Shopify admin changes in 2025-2026: what moved, what's new, what tutorials get wrong

Why most Shopify tutorials are giving you wrong directions

Shopify updates its admin interface regularly. The problem: YouTube tutorials, blog posts, and even Shopify's own older documentation don't always keep up. If you follow a tutorial from 2023 or early 2024 (even a popular one with millions of views), there's a good chance it's sending you to the wrong place for several things.

This lesson is your cheat sheet. Every significant admin change from 2024-2026 that affects new store setup, in one place.