Hi there, I wanted to share some pain points I’ve noticed while developing theme app extensions over the past year or so: Deprecating/removing settings No available_if_not: It would be amazing if we could make an app block usable only if a specific metafield were not present. This would make it v…

My issues: Cannot use a deep link for multiple app blocks installation limiting settings - max 25 allowed Users don’t read docs, I don’t have an installation process but forced to have one after upgrading to app blocks from section liquid files. But most users find it hard to follow. BFS has a hid…

Hi Tobe & Benny, Appreciate you sharing your experiences and feedback here - I’ll ensure that the product team in this space is alerted to these. And we also welcome more feedback from other devs in the community building theme app extensions.

Some more pain points Restrictions on the assets under the theme app extensions Unable to upload font files to the assets folder Settings in theme app extension are not accessible via a api - the api helps in case merchants face customisation issues today! We need to ask for collaborator access …

I also want a way to migrate a schema setting. I use a checkbox to activate a feature (e.g. show a step builder); however, when time goes by, some users want more styles (e.g. square button steps, round button steps, etc). I find that there is no way to handle this migration. I can’t move from the …

@Liam-Shopify , I second some of the pain points listed by @tobebuilds , particularly about upgrading a block to a newer version that might have completely different settings, without affecting merchants that have the block running in production. A couple of ideas for brainstorming: Extension versi…

I added these a long time back as well. [image] Theme App Extensions vs Sections: File Size & Settings Limitations Extensions I’d like to discuss current limitations with Theme App Extensions that are significantly impacting app development capabilities. Curr…

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prakhar August 22, 2025, 5:19am 7

I added these a long time back as well.

Topic		Replies	Views
Deprecate theme app extension Extensions theme-app-extension	2	90	December 1, 2025
Theme App Extensions vs Sections: File Size & Settings Limitations Extensions theme-app-extension	5	991	September 3, 2025
Theme app extension: Maximum number of blocks per extension limit Extensions theme-app-extension	3	343	August 11, 2025
Color scheme support in app blocks Extensions theme-app-extension	5	262	June 10, 2025
Activating Theme App extension block Extensions theme-app-extension	8	364	November 6, 2024

Theme App Extension Framework Pain Points

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