Changelog

When removing a variant image using the in-app editor, you can now choose whether to also remove the image from the product itself.

Previously, removing a variant image would automatically remove that image from the product's media gallery as well if it was not referrenced by another variant. Now, a new checkbox labeled "Also remove image from product" gives you control over this behavior. By default, the checkbox is enabled to match the previous behavior, but you can uncheck it to keep the image available on the product while only removing the variant association.

This is useful when you want to reassign variant images without losing the original images from your product gallery.

We've updated both the Email Reports and WooCommerce Importer apps to use Shopify’s latest UI library, Shopify Web Components.

These apps were previously using a React-based Polaris component library. They've now been updated to use Shopify’s official Web Components, bringing them in line with Shopify's current frontend standards and providing a more consistent experience inside the admin.

There should be no functional changes as part of this update however if you notice any UI issues or anything that doesn’t look quite right, please let us know and we'll get it fixed.

We've updated the Settings -> Shopify data page to give you more insight into your data freshness. We added a new Sync type column so you can see which data updates Automatically (like Products) and which updates Periodically. We’ve also added a help banner to clarify how the app maintains your data.

Additionally, we've increased the frequency that we refresh data like collections and product categories.

We've renamed the "Inventory Level" field to "Inventory Quantity" to better align with Shopify’s official terminology. This change is purely cosmetic, everything works exactly the same as before, but it ensures a more consistent experience between our app and your Shopify admin and should make the field easier to find.

We’ve updated the Link Manager app to use Shopify’s latest UI library, Shopify Web Components.

Previously, the app UI was built using a React-based Polaris component library. We’ve now switched to Shopify’s official Web Components to better align with Shopify’s current frontend direction and ensure a more consistent experience within the admin.

There should be no changes to functionality, but if you notice any UI issues or unexpected behavior, please let us know and we'll address it right away.

You can now set or remove variant images in bulk using the in-app editor. This is useful when you need to assign specific images to individual variants across many products - for example, assigning a "Red" variant to its corresponding red product image.

To use this feature: 1. Search for the products you want to update 2. Select "Variant Image" from the field dropdown in the Actions menu 3. Choose either "Set variant image" or "Remove variant image" 4. For setting an image, enter the image URL you want to assign 5. Preview the changes before running the edit

The preview shows thumbnail images of both the current and new variant images, making it easy to verify your changes before applying them. When you set a new variant image, the app automatically attaches the media to the product if needed and cleanly handles any previously assigned images.

You can now add a new option to multiple products at once using the in-app editor. This is useful when you need to introduce a new option like "Size" or "Material" across many products without editing each one individually.

To use this feature, search for the products you want to update, select "Add Product Options" from the Actions menu, and enter the option name and initial value. The preview will show you exactly which products will be updated before you run the edit.

The app validates your changes before applying them: - If a product already has an option with the same name, it will show an error for that product - If a product already has the maximum of 3 options, it will show an error for that product

This lets you safely run the edit on a mixed selection of products - the app will update the ones it can and clearly report any that couldn't be changed. As with other bulk edits, you can undo this change from the edit history if needed.

Exports of file references and file reference metafields now return a comma-separated list of filenames rather than Shopify GIDs (for example, gid://shopify/MediaImage/...). This makes exported data much easier to read and is especially helpful when transferring data between stores, since filenames remain consistent even though GIDs differ between stores.

For imports, we continue to support all existing formats: Shopify GIDs, file URLs, or filenames.

Weekly reports from Link Manager now exclude visitor error events when a broken link is successfully handled by a wildcard redirect. This keeps 404 reporting focused on real, unresolved errors. You can still view 404 pages that were handled by wildcard redirects directly within the app if you need that detail.

We’ve renamed the variant date fields in exports to make it clearer whether a date applies to the product or to an individual variant.

• Date Updated → Variant Date Updated
• Date Created → Variant Date Created

Previously, both product and variant fields were labeled “Date Created,” which could cause confusion.

When setting date time metafields, the app now uses your shop's timezone instead of defaulting to UTC. This means if you set a datetime metafield to be 10:00 AM, it will use 10:00 AM in your store's timezone, not UTC.

The date picker now displays which timezone you're working in, and previously configured datetime edits will continue to work as before. This change makes it easier to set datetime meteafields at the right local time without having to manually calculate timezone offsets.

We've added four new price-rounding options to make each type of operation explicit:

• Round to nearest multiple
• Round to nearest multiple (round up)
• Replace last digit(s)
• Replace last digit(s) (round up)

Previously, the 'Round whole number' option (still available for backwards compatibility) tried to cover two different behaviors. For example, when someone says "round to 9," they usually mean set the last digit to 9, but when they say "round to 5," they typically expect a multiple of 5.

These new options separate those behaviors clearly, so you can choose whether you want to round to a multiple or specifically replace the last digit(s) of a price.

We'll be implementing a code freeze from November 20 to December 5, 2025. During this time, we'll only deploy critical fixes to our Shopify apps.

This pause helps ensure stability and reliability during the peak holiday shopping period when many stores experience their highest traffic and order volumes of the year. It also gives our team more focus to monitor performance and support merchants through Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Normal deployments will resume after December 5.

Namespaces and keys from metafields are now case-insensitive, in keeping with how Shopify manages metafields. Previously there was some inconsistency in how different parts of the app handled the case. This means that now a search on the metafield Custom.subtitle is the same as a search on the custom.subtitle metafield. Saved search, product rules and automated exports should be unaffected and function as before.

We've changed the way that price changes are displayed to reduce confusion:

Previously we would display the old value of the price with a strikethrough but this could cause confusion because this is how the compare-at price is display on the storefront. The arrows should indicate the change in price value instead.

Learn more about running sales on Shopify with bulk edits.

Yesterday Shopify announced a new 'unlisted' product status. Unlisted products have a page on your storefront, but it can be accessed only with the product's direct URL. In many ways this is meant to superceed the seo.hidden metafield and setting a product to 'unlisted' will hide it from collection pages and search results.

You can now use the unlisted status in Ablestar Bulk Product Editor for filtering and editing products.

Learn more about bulk editing product statuses.

We've made several improvements to how the app handles file reference metafields in spreadsheet edits. Now, when you set a file reference metafield, you can enter any of the following:

• File name (example.jpg)
• URL (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0111/2222/2222/files/example.jpg?v=1759860081)
• GID for the file (gid://shopify/MediaImage/123)

If you use a file name or a cdn.shopify.com URL from your own store, the app will connect the file reference to that existing file. Otherwise, the app will upload the provided URL to your files section and link the product to that new file.

This also works for list.file_reference metafields. To include multiple files just separate them by commas. Eg, example.jpg,cat.jpg,dog.jpg.

Learn more about bulk editing metafields in Shopify.

We've updated the way product search works for metafields that are a list of text (list.single_line_text_metafields) to make it easier to find similar values.

Now, you can use the 'equals' comparison to match specific values in the list. For example, here we would find all products with 'United States', but not 'United States Minor Outlying Islands':

Previously, you could use the 'contains' comparison to filter lists but this would lead to both fields being matched.

The 'equals' comparison still supports matching against the entire list if you include a JSON-encoded list. Using the example above, if the search value is ["United States"] the search will return products that only have 'United States' in the list, and not any other countries.

Learn more about searching and editing list metafields.

You can now use an in-app edit to change Shopify Market prices. With this feature you can set fixed prices and compare-at price for different catalogs and use your own rounding rules.

Previously it was only possible to edit these using the spreadsheet edit feature of the app. Now that you can also do this with an in-app edit it should be easier to quickly apply rounding rules to your different markets.

We added a new rounding option labeled "Keep decimals, rounding down". This will preserve two decimals in the final value, but always by rounding down. For example if the calculated value is 76.275, the usual output would be 76.28 but using this option you will get 76.27 instead. This gives more flexibility to those who need exact control over how the rounding works.

Learn more about rounding prices in Shopify.