Highlight 3 releases

Applies to: Highlight 3.0.0 and later. Added in: Highlight 3.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Highlight 4.1.0.

Highlight 3 was released on the Shopify Theme Store on 2023-03-29 and updated until 3.4.0 on 2025-06-17. The notes below are the Theme Store release notes, newest first; typos in them are fixed.

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 3.4.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-06-17.

• Improved theme onboarding process

Highlight 3.3.4.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-05-15.

• Fixed a visual bug introduced in last update

Highlight 3.3.4Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-05-13.

• Fixed various bugs

Highlight 3.3.3Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-01-31.

• Fixed various bugs

Highlight 3.3.2Copy Anchor Link

Released 2024-12-23.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed various bugs

Highlight 3.3.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2024-09-16.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new accelerated checkout buttons design
• Added support for native color swatches through product category metafields
• Fixed various bugs

See Color swatches and Fix accelerated checkout buttons design.

Highlight 3.3.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2024-06-07.

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• Added options for setting custom payment methods in the footer
• Added support for the upcoming image presentation filter
• Added the option to choose what buttons to display in the cart drawer
• Added an option to preload pages on mouse over, to increase the perceived loading speed of pages
• Added a "free shipping bar" feature

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Improved handling of unavailable variants
• Fixed cookies banner functionality
• Fixed other visual and functionality bugs

In the theme editor: the Custom icons of the Footer group, Drawer cart action buttons and Show free shipping minimum amount in Cart theme settings, and Preload links on hover in SEO and performance theme settings.

Highlight 3.2.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-12-13.

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• Added support for Shopify's swatches filtering
• Added the ability to reject tracking on the cookies popup

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Improved cart instructions field to keep values saved within a browsing session

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed other minor bugs

See the Image filter layout setting on the collection page and the Cookies block of the Popups section.

Highlight 3.2.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-11-13.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new filter "AND" operator
• Replaced Twitter icon with the new "X" icon
• Improved lists styling by adding proper indentation
• Fixed other minor bugs

Highlight 3.1.6Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-09-21.

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• Added support to display star ratings in the product grid for 8 different review apps
• LCP performance improvements, by stopping lazy loading for the images in the first section
• Fixed an issue with dynamic buttons not appearing when gift card recipients are enabled

See Show rating and Rating app in Product card theme settings.

Highlight 3.1.5Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-09-05.

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• Added a "custom social icon" setting
• Added a "pre-order" button label option in product pages
• Improved product tabs functionality when using metafields
• Improved inventory tracking notifications
• Improved local pickup availability notification in multilanguage stores
• Fixed message not appearing in purchased gift cards
• Fixed a bunch of other minor bugs

See Custom link in Social theme settings and Show "pre-order" button label in the Buy buttons block of the product page.

Highlight 3.1.4Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-07-20.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed an issue with quick buy modal window prices

Highlight 3.1.3Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-06-23.

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• Fixed some issues with product reviews

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added 12 more theme translations: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Finnish, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Slovak, Vietnamese

Highlight 3.1.2Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-05-30.

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• Fixed the quick add to cart functionality for products with variants

Highlight 3.1.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-05-23.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed an issue with the "image with hotspots" section on mobile devices

Highlight 3.1.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-05-19.

New sectionsCopy Anchor Link

• Image with hotspots
• Before / after slider

New featuresCopy Anchor Link

• Added "quick buy" functionality
• Added link options to horizontal slider images
• Added an option for "gift card recipients"
• Added "follow on shop" option in the footer

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Improved image loading on kiosk devices
• Improved touch events on some mobile devices
• Better cart errors handling
• Fixed various functionality & visual bugs
• Fixed multiple videos not working in the vertical slider

In the theme editor: the Image with hotspots section; the before / after slider is the Image comparison section; Enable quick buy is in Product card theme settings and opens the Quick view popup; slide links are in the Slideshow: horizontal section; Show recipient information form for gift card products is in the Buy buttons block of the product page; Enable Follow on Shop is in the Footer group.

Highlight 3.0.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-04-10.

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• Fixed the logo size option not working
• Made some improvements to the sticky header
• Improved Shopify policies pages design
• Fixed a few other minor bugs

Highlight 3.0.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-03-29.

New sections addedCopy Anchor Link

• Scrolling text
• Scrolling images
• Horizontal image slider
• Text columns with icons

Design improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new section groups, allowing you to build richer headers & footers
• Added options to control the spacing between sections
• Improved predictive search with support for new settings, via Shopify's Search & Discovery App

Other improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added a "back to top" button
• Better support for video autoplay
• General SEO & performance upgrades

InternationalizationCopy Anchor Link

• Added full RTL compatibility
• Added Danish, Korean, Hebrew, Arabic & Urdu (India) translations

In the theme editor: the Scrolling text, Scrolling images, Slideshow: horizontal and Text columns with icons sections; the Header group and Footer group (see How Highlight is built); Space between sections in Layout theme settings; Show 'go to top' button in Embellishments theme settings.

Related pagesCopy Anchor Link

• What's new in Highlight: every release, newest first.
• Update Highlight: how to install a new version.