Draft - ThemeWare® 4.3.0

ThemeWare® 4.3.0 is now available! 🎉 The new release includes the following changes:

Changes

• Compatibility with Shopware 6.7.9 improved
• Display of the "Top bar" in various content configurations improved
• LCP optimisation for product images added (fetchpriority)
• Shopware 6.7.9: Breadcrumb extended with JSON-LD structured data
• Shopware 6.7.9: Revocation button added to footer
• Shopware 6.7.9: Microdata in further ThemeWare® templates prepared for JSON-LD
• Shopware 6.7.9: srcset sizes hint added for CMS image elements in standard display mode (loading performance)
• Bugfix: Configuration/Custom field "Open link in a new tab" for "Further links" fixed

Changes in detail

Compatibility with Shopware 6.7.9 improved

Changes to the configuration, templates and styling of the default theme have been adopted in ThemeWare®.

Display of the "Top bar" in various content configurations improved

The display of the "Top bar" has now been improved with regard to the configured AND available content elements. It should now be correctly shown/hidden in all scenarios.

LCP optimisation for product images added (fetchpriority)

A new theme configuration under Product pages → Gallery → LCP optimisation for product images sets the browser attributes fetchpriority="high", loading="eager" and decoding="sync" on the main product image. This prioritises the image during loading and significantly improves the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) — one of Google's Core Web Vitals. The optimisation applies in all three product gallery states: single image, gallery slider and image gallery grid.

Shopware 6.7.9: Breadcrumb extended with JSON-LD structured data

The breadcrumb now additionally outputs structured data in JSON-LD format (Schema.org BreadcrumbList). Shopware 6.7.9 introduces the JSON_LD_DATA feature flag for this, which will become the default in Shopware 6.8.0. If a home icon or home link is enabled at the beginning of the breadcrumb in the theme configuration, it is included as the first entry in the structured data.

Shopware 6.7.9: Revocation button added to footer

Shopware introduced a new revocation button for the footer in version 6.7.9. It is automatically displayed in the "Hotline" footer widget as soon as the revocation request page is set and the Show "Revoke a contract" button in footer option is enabled in the Shopware admin under Settings → Basic information.

Shopware 6.7.9: Microdata in further ThemeWare® templates prepared for JSON-LD

In addition to the breadcrumb, further ThemeWare® templates contain structured data in the older Microdata format (availability labels, dropdown navigation, checkout steps, product videos, description accordion). These now respect the JSON_LD_DATA feature flag and are hidden once Shopware has switched to JSON-LD (feature flag available from 6.7.9, default from 6.8.0). This avoids duplication and deprecated structured data.

Shopware 6.7.9: srcset sizes hint added for CMS image elements in standard display mode (loading performance)

ThemeWare® CMS image elements (Image Teaser, Classic Teaser, Hero Teaser, Call to Action, Hover Box and more) now output a sizes hint to the browser in the "Standard" display mode, matching the pattern introduced in Shopware 6.7.9. This helps the browser pick the right thumbnail from the srcset more quickly and accurately for responsive images — loading performance and LCP benefit. In the "Cover" and "Contain" display modes, the previous behaviour remains unchanged.

Bugfix: Configuration/Custom field "Open link in a new tab" for "Further links" fixed

The inheritance logic for the custom field "Open link in a new tab" of the "Further links" on product detail pages (product description tab) has been fixed. The custom field values ("yes", "no", "inherit") are now correctly evaluated against the theme configuration. Previously, under certain configurations, links could incorrectly open in the same tab instead of a new tab (or vice versa).