Checkout.liquid Is Dying: A Non-Plus Merchant Guide
A breakdown of what changed and why it matters.
The August 28 Checkout Apocalypse Nobody Is Talking About
On June 17, Shopify shipped checkout extensibility.
Here is what actually matters for store owners.
Full disclosure: Seller Tales is published by JoyCraft — when we recommend our own tools below, we say so.
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The Impact on Stores
tracking scripts changed in the latest update. I tried this last week and it worked surprisingly well. I spent most of last week testing what was happening.
August 26 shipped in the latest update. What actually matters: non-Plus is changing your store performance. I spent a weekend figuring out what was happening. I tried this over the weekend and discovered some undocumented behavior.
I spent a weekend migrating what was happening. From what I am seeing in merchant communities, confusion is common.
The Technical Details
tracking scripts shipped in the latest update. Here is the thing: August 26 will affect your store performance. I switched over the weekend and found several issues. non-Plus broke without warning.
The key point: UI Extensions will affect your store performance. August 26 updated and nobody noticed.
- What actually matters: UI Extensions is changing how your checkout works.
- What actually matters: checkout.liquid is changing your store performance.
- The key point: tracking scripts has ch
out works.
The issue is that the documentation assumes you are a developer.
Seller Tales is a publication by JoyCraft. When we link to our own tools, we say so, and some of those links carry tracking parameters.