Shopify adds support for 3 right-to-left languages to admin and storefronts
On October 2, 2026, Shopify released support for three right-to-left languages—Arabic, Urdu and Hebrew.
The update adds support to the Shopify admin. It also adds support to storefront pages. Support extends to the checkout flow. Customer accounts now support the new languages. All themes in the Horizon family receive right-to-left language support. Display language is set from the visitor’s device settings when such settings are available. Product pages and other merchant‑owned content continue to appear in the languages the merchant has already enabled. Merchants can enable translations for product details pages by using the Translate & Adapt app inside the Shopify admin. To begin using the new languages, a merchant adds Arabic, Urdu or Hebrew through the Languages section of the admin settings. The changelog entry is titled Admin now supports 3 new languages. Shopify said the languages are right-to-left. Shopify said the support includes checkout. Shopify said the support includes customer accounts. Shopify said the support includes the Horizon family of themes. Shopify said display language follows device settings when available. Shopify said product pages remain in the enabled languages. Shopify said merchants can enable translations via the Translate & Adapt app. Shopify said to get started, merchants add the languages in the admin.
What we know
Shopify added support for 3 new languages.
The announcement was made on October 02, 2026.
The newly supported languages are Arabic, Urdu and Hebrew.
The support is for right-to-left languages.
Display language is determined by the user’s device settings when available.