Expanse release notes

Available exclusively on the Shopify Theme Store

This article covers the release notes for the Expanse theme, including details on changes, fixes, and new features. Each version shows its release date and a brief overview of updates.

v8.0.0 – October 2, 2025

This major update introduces support for high-variant products and combined listings, a complete overhaul of color and typography settings, and a reorganization of theme settings for a cleaner, more consistent setup experience. It also includes dozens of fixes and refinements to make your store faster, more polished, and easier to manage.

Added

• Added support for high-variant products and combined listings! With the new high-variant product template, you can now display products with 250+ variants directly in your store. This update follows Shopify's requirements for supporting large product catalogs.

Changed

• Important: Theme settings for colors and typography have been reorganized. Some older per-section color options were removed in favor of centralized color schemes. Your theme will automatically use your chosen scheme, but we recommend double-checking sections like slideshows and promo grids. If you previously customized these settings, you may need to reselect options after updating.

Fixes and other improvements

• Fixed variant prices not updating correctly on product pages.
• Corrected alignment and spacing across product cards, grids, and newsletter sections.
• Fixed cart drawer close buttons not showing when products were added dynamically.
• Improved keyboard accessibility across multiple sections.
• Fixed newsletter popup issues when images were included.
• And dozens more fixes and performance improvements to keep your store running smoothly.

v7.0.0 – June 16, 2025

Added

• We added support for the new "listings" theme directory. Now, when merchants install the theme from a specific listing, the matching demo preset is automatically applied, making setup faster, easier, and more aligned with what they saw in the demo store!

v6.1.0 – January 3, 2025

Changes

• Updated default fonts - Default fonts have been replaced in each theme preset due to deprecation. Learn more.

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v6.0.0 – November 8, 2024

Bug fixes

• Fixed white space on footer section on mobile
• Fixed collection filter bar not sticking on mobile
• Fixed product image jumps when you zoom an image
• Fixed mobile overflow issue in featured collection section
• Fixed sizing issue with product per row in subcollections
• Fixed parallax not working in Large image with text box section in the theme editor
• Fixed variant availability bug when the dynamic product option is enabled in variant dropdown
• Fixed Shop Pay Installments banner missing on the product page
• Fixed height of buy button on product page
• Fixed issue with enabling the currency selector also disabling the Language selector
• Fixed issue with language selector not showing when enabled in the footer section
• Fixed stroke width of checkmark icon on product page
• Fixed image hotspots becoming unresponsive after changing a setting in the theme editor
• Fixed issue with swatches in the product grid not changing the product image when hovered over
• Fixed alignment issue of product labels in product cards
• Fixed the "overlay header over home page" setting when enabled
• Fixed product tab titles not having equal padding
• Fixed page content shifting when clicking a button or a link that points to a popup modal
• Fixed issue with Related products section not reinitializing after setting changed
• Fixed issue with unresponsive buttons on the customer account page

v5.2.5 – September 16, 2024

Bug fixes

• Fixed unresponsive add address, edit, and delete buttons on the account/address page
• Fixed 'Forgot Password' link not working
• Fixed logo overlaying on top of menu in the header
• Fixed social icon alignment in 'Popup' section
• Fixed button alignment in 'Popup' section
• Fixed issue where 'Popup' section would close during editing in Theme Settings
• Fixed condition where 'More from vendor' section was not showing
• Reverted custom JSON templates to Liquid to avoid confusion in the theme editor
• Fixed issue swiping through product videos on mobile
• Fixed overlapping menus when the announcement bar is placed below the header section
• Fixed issue where MP4 video added in the product media did not play automatically on mobile
• Fixed issue where Images of the first and last subcollections did not load on mobile
• Fixed issue where 'More from vendor' section did not display products for vendor names with special characters
• Fixed issue with white space in footer on mobile

v5.2.4 - August 6, 2024

Fixes and improvements

• Icons now load faster and are organized in icon library files
• On-scroll animations now have a simplified trigger using <is-land> elements
• Fix issue with preorder text not showing on preorder template
• Fix incorrect variant being added to cart
• Product images: enhance performance on mobile devices
• Map Section updated to latest API to properly outputs location markers
• And lots more bug fixes and stability improvements!

v5.2.3 - July 4, 2024

Bug fixes

• Revert "Retain theme editor config from modern/main"

v5.2.2 - July 4, 2024

Bug fixes

• Install components v2.10.64

v5.2.1 - June 21st, 2024

Fixes and other improvements

• Missing 'X' icon in footer section
• Modal opening fix on password page
• Price display on collection page
• Properly render blank theme editor values on section

v5.2.0 - June 13, 2024

Added

• Added support for Shopify's Swatch and Image Filters

Changed

• Full rebuild of main product section! Now faster, more modular, and extendable than ever!
• Dropped manual approach for building structured data. Instead, we use the new structured_data filter.
• Replaced Twitter icon with X icon

Fixes and other improvements

• Newsletter reminder will no longer flash in the header on initial load
• Improved the size of theme modals on mobile viewports
• Media with Text video now plays consistently
• Main menu can now be displayed in mobile footer when setting is enabled
• Fixed issue with slideshow not reloading after changing section settings
• Improved spacing around 'view all' links on mobile
• Improved spacing below Cart note
• Fixed issue with collection image not showing for selected collections on list collections template
• Fixed issue with hero video loading incorrectly
• Fixed issue with Gift card recipient form not working inside of Quickshop
• Fixed issue with Complementary products not working correctly in Quickshop
• Swatches no longer maintain active state when hovering has ended
• Fixed issue with Video hero section text shadows showing even when text is removed
• Fixed issue with 'Show cents as superscript' setting not applying to collection pages, recently viewed sections, and 'more from vendor' sections
• Collection and search pages now correctly display stock availability filters
• Optimize performance for country flags in currency dropdown

v5.1.0 - April 2, 2024

Added

• Adds Advanced Accordion section

Removed

• Removed references to Shopify Product Reviews app settings

Fixes and other improvements

• Fixes issue where hamburger menu isn't clickable when Menu layout is set to 'Logo center, menu below'
• Fixes issue with mobile checkout buttons not working due to an overlay
• Improves cropping of product gallery images
• Predictive search and cart item now correctly hide elements meant to be visually hidden
• Fixes issue where size chart icon did not appear next to variant option name
• Fixes various missing translations
• Improves sizing of logo list images
• Improves sizing of quick shop modal
• Fixes opacity issues with color scheme patterns
• Fixes issue with rich text editor formatting not being applied to announcement bar content
• Fixes issue where thick and thin product tile style were not showing on product grids
• Fixes issue with text and button alignment in Text Columns with Images section
• Fixes issue with heading style not applying to navigation links
• Fixes issue with variant labels not updating when clicking through variant options
• Fixes issue with collection filter for availability not showing correctly

v5.0.1 - February 21, 2024

Added

• Adds support for send on field on gift card recipient form

Changed

• Changed years offered in countdown timer settings
• Updated translation files to match new structure found in https://github.com/archetype-themes/locales

Removed

• Sunset references to Shopify Product Reviews app in accordance to end-of-support announcement (https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/product-reviews/migrate)

Fixes and other improvements

• Letter spacing typo in typography settings
• Fixed padding issue in predictive search results
• Fixed duplicate buttons on product page
• Cart recommendations products within cart drawer are now showing quick add and quick view buttons
• Fixed some shopify theme check linting warnings
• Fixed issue where specific product tile styles were causing a horizontal scrollbar to appear. Uncovered a larger issue with our styles and variables.
• Fixed issue with price range filter initializing too many times on collection page
• Fixed issue for CSS variables and negative margins on product grid item
• Fixed issue for image variant bug
• Fixed issue for Testimonials section where images would sometimes not show and their alignment was incorrect when text was set to right aligned
• Fixed issue for excess quantity when set to cart page type
• Fixed issue with promo grid images not showing
• Fixed issue with default state of countdown timer
• Fixed issue with predictive search pricing and vendor
• Fixed how triggers for size chart and quick shop are initialized
• Sets min-width for variant dropdowns

v5.0.0 - December 11, 2023

• New theme architecture built on Liquid Theme Components
• Fine-grained control over how JS loads for the interactive components via Islands architecture. Load JS as it’s needed, load the rest when the page becomes idle.
• Support for JavaScript Import Maps
• Refactored code into Theme Components found inside the snippets folder
• Refactored JS from single bundles like theme.js and vendor.js into individual ES Modules
• Refactored to use Custom Elements better JS structure, section lifecycle handling, and JS event management
• Refactored Quick Shop and Quick Add components for better loading and functionality
• Global theme setting for animating page transitions have been removed
• Lazyload images section setting removed from slideshow sections
• Removed a combined 100 lines of repeated swatch logic from recommended products and hotspots sections
• Various improvements made to improve page load time
• Improved our LCP score by 1.63s
• Image zoom works for right aligned product galleries
• Escape key closes Search when Predictive search is disabled
• Centered logo is correctly positioned on mobile header
• Color scheme textures are working correctly
• Fixed missing translation error for recipient form
• Product thumbnails are visible when set to ‘Below media’
• Fixed issue with opacity for theme modals’ background-colour
• Heading shows correctly for Text columns with icons section
• Fixed issues with inventory status not showing correctly for variants and incorporated merchant feedback to improve the overall logic

v.4.4.1 - July 11, 2023

•  Added support for recipient fields on gift card products
• Added support for app blocks to more sections
• Added support for Follow on Shop button
• Swatch size setting has been moved under the Products heading within the global theme settings
• Inventory transfer notice is better displayed on product pages
• Images centered in the rich text editor now also show as centered in the storefront
• Global setting for adjusting the stroke weight of icons now works as intended
• Newsletter form requires email input to be filled out before it is submitted
• Images have a quicker fade-in effect
• Improved behaviour for predictive search experience
• Improved layout for when text direction is set to right-to-left in global theme settings

v4.3.4 - May 4, 2023

• Products returned in search results without images will no longer produce a liquid error
• Text columns with icons section now includes translations for its settings
• Image comparison arrows show up correctly on iOS
• Predictive search updated to use Locale-aware URLs
• Autofocus removed from search input so that the 'skip to maintain content' link is accessible
• Opacity of img tags is no longer set to zero by default
• Improved layout of image and text section

v4.3.3 - April 24, 2023

• Restored expected functionality of the header menu dropdowns introduced in our accessibility changes, menus will now hover to open by default
• Logos in headers and footers no longer appear blurry
• Fixed checkout button issues on cart dropdown and cart drawer
• Image comparison images will no longer overlap

v4.3.1 - April 3, 2023

• Added support for Shopify's search suggestion functionality
• Various accessibility improvements across the theme
• Various improvements to images
• Fixes collection page layout
• Button on text columns with icon section will now show as intended
• Improved layout of products per row on more from vendor/collection sections

v4.2.0 - February 13, 2023

• New complementary products block to product page
• New image masks to various sections
• Support for focal points
• Support for section groups
• Support for heading alignment and size to various sections
• Collection filters now accept boolean metafield values
• New scrolling text section
• Newsletter section now supports adding an image
• Product grid now has a 'Products per row' setting
• Footer section now supports adding an image block
• Improved image loading across all images
• Blog comment fields are now required inputs
• Improved messaging when customers try to purchase beyond available quantity
• Countdown will now display properly on Safari
• Sub collections will now display properly on multi-language stores
• Color swatches on related products will now work as intended

v4.1.0 - October 11, 2022

• Adds in countdown feature
• Adds in image hotspot feature
• Adds in image comparison feature
• Adds in age verification feature
• Adds in new color scheme patterns

v4.0.1 - September 22, 2022

• Store availability tooltip will now properly display the product title
• Fixes issue where product image was not changing on variant selection

v4.0.0 - September 13, 2022

• Add smart availability logic to dropdown option selects
• Add labels to form inputs
• Ensure languages are capitalized in selector
• Improves low inventory label color
• quickview:loaded and quickview:open events will now return productId instead of sectionId
• Improves mobile scrolling on product pages
• Products page with hidden buy buttons will now work as intended
• Inventory transfer notices will now will now display the correct information on variant change
• Low inventory stock label will now correctly display on variant change
• Improves vimeo support on product page
• Mouse dragging on product images will no longer trigger zoom
• Featured products in the mega menu will now display as intended on multilingual stores
• Product swatches on collection page will now toggle as intended on hover

v3.1.0 - August 3, 2022

• Adds 'fixed' and 'flexible' setting for product thumbnails.
• Improves parallax feature
• Fixes issue where collection list limit can break when changing values
• Improves logic for newsletter popup states

v3.0.1 - May 26, 2022

• Fixes pagination issues on list collection templates
• Fixes issue where size chart could disappear
• Size chart will now follow store background colour
• Custom pre-order templates will now show the pre-order button as intended
• Corrects sizing and shape of colour swatches
• Fixes issue where dragging a slide opens the slide link
• Fixes issue where quickshop product images collapse
• Fixes various overlapping issues seen between popups and other elements on the page

v3.0.0 - May 11, 2022

• Adds a 'Text columns with icons' section
• Size chart has been removed from the 'variant picker' block and added as it's own standalone block
• Adds support for block attributes
• Improves design of newsletter popup and adds a reminder feature

v2.5.4 - Apr 14, 2022

• Fix a couple of missing translations references in global settings.

v2.5.3 - Apr 12, 2022

• Add full support for Italian, Spanish, German, French, and English locales
• Even more option select logic improvements

v2.5.2 - Mar 8, 2022

• Adds support for overlay header on created collection templates
• Refine product option select logic
• Prevent mobile nav from miscalculating height on open/close
• Fix gap in mobile sticky filter bar
• Hides size chart when setting is empty

v2.5.1 - Feb 25, 2022

• Restore functionality to mobile sort filters on collection page

v2.5.0 - Feb 17, 2022

• Add size chart feature
• Updated icon set for sales point feature
• A more intuitive variant selector
• Disable margin when no slide exists
• Ensure pricing text doesn't break with long titles
• Fix for mobile nav with duplicate titles.
• Fix page transition bug on article template
• Add CSS preload header
• Removes extra white space caused by pagination

v2.4.0 - Jan 25, 2022

• Added country support for currency selector
• Fix for search filter parameters
• Fix for mobile scrolling when sticky header is disabled
• Update Flickity to v2.3 to fix iOS15 swiping bug natively
• Fix product slideshow reflow
• Fix subcollections not showing on collection pages

v2.3.0 - Dec 20, 2021

• Add search filters
• Fully support Shopify Product Review app blocks. Remove theme-defined review blocks
• Do not re-open newsletter popup if optional CTA button is clicked
• Update collection product count after filter used on mobile
• Change cart terms and conditions setting to type page
• Prevent duplicate subcollections showing when duplicated in menu
• Add price to quick-add form
• Prevent collection filters breaking if featured collection section added to page
• Ensure unique ID on quick-shop contact form tabs
• Use search route when submitting predictive search field
• Fix MP4 video accessibility inside Flickity slideshow

v2.2.0 - Nov 17, 2021

• Remove minified JS - new Shopify requirement
• Add setting to show Shopify Reviews tab open on page load
• Prevent newsletter popup on password page
• Fix Photoswipe bug on iOS15
• Fix bug where sorting doesn't work if filter is active with a space in the name
• Fix filtering on vendor collection pages
• Allow tablets to close navigation by clicking outside of it

v2.1.1 - Oct 20, 2021

• Prevent vertical scrolling when interacting with slideshows on iOS15
• Convert FAQ page to JSON+LD structured data

v2.1.0 - Oct 4, 2021

• Support metafields for custom product tabs and labels
• Do not update inventory notice when inventory policy is continue
• Fix quick view description tabs not opening occasionally
• Update Facebook icon
• Prevent image set feature from breaking when misspelled in alt tag
• Add fuzzy search to basic search page
• Fix mobile filter visibility after selection
• Fix iOS15 product carousel jank because of Flickity bug

v2.0.1 - Aug 25, 2021

• Allow multiple collection filters to be selected without page refresh
• Add product blocks for Product Reviews app by Shopify
• Add custom code block to product template (supports Liquid)
• Update 'Custom content' section to support Liquid code
• Add support for app sections
• Fix quantity selector not working in quick view

v2.0.0 - Aug 18, 2021

• Online Store 2.0 - "Sections Everywhere"

v1.0.5 - Jul 6, 2021

• Fix duplicate collection filter JS when using back/forward browser buttons
• Initialize media/videos when first slide and image set feature active
• Fix missing color scheme text definition

v1.0.4 - Jun 23, 2021

• Add new preset design, Contemporary
• Add ability to move description next to image
• Add ability to disable cloned header and footer menu content
• Support multiple custom product grid labels
• Add related collection products on product page

v1.0.3 - Jun 17, 2021

• Dispatch JS event for when quick add modal opens
• Add color settings for announcement bar
• Updated Pinterest icon
• Add mobile image to image hero section on pages
• Fix map section details not showing on mobile
• Fix product videos not playing when using image set feature

v1.0.2 - May 18, 2021

• Add Shop Pay Installments banner
• Fix recommended product visibility after adjusting cart page
• Fix price size inconsistency if span=money is in shop money format
• Fix subcollection feature when language ISO code is 4 letters
• Fix image set feature not autoplaying MP4 videos
• Simplify dynamic variant availability JS
• Better sizing of filter dropdown drawer
• Add 'view all' links to mobile menu when parent is a collection

v1.0.1 - Apr 29, 2021

• Add style options for product description layout
• Fix footer page links not going to correct URL
• Add setting to remove product link from mega menu

v1.0.0 - Apr 26, 2021

• Theme launch!