Product Reviews

TrustShop changelog

Collect and display product reviews, photos and videos that turn browsers into buyers.

10 entries last shipped August 7, 2026

Things that already worked, now working better.

v4.8

TrustShop 4.8: Built for Shopify

Version 4.8 was the Built for Shopify release — meeting Shopify’s standards for admin behaviour, performance and merchant clarity.

New

  • Deleted reviews are recoverable — reviews are now soft-deleted instead of being removed outright, so an accidental delete no longer means the review is gone.
  • Widget install preview — see the installation state of your widgets for your shop, instead of walking the theme editor page by page.
  • Feature filter on review lists — filter product and store review listings by feature.

Improved

  • Richer rich snippets — review schema markup gained a content field, with a backfill for existing stores, so star ratings show up more reliably in Google Search and Shopping.
  • More resilient metafield sync — when a Shopify owner no longer exists, the rest of the batch is salvaged instead of the whole push failing. Review dates are now included in the metafield payload.
  • Blocked products handled consistently — blocked products are excluded across every review collection surface.
  • Media gallery navigation — go back to the full media list from a single image instead of closing and reopening.
  • Plan limits redesigned — the upgrade prompts in widget customisation were rebuilt to follow Built for Shopify requirements.
  • Store logo sizing and review gallery image radius were adjusted, and store reviews got a “learn more”.

Fixed

  • Deleting a single review works correctly.
  • Missing review detail in the report summary view.
  • Carousel preview: swiper button visibility and item layout.
  • Theme 1.0 widget review embed code, and the store review form setting is no longer blocked.
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v4.6

TrustShop 4.6: Your Brand Colours Everywhere, and a Much Faster Storefront

New

  • Brand colours across every widget — colour resolution is now centralised, so the brand colour you pick during onboarding propagates to all widgets automatically. Light and dark mode defaults were fixed at the same time.
  • Widget install detection — TrustShop now detects popup and sidebar widget installs inside nested theme blocks, so the app knows what is actually live on your storefront.
  • Rebuilt onboarding — setup was reduced to a single screen (brand colour and star style), with a new modal detail and all-media preview, and a layout that works on mobile.

Improved

  • Noticeably faster — new performance indexes and an optimised metafield query, plus a hot-path rewrite of premium widget resolution with shared caching. Widget-heavy product pages benefit most.
  • Swipeable review snippets on mobile — swipe instead of hunting for arrows.
  • Email template editor — the save bar now tracks state correctly, and the preview height and scrolling were fixed.
  • Active widget stays in sync — the widget you are editing is persisted, so the editor and storefront no longer drift apart.
  • Clearer plan limits — customise settings use in-context soft locks instead of a banner, so it is obvious which specific option needs an upgrade.
  • Better empty states — the no-review experience got a proper empty state, sensible default filters, and full translation coverage.
  • Upgraded to Shopify GraphQL API 2025-07.

Fixed

  • Carousel “more text” colour, Article slide swipe, modal display on mobile, and a Firefox re-render bug.
  • A cache poisoning issue affecting widget defaults and QR code status.
  • Several soft-lock flow bugs, and a stop-offer-campaign fix.
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v4.0

TrustShop 4.0: Review Request Emails, Rebuilt End to End

Review request emails are where most reviews come from. Version 4.0 rebuilt them.

New

  • New email templates plus a test email view, so you can send yourself a real message before it goes to customers.
  • Background processing for review metafields — metafield pushes now run in the background instead of blocking, which makes them far more reliable on large catalogues.

Improved

  • Deeper personalisation — billing fields, order IDs and variant tracking are now available in emails and review flows, so a customer who bought the blue variant is asked about the blue variant.
  • Richer product blocks — review emails and the write-review modal now show product lists, clearer calls to action, and an improved rating control.
  • Configurable email footer — social icons and attribution can be adjusted per store.

Style

  • Refreshed email copy, header visuals and colours, and a tidier review form layout.
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