Publish and unpublish product variants independently from product
UpdateUnverifiedAdded Sep 24, 2026
ProductVariant is now a Publishable . Variants can be published or unpublished per publication (channel or catalog) in API version 2026-07, giving merchants , and your apps , fine-grained control over where each variant is visible without deleting variants, duplicating products, or hiding them via storefront code.
Topics: Governance, Observability, Developer tools
More Shopify developer platform releases
Every Shopify developer platform release| Date | Release | Type |
|---|---|---|
| May 7 | Bots and agents should identify themselves via Web Bot Authunverified Update | Update |
| May 8 | Target discounts to specific marketsunverified Pricing | Pricing |
| May 6 | App deployment in CI/CD is now available for all appsunverified Update | Update |
| May 6 | Ship and pickup in one order now available in feature previewunverified Preview | Preview |
| May 6 | More admin intents now support Settingsunverified Update | Update |
| May 4 | Add actor field to subscription contract and billing attempt mutationsunverified Pricing | Pricing |
| May 4 | Default value of `appliesOnSubscription` changed to `true` for app discount inputsunverified Pricing | Pricing |
| May 12 | Shopify App Pricing: charge for usage, recurring subscriptions, or bothunverified Pricing | Pricing |
Also shipped on May 7, 2026
Shopify in May 2026
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