Shopify Changelog Recap
Shopify Changelog Recap: The Admin's New Look, a Redesigned Payouts Page, and a Cart Button on Mobile POS
This recap covers Shopify changes posted from September 14 to September 20, 2026. Most of the week was developer updates, so this recap has three main changes, and the first one reaches every store. Each section links to Shopify's own pages so you can check the details yourself.
Published September 21, 2026. Author: Ecomm Guys. 3 min read.
1. The Shopify Admin Has a New Look
What changed. On September 15, Shopify began rolling out a new look for the admin, with new colour, type, spacing, and icons across every page, inside a new frame. Search, notifications, and the store picker moved into the side navigation, which collapses to give the page more room. Sidekick moved from a side panel to a floating chat at the bottom of every page.
Who it affects. Every store. The new look rolls out gradually and arrives in your admin on its own, with no setup needed. Apps built with Admin UI extensions and App Home UI extensions pick up the new styles automatically. Apps that draw their own interface in App Home keep their current styles until their developers move to Polaris 2.0.
What to do. Show your staff where search, notifications, and the store picker now sit. If an app looks out of place in the new admin, ask its developer when they plan to move to Polaris 2.0.
Sources: Shopify Changelog, Sep 15, 2026 and Shopify Developer Changelog: Prepare your app for the Shopify admin's new look, Sep 15, 2026
2. All Your Payouts in One View
What changed. The Payouts page now lists your payouts on the left, with the selected payout's details beside it, so you can move between payouts without leaving the page. Paid and pending payouts are ordered by date, so you can see what you've been paid and what's on the way. Each payout has an expandable breakdown of what makes up the amount, and Shopify says payout failures are simpler to trace.
Who it affects. Every store that receives payouts. The new page rolls out gradually in the Shopify admin on web and mobile.
What to do. We'd use the expandable breakdown to match each payout to your bank deposit the next time you reconcile. If you've written a reconciliation checklist for staff or a bookkeeper, update the steps to match the new page.
Sources: Shopify Changelog, Sep 16, 2026
3. Mobile POS Keeps the Cart in View
What changed. Shopify POS v11.15 adds a persistent cart button on phones. It shows recently added items, the item count, and the running total as staff move through POS. It also confirms changes as they're added to the cart, such as discounts, customers, staff, custom sales, or fees.
Staff can tap the cart button from Home, Products, Orders, or Search to open the full cart. When they close it, they go back to where they were. The cart button replaces the Cart tab in the bottom navigation and the old "Go to cart" bar.
Who it affects. Stores that run Shopify POS on phones.
What to do. Update POS to v11.15 or later on every phone, and show staff that the cart button now takes the place of the Cart tab.
Sources: Shopify Changelog, Sep 14, 2026
Also Worth Knowing
Apps that write metafields with the metafieldsSet mutation now pay a GraphQL cost based on how many distinct resources each request changes. Before this change, every call cost a flat 10 points. Shopify says apps that set metafields across many different resources may hit their rate limit faster. Source, Sep 15, 2026
Apps can now read purchase orders, including line items, supplier details, and linked inventory transfers, in GraphQL Admin API version 2026-10. Source, Sep 17, 2026
You can book a call with us if you'd like help working through any of these on your store. The Shopify Changelog lists every Shopify change in full.
Last checked against Shopify's official pages on November 12, 2026.