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Notes on running a Shopify store with our apps. Written by the people who build them.
Shopify introduced Canvas, its Sidekick-driven store designer, on October 1, 2026. Canvas does not support app blocks or app embeds yet, and the five posts below cover what that means for each of our apps, one at a time.
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Snug Gallery
Shopify Canvas can write a gallery section. Here is what it can't do yet
Sidekick can build a gallery section in a Shopify Canvas theme. What that gives you, what still needs an app, and how Snug Gallery fits while Canvas lacks app blocks.
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Beacon Messenger
WhatsApp on a Shopify Canvas theme: the half that works today
Beacon Messenger's WhatsApp order, shipping and abandoned-checkout messages work on any theme, Canvas included. The chat button needs a non-Canvas theme for now. Here is why.
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SafeSale
Running a sale on a Shopify Canvas theme: what the shopper sees
Automatic discounts and compare-at price rewrites work the same on a Shopify Canvas theme. A pre-sale checklist for Canvas stores, and where the countdown and badge stand.
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GeoBeacon
Shopify Canvas doesn't support Markets yet. What that means if you sell in more than one country
Canvas can't customise a theme per market or translate it in the editor yet, and can't enable app embeds like GeoBeacon's. Which parts of an international Shopify setup Canvas touches, and which it leaves alone.
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Restock Ops
Which of your Shopify apps does Canvas affect? A one-minute test, and why Restock Ops passes it
A quick way to tell whether a Shopify app is affected by Canvas: does it put anything in the theme editor, or list your themes? Inventory, purchasing and POS apps like Restock Ops don't, and nothing changes for them.