Akeneo Shopify Connector Release Notes

Akeneo PIM Connector for Shopify - Release Notes

Version 4.8

Release Date: Sep 4, 2026
What’s New
  1. Assign products to specific market catalogs from PIM
  2. Sync market specific pricing from PIM to Shopify market
  3. Sync locale-specific product information from PIM to Shopify market
  4. Sync Asset via asset family attribute
  5. Sync Tech Notes

Version 4.7

Release Date: Jul 31, 2026
What’s New
  1. Sync multi-language collection content, product content and metafield content to the same store

Version 4.6

Release Date: May 30, 2026
What’s New
  1. Sync Fitment specific Tech Notes to Shopify as MetaObjects
  2. Virtual SKU generation based on fitments
  3. Release the connector as an app on Shopify App Store
What's Improved
  1. Multi selection support for Tags field

Version 4.5

Release Date: April 17, 2026
What’s New
  1. Sync by Model ID and SKU
  2. Sync product & variant associations as Metafields
  3. Sync reference entity single & multiple-link attribute labels as Metafields
  4. Sync asset collection attributes as Metafields
  5. Pre-existing collection mapping generation
  6. Pre-existing product mapping generation
  7. Support for 3D models and videos in media sync
  8. Association type mapping
  9. Sync preview button to display product count
  10. Email API integration for sync reports and notifications
What's Improved
  1. Flag to control UOM sync for metric attributes synced as Metafields

Version 4.4

Release Date: March 11, 2026
What’s New
  1. Support File type attribute sync for Metafields
  2. Sync Image type attribute as Metafields
  3. Support custom namespaces for Metafields with definitions
  4. Image, Asset collection and File type support in Metafield mapping
  5. Sync additional collections from a text area attribute
  6. Support SKU sync for Akeneo PIM Community Edition
  7. Product mapping generation for Akeneo PIM Community Edition
  8. Support assignment of more than 250 collections to a product

Version 4.3

Release Date: February 11, 2026
What’s New
  1. Channel filter support for attributes
  2. Sync YMM associations as Shopify JSON Metafields
  3. Sync options to accomodate tens of thousands of fitments per product in Shopify Metafields
  4. Sync records of type category as Metafields
What's Improved
  1. Description concatenation support for multiple attributes
  2. Enhanced Shopify API authentication

Version 4.2

Release Date: January 16, 2026
What’s New
  1. New onboarding and setup instructions
  2. Configuration module for connector settings
  3. Data Sync functionality
  4. Sync Status screen
  5. PIM2Shopify Link Refresh feature

Version 4.1

Release Date: December 29, 2025
What’s New
  1. Category Sync support for Shopify Collections
  2. Product-to-collection assignment support
  3. Duplicate Collection detection and reporting
  4. Support for pre-existing collection mapping setup
  5. Product link refresh and mapping regeneration
  6. Product Metafield definition creation and auto-assignment
  7. Product channel assignment functionality
Version 4.0
Release Date: December 20, 2025
What’s Improved
  1. Architectural changes to improve features, performance and customizability
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