Sugar Theme 1.2.0 introduces Sugar Analytics in the Sugarwords web app, a new AB Test block for split testing anything, two blog-focused sections, and a big batch of Offers upgrades and fixes.
Analytics & A/B Testing
Sugar Analytics — A brand-new analytics dashboard in the Sugarwords web app. Get insightful analytics on several Sugar Theme features — Offers, Upsells, Quizzes, Email Popups, Sticky bars, Gift Unlocks, and more — with impressions, clicks, selections, add-to-carts, and conversions tracked automatically. No setup required in the theme.
AB Test block — A new block that lets you split test any block or combination of blocks on your pages. Each visitor is consistently shown one variant, and results flow straight into the new Analytics dashboard in Sugarwords so you can see which version wins.
New Sections & Blocks
Blog Navigation — Very similar to the existing Collection Navigation section, but built specifically for blogs, so readers can hop between your blogs with the same pill-style navigation.
Blog List — Very similar to Collection List, but tweaked specifically for blogs, with new settings that are useful in the context of blog posts.
Media Badge Lite — A lightweight pill badge for slides. It's a trimmed-down companion to Media Badge with far fewer settings, so it adds much less data per instance — handy when you're badging many slides on one page.
Improvements
Offers
Center Image position — A new image position in the Offers block that places the offer image between the offer title/subtitle and the prices.
Use product's first image — An optional toggle in the Offers block that shows the first product image in each offer. Offers locked to a variant show that variant's image, and uploading an image on an offer still overrides it.
Metafields & dynamic sources — Metafield inputs and other dynamic sources now populate throughout the Offer blocks, including perks and perk subtext. Each offer and perk gets a context product (defaulting to the page's product) that powers its dynamic text.
Buying & Navigation
Dynamic checkout buttons — The Buy Button block can now show accelerated checkout buttons like Shop Pay, PayPal, and Google Pay below the add-to-cart button, styled to match your theme — with an option to hide the "more payment options" link.
Featured Collection pagination — The Featured Collection section can now paginate large collections when it's showing the current collection on a collection page, with a products-per-page control.
Simple Link Button scroll-to — The Simple Link Button gets the same Scroll to action as its bigger sibling, so it can smoothly scroll to any anchored section or block.
Ghost Link underline polish — The underline hover effects now sweep from the correct edge in every direction and the link text gets a little more breathing room.
Header & Email
Menu font — A new Header setting that lets the navigation menu use your Body font, your Heading font, or Heading for top-level items with Body for nested ones.
Customer tags — New Customer tags settings on the Email Input block, the Email Signup section, and the footer email signup, so subscribers are tagged however you like in Shopify. Quiz Answers also get a Shopify tag setting — tags from selected answers are added to the customer when they submit their email in a Quiz Email block.
Bug Fixes
Offers existing discounts — Fixed dynamic products in the Offers block not showing their existing discounts (for example, a compare-at price set in the admin) when the offer sells a custom product.
Avatar Circles RTL scroll — Fixed the Avatar Circles rotation animation causing a horizontal scrolling bug on mobile for right-to-left storefronts.
Mobile section backgrounds — Fixed section image backgrounds not displaying on mobile with certain opacity settings in the 2, 3, and 4 Column and Custom Columns sections.
Announcement text bold — Fixed bold text in the Announcement text block not rendering; the bold-flattening behavior now only applies when advanced typography is enabled.
Offers gradient flash — Fixed gradient card backgrounds in the Offers block briefly flashing white while transitioning between selected and unselected states.
Entrance animation hairlines — Fixed the entrance reveal animation leaving thin borders and hairlines looking slightly thinner after it settles.
Split Hero placeholder — Fixed the Split Hero image placeholder not filling its column when no image is set.
Product Upsells settings — Fixed the "Show compare-at price" and variant picker settings in Product Upsells not actually hiding those elements.