What's new in Customer Photo Uploader

Improvement: In Legacy Themes Mode, one template can now hold both a Gallery and an Instagram Feed.
Bug Fix: Fixed a long blank screen after installing the app.
Bug Fix: Opening the Edit galleries popup no longer scrolls the page to the top.

Improvement: The app now installs and opens without extra redirects.
Improvement: Turning on translations now asks for permission right in the Shopify admin, without reloading the page.
Improvement: A clearer warning when you disconnect an Instagram source: the source and all feeds built on it are deleted.
Improvement: A tooltip explains why a pinned post cannot be hidden.
Bug Fix: A post deleted on Instagram now frees its pin slot.
Bug Fix: A fallback image is shown when an Instagram profile picture fails to load.
Bug Fix: Fixed the "Unsaved changes" bar getting stuck or flickering on the Settings page.

New Feature: Instagram Feed. Connect your Instagram account with Instagram login or Meta Business login and show your photos, Reels, and albums in your online store.
New Feature: Grid, Masonry, and Slider layouts for the Instagram Feed widget, with a lightbox for photos, Reels, and albums.
New Feature: Shoppable feed. Tag up to 4 products on a post, and shoppers see them in the lightbox with a "Shop now" button.
New Feature: Feed curation. Hide or show posts, pin up to 3 posts to the top, filter posts by type or tagged products, search by caption, and preview a post as shoppers see it.
New Feature: Instagram posts sync automatically every hour, and you can refetch them manually at any time.
New Feature: Instagram Feed works with Legacy Themes Mode.
New Feature: A theme setting to hide likes and comments counts in the Instagram Feed widget.
Improvement: Updated the app to Shopify API version 2026-07.
Bug Fix: Fixed photos not showing on the Photos page and in the Product Galleries list.
Bug Fix: The subscription is now restored when a paused store reopens.

New Feature: Shoppable Gallery in your online store. Products linked to a photo appear in the lightbox, so shoppers can open the product right from the photo.
New Feature: Editable and translatable "Shop now" button text in Settings > Gallery Translation.
Improvement: A "+" card for adding products to a photo's Shoppable items.
Improvement: The page scrolls automatically while you drag and drop product cards.
Bug Fix: List item borders no longer overlap the scrollbar in modal windows.

New Feature: Photo sorting. Sort photos by newest or oldest in the admin, set the default order in Settings > Content Moderation > Photo sorting order, or override it for a single gallery with the Reorder button.
Improvement: Galleries are now added to photos with the Shopify resource picker.
Improvement: Long lists of gallery and product tags on a photo are collapsed.
Bug Fix: A long Terms & Conditions consent text on the upload form now scrolls inside its box, so the email field always stays visible.
Bug Fix: Fixed an endless Save/Discard loop when editing upload form texts.
Bug Fix: Fixed a content height jump when switching tabs on the Photos page on mobile.

New Feature: Shoppable Gallery in the admin. Link products from your store to any approved photo on the new Shoppable tab.
Improvement: Faster gallery loading in your online store.
Improvement: A magnifier icon on photo thumbnails on mobile shows that the photo opens in full size.

New Feature: Full-size photo preview (lightbox) in the app admin.

Improvement: Interface updates for the Built for Shopify requirements: new Polaris switches, no horizontal scroll on mobile, and a grey color for the Rejected photo status.
Improvement: Turning off Legacy Themes Mode now asks you to save or discard the change.
Improvement: Automatic photo approval is temporarily unavailable.
Bug Fix: Fixed a white screen when uploading photos in the Shopify mobile app.
Bug Fix: Fixed overlapping fields in the support form and background scrolling under popups on mobile.
Bug Fix: The support form keeps the entered data when you reopen it.

Improvement: Updated the app to Shopify API version 2026-01.

Improvement: Character limits for text fields in the app and in the upload form.
Improvement: New placeholder images for the Masonry layout.
Bug Fix: Fixed the app not opening on first install for some older stores.
Bug Fix: Fixed incorrect installation of gallery widget texts.
Bug Fix: Fixed email notifications about uploaded photos not arriving for some stores.
Bug Fix: Fixed the save bar not disappearing and endless processing when saving an email address.

New Feature: View and edit the uploader's email and photo description in the admin.
New Feature: Photo descriptions are shown in the lightbox in your online store.
New Feature: Optional Terms & Conditions link on the upload form.
Improvement: Upload data and moderation settings moved to Settings > Content Moderation.

New Feature: Legacy Themes Mode. The gallery now works on themes without app block support, through app embed blocks and a dedicated setup page in Settings.
New Feature: Masonry layout for the gallery widget.
Improvement: The "Show more" button text can be edited and translated.

Improvement: Reduced layout shifts in the app admin.
Improvement: The Development plan is shown as Free on the Plans page.
Improvement: The Annual tab on the Plans page opens by default for merchants with an annual subscription.
Bug Fix: Auto-approved photos are now added to the widget in the correct order.
Bug Fix: Fixed language detection for stores that had not yet granted the updated app permissions.
Bug Fix: Fixed product images not loading in the admin for some stores. Product thumbnails also load faster now.

New Feature: Email notifications settings in Settings > Email Notifications, including summary notifications about uploaded photos.
New Feature: Automatic photo approval in Settings > Content Moderation.
New Feature: Remove several photos from a gallery at once.
Improvement: A new third step in the Setup Guide.
Improvement: Clearer messages when you reach plan limits.
Bug Fix: The app now asks you to save or discard changes before leaving the page after approving photos.
Bug Fix: Fixed column sorting on the Product Galleries and Custom Galleries pages.
Bug Fix: Fixed an error when uploading high-resolution images.

New Feature: Fully redesigned app with new Dashboard, Photos, Product Galleries, Custom Galleries, Plans, and Settings pages.
New Feature: Gallery widget as a theme app block for Online Store 2.0 themes.
New Feature: Setup Guide on the Dashboard and a status block that shows whether the gallery block is enabled in your theme.
New Feature: New pricing plans with monthly and annual billing. Existing merchants keep their legacy plans.
New Feature: Edit and translate all widget texts in Settings > Gallery Translation.
New Feature: Shopify Flow integration with "CPU Photo Uploaded" and "CPU Photo Approved" triggers.
New Feature: Need Help block with a support contact form in the app.
New Feature: Upload several photos at once from the admin, add them to galleries, and approve them in one step.
New Feature: Guided migration of existing users from version 1.
Improvement: Photoіен limits per plan, with in-app messages as you approach the limit.
Improvement: After a subscription is canceled, the app keeps working until the end of the paid period.
Improvement: Bulk "Delete All" for selected photos, show/hide option for custom galleries, and empty states on all pages.
Improvement: HEIC photo format support.
Improvement: Correct handling of non-Latin characters in photo alt text and file names.
Improvement: Faster installation for stores with 1000+ products.
Improvement: Links from the app to the matching User Manual pages.