Checkout Extensibility
Upgrading to Checkout Extensibility
Find all the resources you need to upgrade from checkout.liquid to Checkout Extensibility.
Checkout Extensibility
What is Checkout Extensibility?
Checkout Extensibility is a suite of powerful platform features that make it easier to customize your checkout in a way that's app-based, upgrade-safe, performant, and seamlessly integrated with Shop Pay.
With Checkout Extensibility, you can make no-code customizations using apps and branding tools, or use our collection of components and APIs to build more bespoke checkout experiences.
Explore the features included with Checkout Extensibility
Checkout editor
Easily edit the logo, font, colors, and background of your checkout and add new functionality by installing apps in the all-new drag-and-drop editor.
Checkout apps
Add new functionality to your checkout, including UI extensions, custom logic, post-purchase pages, and pixels—without touching code.
Customer events
Securely manage pixel tracking for your online store and checkout from a single location.
Checkout Branding API
Dramatically transform your checkout to your desire, including matching the style of your online store.
Custom business logic
Use Shopify Functions to create custom business logic to validate cart and checkout information and customize payment and delivery methods.
Components for custom apps
Build bespoke customizations by developing custom apps with Shopify Functions, checkout UI extensions, web pixel app extensions, and post-purchase extensions.
Checkout.liquid will be turned off in stages
August 13, 2024
Information, Shipping, & Payment pages
August 28, 2025
Thank you & Order status pages*
*including apps using script tags and additional scripts
Checkout.liquid deprecation
Start planning your upgrade today
We’re investing in Checkout Extensibility as the sole way to customize Shopify Checkout.
View a personalized customizations report in your Shopify admin to see a list of your existing checkout.liquid customizations. Use the report’s guidance to start planning your upgrade to Checkout Extensibility today.
Explore the benefits of upgrading to Checkout Extensibility:
Increased speed and conversion
Checkout Extensibility is built on the latest platform technology, with 2X faster checkout interactions and page transitions that increase conversion over 1% on average.
Integration with Shop Pay
Add any or all of your customizations to Shop Pay, creating a consistent experience for your customers while benefiting from Shop Pay's 4X faster checkout experience.
Powerful new checkout features
Gain access to new checkout features—like one-page checkout, Shopify’s bundles offering, stackable discounts, and more—when you upgrade to Checkout Extensibility.
Upgrade-safe
Unlike using checkout.liquid, you never need to perform a checkout upgrade again, so you get access to new checkout features as soon as they’re available.
Enhanced security
Checkout Extensibility is powered by a set of Shopify UI components and APIs that run in a sandboxed environment, allowing you to benefit from additional security.
Consistent buying experience
Checkout Extensibility is now available for Plus merchants on the Thank you and Order status pages, so you can upgrade your entire checkout flow from start to finish.
Resources
Find everything you need to upgrade
View a personalized customizations report in your Shopify admin to see a list of your existing checkout.liquid customizations. Use the report’s guidance to start planning your upgrade to Checkout Extensibility today.
Speed is a big part of the reason we went with Checkout Extensibility in the first place. Faster checkouts make buyers more confident in their purchases, which helps us improve conversion and reduce checkout abandonment.
Map your checkout.liquid customizations to Checkout Extensibility
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