Changelog

A caption file with no timed text could stop its video from playing. Caption uploads without text are now rejected, and empty captions from automatic generation or imports are skipped.

The player design editor now shows the real shoppable player, so you can see how your settings look with videos from your store as you make changes.

• Choose a widget to preview. Pick one of your non-automated widgets from the sidebar.
• See edits before saving. Changes to player settings appear in the preview as you work.
• Preview cart visibility. When you hide the cart button in your player settings, it disappears from the preview too.

If your store is password protected, products won’t appear in the preview.

When you select social posts to import, your choices now stay selected, and Import selected becomes available.

Instagram posts widgets can now sync posts from public accounts. The previous feed request returned an error for public accounts, which could leave widgets showing old posts.

Storista widgets now start loading as soon as their script is ready, instead of waiting for the page to finish loading. This can help them appear sooner when another slow script is delaying the page.

When shoppers choose Buy now, checkout continues even if the store theme closes the video player. Previously, some themes could interrupt checkout by closing the player after the item was added.

Closing the fullscreen player restores shoppers to the same spot on the page, including when the store’s cart drawer opens right afterward. The page no longer jumps to the top.

• Stay on the shop page. If the page URL already ends in `#player` when a shopper opens the player, closing it clears the `#player` part without taking them to the previous page.
• Close only once. If Escape or the player’s close button is pressed more than once, the player closes only once.

After a shopper adds a product from a video player, carousel or in-page product, the cart count updates. On supported themes, the cart drawer refreshes without opening.

Carousel and story widgets stop automatic movement when shoppers have reduced motion enabled in their device or browser settings. The carousel’s pause/play button has been removed from these widgets.

Product photos and details are easier to browse while shopping from a video:

• Navigate product photos. Shoppers can use arrows and dots to move through a product’s gallery, and choosing a variant takes them to its photo. In the mobile sheet, they use arrows and dots instead of swiping, so the sheet’s gestures remain available.
• A full-height mobile product sheet. The sheet opens at full height, so shoppers can see and scroll through its contents right away.
• Product details stay put. The mobile product title and price no longer jump sideways while the product image loads.
• Lighter image downloads. Gallery photos and swatches are sized for their display area.