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Technical notes on Shopify, React and WordPress
Deep-dives from the Barikreativa team: Shopify Plus, headless commerce, React and WordPress.
Shopify Web Bot Auth: rate limit Storefront API for bots and agents
Shopify now enforces stricter rate limits on all anonymous bots accessing the Storefront API. Adopting Web Bot Auth is the only way to qualify for higher access thresholds and ensure reliable automated operations.
Read May 30, 2026Shopify MCP migrates to UCP: migration guide before June 2026
Shopify has moved the Storefront Catalog MCP to the Unified Commerce Platform (UCP), changing the endpoint, tool names, and request/response schemas. The deadline to complete the migration is June 15, 2026.
May 22, 2026Shopify Next Generation Events: granular webhooks with GraphQL
Shopify Admin GraphQL API Next Generation Events redefine the contract between your system and Shopify, introducing granular control over triggers, payloads and changed fields. Here is what changes for teams managing high-volume integrations.
May 21, 2026Shopify App Home as UI Extension: goodbye dedicated server
Shopify introduces the admin.app.home.render target: a custom app's homepage can now live inside the UI extension bundle, eliminating the need for a dedicated web server and simplifying the entire admin architecture.
May 13, 2026Polaris Web Components Migration: Shopify Checkout & Customer Account
From API version 2025-10, Shopify makes Polaris web components the default for Checkout and Customer Account extensions, moving away from React and vanilla JavaScript. Migration is not optional.
May 11, 2026Shopify expiring token 2027: mandatory migration for public apps
Shopify is making expiring offline access tokens mandatory for all public apps by January 1, 2027. Here is what technical teams need to do to comply without disrupting merchants.
Apr 24, 2026Shopify API 2026-07: taxSettings on Customer now accessible via GraphQL
With Admin GraphQL API version 2026-07, Shopify finally makes the taxSettings field on the Customer object accessible, allowing you to read the VAT number collected at checkout through standard queries using the read_customers or read_taxes scope.
Apr 19, 2026Shopify Customer Account: new layout and impact on extensions
Shopify has opened the feature preview for the new Customer Account layout, which adopts a single-column structure on both desktop and mobile. For teams that have built custom extensions, there are concrete technical implications to address before June 12, 2026.