How to handle free/paid plan in Checkout UI extension?

[Ankit_prajapati]

Need to show a custom field only for paid plan merchants. What’s the best scalable way to check the plan without API calls on every checkout?

[Kyle_W]

…use the Admin API to add or remove your extension block from their checkout configuration.

@KyleG-Shopify Can you provide an example of this in the docs? The link you provided is for a query, not a mutation. AFAIK, there’s no way to make changes to a shop’s checkout profile outside of Shopify UI

[KyleG-Shopify]

You’re right. That was not a good reply. I looked at this post before the other post so I’ll look at that other one closer and write a more comprehensive reply.

[KyleG-Shopify]

How to handle Free vs Paid plan logic in a Checkout UI Extension without API or metafield calls?

Hey @Ankit_prajapati, the recommended approach would be using a shop-level metafield. When you configure metafields in your shopify.extension.toml under [[extensions.metafields]], those values become accessible through useAppMetafields() without your extension making API calls during checkout. This is architecturally different from using network_access to fetch data, which would add the latency you’re trying to avoid. For an example, the display custom data guide shows this pattern in action. …