Split 4 releases

Applies to: Split 4.0.0 and later. Added in: Split 4.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Split 5.1.0.

Split 4 was released on the Shopify Theme Store on 2023-03-01 and updated until 4.4.0 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 Split 5.1.0. Older versions can show them under a different name.

Split 4.4.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-06-17.

• Improved theme onboarding process

Split 4.3.4Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-05-12.

• Fixed various bugs

Split 4.3.3Copy Anchor Link

Released 2025-01-31.

• Fixed various bugs

Split 4.3.2Copy Anchor Link

Released 2024-12-23.

FixedCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed various bugs

Split 4.3.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2024-08-22.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for native color swatches through product category metafields
• Added an option to "Sign in with SHOP" in the classic customer login page
• Added support for the new accelerated checkout buttons design
• Fixed quick buy button not working well with the page cart type
• Fixed other various small bugs

Color swatches are explained on Product card theme settings; the Shop sign-in is Enable Sign in with Shop on Customer account pages.

Split 4.3.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2024-06-06.

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

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 in Cart theme settings, Preload links on hover in SEO and performance theme settings and Handle unavailable variants on the Product page.

Split 4.2.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-12-13.

NewCopy Anchor Link

• 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 Collection page (filters) and Cookies banner.

Split 4.2.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-11-13.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new filter "AND" operator
• Added more options to slideshow links and improved some issues with the "auto height" option
• Replaced Twitter icon with the new "X" icon
• Improved lists styling by adding proper indentation
• Improved mobile navigation on RTL languages
• Fixed other minor bugs

See Slideshow section and Social theme settings.

Split 4.1.3Copy Anchor Link

Released 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

The rating settings are in Product card theme settings → Product rating.

Split 4.1.2Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-09-01.

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• 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 Social theme settings (Custom link) and the Buy buttons, Collapsible tab and Inventory level blocks on the Product page.

Split 4.1.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-06-23.

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• Fixed an issue with the quick buy functionality not working properly on mobile devices
• Fixed an issue with scrolling images (not working properly when more than one per page)
• Fixed some issues with the mobile view on the "Image comparison" and "Image with hotspots" features

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

Split 4.1.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-05-23.

New featuresCopy Anchor Link

• Added a "Before / After slider" section
• Added an option for "gift card recipients"
• Added "follow on shop" option in the footer

FixesCopy Anchor Link

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

The section is called Image comparison in the theme editor. The gift card option is Show recipient information form for gift card products in the Buy buttons block of the Product page; Enable Follow on Shop is in the Footer group.

Split 4.0.4Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-03-24.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed search page mobile filtering
• Fixed video popup section

Split 4.0.3Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-03-09.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed an issue with background videos on iOS

Split 4.0.2Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-03-07.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed some small visual bugs
• Fixed some translation issues

ImprovementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added an option to change sidebar colors

The sidebar colors are in Colors theme settings → Sidebar.

Split 4.0.1Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-03-01.

FixesCopy Anchor Link

• Fixed a visual bug in the product grid

Split 4.0.0Copy Anchor Link

Released 2023-03-01.

New sections addedCopy Anchor Link

• Image with hotspots
• Scrolling text
• Scrolling images
• Custom contact form
• Email signup form

See Image with hotspots, Scrolling text, Scrolling images, Contact Form and Email signup.

Design improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added support for the new section groups, allowing you to build richer headers & footers
• Added an option to change the entire grid's border opacity
• Added aspect ratio options to product grid
• Added a sizing chart block in product page
• Added the ability to show color swatches in the product grid
• Added color options for product badges

See How Split is built (section groups), Colors theme settings (Borders opacity), Product card theme settings and the Size guide block on the Product page.

Conversion improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added a "free shipping" notice
• Added "quick buy" option to cart recommendations
• Added "inventory level" progress bar
• Improved predictive search with support for new settings, via Shopify's Search & Discovery App
• Improved the announcement bar to support multiple announcements

See Cart theme settings, Predictive search theme settings and Announcement bar.

Other improvementsCopy Anchor Link

• Added a cookie popup
• Added a "back to top" button
• Added the option to display language & currency selectors in the header
• Better support for video autoplay
• General SEO & performance upgrades

See Cookies banner, Embellishments theme settings (Show 'go to top' button) and Header section.

InternationalizationCopy Anchor Link

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

The old Help Scout articles also date the Enable quick buy button on product cards to Split 4.0. See Product card theme settings.

Related pagesCopy Anchor Link

• What's new in Split: every release, newest first.
• Split 5 releases: the current major version.