Kingdom 5

Applies to: Kingdom 5.0.0 to 5.4.0. Added in: Kingdom 5.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Kingdom 6.2.0.

Kingdom 5 started with Kingdom 5.0.0 on 2023-03-23 and ended with Kingdom 5.4.0 on 2025-06-17. The release notes below are the ones published on the Shopify Theme Store, newest first, with typos fixed. The "See" lines name the setting as the theme editor shows it in Kingdom 6.2.0 and the page that documents it.

Kingdom 5.4.0Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2025-06-17.

• Improved theme onboarding process.

Kingdom 5.3.4Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2025-05-14.

• Fixed various bugs.

Kingdom 5.3.3Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2025-01-31.

• Fixed various bugs.

Kingdom 5.3.2Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2024-12-20.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed various bugs.
• Added an option to disable out of stock variants in product pages.

See Handle unavailable variants (Hide, Disable or Show) in the Variant picker block on the Product page.

Kingdom 5.3.1Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2024-09-16.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new accelerated checkout buttons design.
• Fixed various bugs.

See Show dynamic checkout buttons in the Buy buttons block on the Product page and Show additional checkout buttons in Cart theme settings.

Kingdom 5.3.0Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2024-06-05.

NewCopy Anchor Link

• 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.

See Only show the custom icons and Icon 1 to Icon 6 in the Footer group, Drawer cart action buttons in Cart theme settings, and Preload links on hover in SEO and performance theme settings.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

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

Kingdom 5.2.1Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-12-13.

NewCopy Anchor Link

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

See Image filter layout on the Collection page and the Decline button of the Cookies section.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

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

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed other minor bugs.

Kingdom 5.2.0Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-11-13.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new filter "AND" operator.
• Replaced Twitter icon with the new "X" icon.
• Fixed various minor style issues.

See the Collection page for filters and X (Twitter) in Social theme settings.

Kingdom 5.1.7Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-09-21.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• 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.

Kingdom 5.1.6Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-09-07.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed an issue with the "add to cart" button sensitivity on mobile devices.
• Fixed an issue with the quick buy view in specific edge cases.

Kingdom 5.1.5Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-08-30.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added a "custom social icon" setting.
• Improved product tabs functionality when using metafields.
• Improved inventory tracking notifications.
• Fixed local pickup availability notification not working in multilanguage stores.
• Fixed message not appearing in purchased gift cards.

See Custom link in Social theme settings, and the Collapsible tab, Variant picker and Pickup availability blocks on the Product page.

Kingdom 5.1.4Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-07-20.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed some bugs so small that you didn't even notice.

Kingdom 5.1.3Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-06-23.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed some issues with product reviews.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

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

Kingdom 6.2.0 includes storefront translations for English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. See Troubleshoot speed, SEO and translations.

Kingdom 5.1.2Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-05-30.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed the quick add to cart functionality for products with variants.
• Fixed the parallax effect not working on vertical sliders.

Kingdom 5.1.1Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-05-24.

Hot fixCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed broken featured collection layouts.

Kingdom 5.1.0Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-05-23.

New sectionsCopy Anchor Link

• Image with hotspots
• Before / After slider

See Image with hotspots section and Image comparison section (the Before / After slider).

New featuresCopy Anchor Link

• Added an option for "gift card recipients".
• Added "follow on shop" option in the footer.

See Show recipient information form for gift card products in the Buy buttons block on the Product page and Enable Follow on Shop in the Footer group.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed various functionality and visual bugs.
• Improved image loading on kiosk devices.

Kingdom 5.0.1Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-03-30.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed an issue with the submenus not displaying correctly in some installations.
• Fixed some issues with icons in the "rich text" section.
• Fixed video iframes not showing up properly in page content.

Kingdom 5.0.0Copy Anchor Link

Released on 2023-03-23.

New sections addedCopy Anchor Link

• Scrolling text
• Text columns with icons
• Simple text columns

See Scrolling text section, Text columns with icons section and Text columns section.

Design improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new section groups, allowing you to build richer footers.
• Added a sizing chart block in product page.
• Added options to control the spacing between sections.
• Added dedicated mobile image options for some sections.

See the Footer group, the Size guide block on the Product page and Vertical spacing in Layout theme settings.

Conversion improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added product "quick buy" functionality.
• Added a "recommended products" section on the cart page.
• Improved predictive search with support for new settings, via Shopify's Search & Discovery App.

See Enable quick buy in Product card theme settings, Cart recommendations on the Cart page and Predictive search theme settings.

Other improvementsCopy Anchor Link

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

See Show 'go to top' button in Embellishments theme settings.

InternationalizationCopy Anchor Link

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

Related pagesCopy Anchor Link

• What's new in Kingdom: every release, newest first.
• Kingdom 6: the releases after Kingdom 5.
• Kingdom 4: the releases before Kingdom 5.