Gift With Purchase on Shopify Using Functions (Not Scripts)
How to build a free gift with purchase on Shopify with a discount function, the modern replacement for gift-with-purchase Scripts.
- February 20th, 2026FunctionsCheckout
Replacing Shopify payment Scripts with payment customization Functions
Payment Scripts that hide, rename, or reorder payment methods stop June 30, 2026. How to move that logic to a payment customization function.
- February 17th, 2026FunctionsGuides
Replacing Shopify shipping Scripts with delivery Functions
Shipping Scripts that hide, rename, or reorder rates stop working on June 30, 2026. Here is how to move that logic to a Shopify delivery customization function.
- February 11th, 2026FunctionsGuides
Replacing Shopify discount Scripts with discount Functions
Automatic discount Scripts stop working June 30, 2026. How the same logic, from cart tiers to free gifts, moves to a Shopify discount function.
- February 6th, 2026CheckoutGuides
Rebuilding Checkout Customizations With Checkout UI Extensions
How checkout UI extensions actually work: targets, the checkout editor, and rebuilding banners, custom fields, and trust content the upgrade-safe way.
- February 3rd, 2026CheckoutGuides
Checkout.liquid Is Gone: A Field Guide to Shopify Checkout Extensibility
Every checkout.liquid sunset date has passed except the Scripts deadline. Where each old customization goes now: extensions, pixels, and Functions.
- January 27th, 2026FunctionsGuides
What Shopify Functions Can Actually Do (and When You Need a Developer)
A plain-English map of every Shopify Functions API, what each one really does, and the honest answer to whether you need a custom app built.
- January 20th, 2026FunctionsCheckout
Migrating from Shopify Scripts to Checkout Functions: a practical guide
Shopify Scripts retires June 30, 2026. How to move discount, shipping, and payment logic to Functions, with a map from each Script type to its replacement.
- January 14th, 2026Functions
Do Shopify Functions Require Shopify Plus?
A clear answer on whether you need Shopify Plus to use Shopify Functions, and what changes now that Scripts (which was Plus-only) retires on June 30, 2026.
- January 9th, 2026FunctionsCheckout
Shopify Scripts vs Shopify Functions: What Changed and Why It Is Better
A plain comparison of Shopify Scripts and Functions: what carries over, what changes, and why the forced move is an upgrade, not just a rewrite.
- January 6th, 2026Functions
How to Tell If Your Store Still Uses Shopify Scripts
A two-minute check to see whether your Shopify store relies on Scripts, which stop working on June 30, 2026, plus what to do if you find any.
- December 23rd, 2025AIPerformance
Lighthouse's New Agentic Browsing Score, and What It Means for Shopify
Google added an agentic browsing category to Lighthouse, and it does not score your schema. What it measures and what a Shopify store can do about it.
- December 19th, 2025AISEO
Shopify Agentic Commerce: The Complete Guide for 2026
What agentic commerce means for Shopify merchants, and how to make your store readable and recommendable by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google.
- December 16th, 2025AIAnalytics
Measuring AI Agent Traffic to Your Shopify Store
AI agents are visiting your store, but standard analytics hides them. Here is how to actually measure agent traffic and what to do with the numbers.
- December 12th, 2025AIAgentic commerce
MCP for Shopify Stores: What It Is and Why It Matters
MCP lets an AI agent call your store like an API instead of scraping it. What MCP is, how it fits Shopify, and how to make agent answers good.
- December 9th, 2025AICatalog
Preparing Your Catalog for AI-Driven Commerce: ACP, MCP, and Agentic Checkout
A grounded look at agentic commerce protocols after Instant Checkout, what they need from your catalog, and the work that still pays off.
- December 3rd, 2025AIAgentReady
Your Shopify AI-Readiness Score, Explained
Installed AgentReady and got a grade? Here is exactly what the AI-readiness score measures, what each letter means, and how to raise it.
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