With Shopware 6.7.11.0, you can expect improvements for working with mail templates, optimizations in the storefront, and new possibilities for future storefront development. In addition, the release introduces numerous technical improvements for developers and the platform.
You’ll find all the details in the sections below.
Overview:
Extended mail template preview
Shopware 6.7.11.0 expands the mail template preview in the Administration. Emails can now be reviewed in the context of the selected sales channel, including the configured header and footer. This makes it easier to keep email layouts consistent across multiple sales channels.
Mail template previews now include the selected sales channel including header and footer.
In addition, the preview rendering process has been revised. Mail templates are now validated more reliably and are less dependent on data from the live system. This reduces potential preview issues and simplifies working with customized templates.
Optimized search redirects in the storefront
With the new release, the existing storefront search redirect has been expanded. When a search query exactly matches an EAN or manufacturer number and only one matching product is found, customers are now automatically redirected to the corresponding product detail page.
Previously, this behavior only applied to product numbers. The enhancement is especially useful for shops with large product catalogs or B2B scenarios where different product identifiers are commonly used.
You can still configure individually which fields should be considered for the search redirect.
Additional improvements in the administration
With the new release, you also benefit from several improvements in the administration. Navigation and menu flyouts now behave more reliably on smaller screens and stay better within the visible viewport.
In addition, several detail views and configuration areas have been refined. Among other things, custom fields now correctly respect existing read permissions, while inheritance handling in theme configuration is displayed more consistently.
Media management has also been improved: when you rename media files, their URLs are updated automatically so downloads continue to work without issues.
New component system for the storefront
With Shopware 6.7.11.0, we’re introducing a new component system for the storefront. Based on Twig UX Components, it lays the foundation for reusable and more flexible storefront components.
As part of this update, the development workflow has also been modernized. A new Vite-based dev server is now available for storefront development. It supports changes to SCSS and JavaScript files without requiring an additional proxy, making local development much simpler.
In addition, theme configurations can now be used as native CSS custom properties. This allows visual settings to be used more flexibly and independently from the previous SCSS compilation process.
Also new is a global JavaScript event system via the central window.Shopware object. It simplifies communication between storefront components and opens up new possibilities for extending existing functionality.
Additional technical improvements
Shopware 6.7.11.0 also introduces several additional technical improvements for developers and the platform.
These include:
New foreign key resolvers for the Sync API
Extended mail template API routes for preview and sending
Improvements for plugin installation and translation workflows
Configurable expiration times for order deep links
Increased stability during temporary Elasticsearch or OpenSearch outages
For a complete overview of all technical changes and deprecations, take a look at the Changelog.
We wish you lots of fun and success with the latest version of Shopware.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all GitHub contributors for their pull requests that have been incorporated into this version. 💙
