With the new App System it is possible to develop extensions for Shopware Cloud and Shopware self-hosted. Actually an additional plugin has to be installed in the self-hosted version to use the App System, which is not convenient for self-hosted merchants. This is why the App System will get a part of the platform like the plugin system so it will be available out of the box and merchants can purchase and activate apps without the need of an additional plugin. The result is that all Shopware merchants (Cloud and self-hosted) will get the possibility to use Apps and Themes created via the App System. Extensions developers can develop the Apps and Themes in a local environment and make them available for both Cloud and self-hosted merchants.

The search in a store, is essential so that all customers can find exactly the products they need. The search should be able to be configured and adapted much more flexible with this topic. Merchants can configure in fine granularity which fields are relevant for the search and what influence they have on the search result.

In addition, the behavior of the search can be configured, e.g. whether the individual search terms are linked with an AND or OR relationship. This means that a search with multiple terms will display fewer hits or more.

Especially when large amounts of data are available in the administration, it is important not to lose the overview. To make this easier in the future, many new filter options are implemented with this topic for the 3 largest modules (products, customers, orders). These can be easily extended with a plugin, so that special filter properties are possible. Since the filtering can be combined with the existing search combination, it is no longer difficult to find exactly what you are looking for.

The performance of a store is one of the most important prerequisites for the acceptance of the webshop by customers. One way to ensure the speed of the store even in scenarios with many customers, e.g. during a promotional campaign, is the use of an HTTP cache.

With this initiative we want to improve the already existing HTTP cache in shopware in all aspects. Above all, we want to improve the cache management so that only the pages that are important are cached, without making the cache get bigger and bigger. Also the performance for the creation of the sitemap will be improved significantly.

The promotions feature already gives a wide range of possibilities to set different kinds of discounts, might it be on single products, groups of products or shipping, on base of target groups or shopping carts or a lot more specifications. But due to the highly flexibility of the feature, it's not that easy to find the perfect settings.

Therefor we gonna simplify the whole process of setting a discount. With the help of a wizard with predefined typical promotions (e.g. "Buy x, get y free") it will be much easier and faster to set up promotions.

With the use of the CMS, flexible page contents can already be produced today.

A new possibility to design pages more individually and with little effort is the integration of variables or placeholders in the text editor.

In the future, merchants will be able to use generic texts again and again and have them automatically individualized according to their specific situation.

For example, depending on the context, the product name or other fields such as category name can be used as placeholders, so that this is dynamically exchanged with the actual value in the later presentation.

The Site Builder will enrich the possibilities of the categories. It will not only enable merchants to define Landingpages outside the category structure, but also will improve the overall handling of the category tree by newly defined category types and some little interface tweeks.

Also, merchants will be able to define entry points for Sales Channels directly in the categories.

Occasionally, something goes wrong with a customer's order. To simplify the handling of disputes over PayPal, the Resolution center will be implemented into the admin. In the first iteration, this will enable merchants to get an overview of the disputes and see the details of them.

In a next iteration it will be possible to send messages to the customer and even make offers to resolve a dispute.

With the Shopware AppStore you can already bring new functionalities and integrations to your cloud shop. Private Apps will additionally allow you to upload apps directly to your shop. This will not only allow for e.g. template modifications by the merchant but also for more complex customizations by e.g. shopware partners

We want to enable our merchants to create shops, that stand out from the rest. As a part of this concept, we will continue to bring high quality themes to Shopware, that allow you to customize the look and feel of your shop to match your vision. With this Epic, the first themes by Shopware will be released to Shopware Cloud.

We want to make our merchants successful. One way to do so is to make Shopware as intuitive and as easy to use as possible. With this Epic we will resolve some common paper cuts that make e.g. creating products or creating sales channel cumbersome by providing meaningful descriptions and useful default values.

It is already possible to integrate forms into any layout with the help of the Form element. The Form Builder will enable merchants to configure forms completely by themselves. Fields can be assembled into forms using drag & drop.

This feature will also be available in the Advanced Plan of the Cloud solution.