Highlight 2 releases
Highlight 2 release notes, 2.0.0 (2021) to 2.2.5 (2023): Online Store 2.0, unique product badges, country selector, dropdown variants and more.
Applies to: Highlight 2.0.0 and later. Added in: Highlight 2.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Highlight 4.1.0.
Highlight 2.0.0 was released on the Shopify Theme Store on 2021-09-28 as the Online Store 2.0 version of the theme, and Highlight 2 was updated until 2.2.5 on 2023-01-09. The notes below are the Theme Store release notes, newest first; typos in them are fixed. No release notes were published for 2.0.0 to 2.0.4.
Setting labels and editor paths in the links are the ones in Highlight 4.1.0. Older versions can show them under a different name.
Highlight 2.2.5
Released 2023-01-09.
Improvements
- Added support for the complementary products block
Fixes
- Fixed some visual bugs isolated to iOS 16
See the Complementary products block on the product page.
Highlight 2.2.4
Released 2022-12-13.
Improvements
- Improved SEO by updating open graph schema / microdata
- Improved breadcrumb navigation (under the hood)
- Added support for focal points
Fixes
- Fixed other small visual bugs
Highlight 2.2.3
Released 2022-08-11.
Improvements
- Improved sliders functionality in Safari 15
- Added a public method for apps to refresh the ajax cart
Fixes
- Fixed two minor style issues
For the cart refresh method, see JavaScript events.
Highlight 2.2.2
Released 2022-06-17.
Fixes
- Fixed various bugs
Added
- Added the option for links in the gallery section
See the Gallery section.
Highlight 2.2.1
Released 2022-04-01.
Fixed
- An issue caused by Shopify where 502 errors were randomly appearing on Orders Page
- The favicon not displaying after the last update
Highlight 2.2.0
Released 2022-03-25. The Theme Store also lists a 2.2.0 release on 2022-03-18, with the same notes as Highlight 2.1.0 (below).
Added
- Added support for the new boolean metafield facet filter
- Added an option to display the product header below the product gallery
- Added an option for dropdown variant selectors
Improvements
- Improved sliders in iOS / macOS
- Improved video support in the vertical slider
- Improved filtering messages when there are no products on collection & search pages
- Improved keyboard navigation for modal popups
- Replaced deprecated img_url filter with the new image_url
Fixes
- Added some missing words in translations
- Fixed modal popup not showing after a day
In the theme editor: Above the product gallery in the Product header block and Variants selector type in the Variant picker block of the product page.
Highlight 2.1.0
Released 2022-02-09.
Changes
- We've added support for Shopify country / region selector
- We've extended the theme translations to 15 different languages
Fixes
- We've fixed a few really minor bugs
See Show country/region selector in the Header section, the Announcement bar section and the Footer group.
Highlight 2.0.0 to 2.0.4
No release notes were published for these versions. Highlight 2.0.0 moved the theme to Shopify's Online Store 2.0, with sections on every page. The unique product badges were added in 2.0.0 (Help Scout article 843); see Product card theme settings and the video on Highlight's unique features.
| Version | Released |
|---|---|
| Highlight 2.0.4 | 2021-12-10 |
| Highlight 2.0.3 | 2021-10-25 |
| Highlight 2.0.2 | 2021-10-12 |
| Highlight 2.0.1 | 2021-10-08, 2021-10-07 |
| Highlight 2.0.0 | 2021-10-04, 2021-10-01, 2021-09-30, 2021-09-29, 2021-09-28 |
Related pages
- What's new in Highlight: every release, newest first.
- Highlight 1 releases: the first versions.
Highlight 3 releases
Highlight 3 release notes, 3.0.0 to 3.4.0: section groups, scrolling sections, hotspots, image comparison, quick buy, ratings and the free shipping bar.
Highlight 1 releases
Highlight 1 releases, 1.0.0 to 1.2.3 (2021): the version list with release dates. No release notes were published for them.