Version 1.9 - 24 June 2025

This major release prepares Align for some exciting new Shopify updates and continues to refine the experience of using the Align theme.

We’ve done a top-to-bottom rebuild of all style presets and we’ve added a dozens of thoughtful, refined templates to use with each new theme style. We hand-crafted each template to help you hit the ground running with intuitive layouts designed to maximize conversion. These updates will help you effortlessly create the polished look from any of our demo stores, and will give you a huge head start to continue building your dream storefront.

This is Align's eighth major release, and our twenty-second overall since Align went live 🎉 Please reference the changelog to learn about everything included in the previous v1.7 and v1.8 releases — they were huge!

We'd once again like to thank our customers for your trust and patience in our work. As always, we’re here to help and we welcome your feedback — please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns. Your feedback helps us build a better theme.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates just around the corner!

Added

• We’ve added dozens of hand-crafted templates to match your favorite theme style and look great out of the box.
• Updated and refined the new “Align” preset (previously “Clean”).
• Updated and refined the new “Darkroom” preset (previously “Dark”).
• Updated and refined the new “Embrace” preset (previously “Calm”).
• Updated and refined the new “Playroom” preset (previously “Playful”).
• Updated and refined the new “Verdant” preset (previously “Bloom,” and “Natural” before that).
• Added new Sitewide navigation settings group for more nuanced control of the sections and layout of your store’s main navigation.

Improved

• Miscellaneous polish and incremental updates to various core templates.
• Updated