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Release Notes — plugilo Shopify Extension version 2.0

1. What’s New in Version 2.0

1.1 Smarter Product Interaction Experience

Enhanced “Merken” Save Experience

The “Merken” (Save) functionality is now available more consistently across the storefront experience, including:
  • Product Listing Pages (PLP)
  • Search result pages
  • Featured product grids
  • Product sliders

Customers can save products instantly to plugilo without interrupting their browsing journey, helping improve engagement and product revisit rates.

1.2 Real-Time Price Badges

Product cards can now display dynamic price badges directly within the storefront experience.

  • Merchants can fully customize:
  •  Badge templates
  • Font size
  • Text color
  • Background color

Advanced typography styling
This allows the price badge design to align seamlessly with any Shopify theme while improving product visibility and conversion opportunities.

1.3 Direct Add-to-Cart Integration

Customers can now add products directly to their Shopify cart from a plugilo product card without navigating away from the current page.
Key improvements include:

  • Faster purchase flow
  • Reduced shopping friction
  • Improved mobile shopping experience

Supported product variants ensure the correct size, color, or configuration is added to the cart.

1.4 Automatic Product Card Generation

The plugilo share button (“M” button) now remains available even for products not yet synchronized with the plugilo system.
When triggered:

  1. A lightweight product card is created instantly using:
    • Product title
    • Product image
    • Product price
  2. The system automatically enriches the card with additional product data in the background.

This ensures uninterrupted functionality across all supported storefronts

2. Merchant Features & Storefront Controls

2.1 Advanced Variant Mapping

Merchants can now map Shopify product attributes directly to plugilo fields for improved inventory consistency and data synchronization.
Supported mappings include:

  • SKU
  • EAN
  • Product ID
  • Custom variant attributes

This enhancement improves catalog accuracy across integrations and product experiences.

2.2 Smart Price Cache Management

Version 2.0 introduces configurable price cache expiration settings to help balance:

  • Real-time pricing accuracy
  • Storefront performance
  • API efficiency

Example:
Cache expiration: 600 seconds
This gives merchants more control over pricing refresh intervals based on store requirements.

2.3 Guest User Visibility Controls

Merchants can now decide whether price badges should be visible to guest users (non-logged-in visitors).
This provides additional flexibility for:

  • Membership-based stores
  • B2B storefronts
  • Private pricing strategies
2.4 Simplified Theme Configuration

The updated Selector Settings system makes it easier to position plugilo elements across both standard and custom Shopify themes.
Supported areas include:

  • Collection pages
  • Search pages
  • Product grids
  • Custom storefront layouts

No developer support is required for most implementations.

3. Detailed Feature Configuration

3.1 Price Badge Customization
  • Settings Access
    • plugilo → Design UI → Price Badge
    • Shopify Theme Editor: Online Store → Themes → Customize → App Embed → plugilo Dock → Price Badge
  • Available Customizations: Supported options include:
    • Template styles:
      • Rounded
      • Square
      • Flag Corner
      • Rounded Edge
    • Text size (10px–50px)
    • Text color
    • Background color
  • Advanced Styling Support: Custom CSS styling can be applied using the Advanced Text Customization field, including:
    • font-family
    • font-weight
    • Additional typography adjustments
  • Live Preview

A real-time preview is included to simulate how badges will appear on storefront product cards before publishing changes.

3.2 Add-to-Cart Button Customization
  • Settings Access
    • plugilo → Design UI → Add to Cart Button
  • Available Customizations:
    • Icon style
    • Button text
    • Background color
    • Text color
  • Variant Handling Logic:
    • On product listing or slider pages, the “Merken” button displays based on the first available variant when no variant is selected.
    • Product information shown on the plugilo card reflects the first variant configuration.

Additional refinement may be introduced in future updates to provide more advanced variant-selection behavior before cart submission.

3.3 “Merken” Button Placement & Styling
  • Dock Trigger Button (Wishlist/Header Icon)
    • Default placement is next to the mini-cart area.
    • Customization options include:
      • Tooltip text
      • Button size
      • Background color
      • Label text
      • Label color
      • Custom HTML
      • Custom CSS
  • Save Trigger Button (“plug-it” on Product)
    • Product Detail Page (PDP): Positioning can be adjusted directly within the Shopify Theme Editor using drag-and-drop placement.
    • Product Listing Page (PLP): Available positioning modes:
      • Add Automatically
      • plugit On Action Links
      • plugit On Price
  • Shared Styling Controls: Both Dock and Save Trigger buttons support:
    • Default styling
    • Custom UI configurations
    • Size adjustments
    • Background customization
    • Label customization
    • Label color configuration

4. Upgrade Recommendation

We strongly recommend that all existing v1.0 users upgrade to v2.0 to benefit from:

  • Improved storefront responsiveness
  • Faster customer interactions
  • Enhanced cart functionality
  • Expanded customization controls
  • Better mobile experience

5. Resources & Support

5.1 Shopify App Listing

Find plugilo directly on the Shopify App Store.

5.2 Knowledge Hub

Visit the plugilo Knowledge Hub for:

  • Installation guides
  • Technical documentation
  • Feature walkthroughs
  • Demo videos
  • Best practices for storefront implementation
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