WhatsApp marketing consent now available in the Admin API and Customer Account API

Shopify Dev

Shopify Dev· Oct 1, 2026· 7/10· 91% relevant

CustomerPhoneNumber now has smsMarketingConsent field, replacing flat consent fields and aligning with WhatsApp consent model.

Shopify Changelog· Sep 10, 2026· 8/10· 91% relevant

Introduces a new checkout feature that captures WhatsApp marketing consent from customers.

Shopify Dev· Oct 7, 2026· 8/10· 85% relevant

New per-customer rate limit of 3000 requests/min for Customer Account API.

Shopify Dev· Apr 24, 2026· 8/10· 84% relevant

Shopify Admin API now supports customer tax settings

Shopify Dev· Oct 28, 2026· 6/10· 84% relevant

First customer account sign‑ins now set Customer.state to ENABLED and trigger customers/enable and customers/update webhooks.

Shopify Dev· Sep 8, 2026· 8/10· 84% relevant

Customer address APIs now include a countryCode field.

WhatsApp marketing consent now available in the Admin API and Customer Account API (opens in a new tab)