uStore – What’s New
Version 26.2
Released June 7, 2026 | Watch a short video overview | See uStore release notes
Introducing AI in uStore
uStore 26.2 brings AI to the platform, starting with image generation in the Storefront — with content creation, translation and reports to follow in future versions.
A new AI Providers area in Presets lets administrators centrally configure the AI services behind these capabilities. Connect to OpenAI, Google AI, or any OpenAI-compatible service, manage the API key and model, set a monthly usage quota and choose which stores can use each provider. Administrators also choose which products offer AI image generation, cap how many images each shopper can generate per order, and set a monthly AI usage limit per store, with usage tracked in real time.
Once a provider is set up, shoppers can generate custom images on demand using AI — directly from the customization step or inside uEdit. They simply describe the image they want, and the AI provider creates it. Generated images are saved to the shopper’s gallery for reuse across the order.
Preview a product directly from uStore Admin
Administrators can now open any product directly in the storefront from the product list, without first opening the store and browsing for the item. The new Preview in store option launches the selected product in a new browser tab, making it quick to verify changes right after editing. Available in NG stores.
Preview a store on behalf of another user
Previewing a store as a specific shopper is no longer restricted to Superusers. A new Preview Stores on Behalf of Other User permission can be granted to any user group, letting support staff, store managers, or other roles verify how a store appears to a specific customer, just by entering the user’s email on the Stores list or a specific store page.
Style specific pages, categories, and products with custom CSS
You can now style specific pages, categories, and individual products with custom CSS — no theme code changes needed. For example, give the Cart page a distinctive background, or add a unique border to a featured product. Every storefront page now carries built-in data attributes that identify the page, category, or product, so you can style them directly from the Custom CSS panel of the Theme Editor.
More Backoffice enhancements
- Administrators can now choose the default culture for newly created stores.
Mark the desired culture in the new Default setup culture column in Presets > Localization. - You can now download files that you’ve uploaded in the backoffice — document and proof files, product thumbnails (individually or all at once as a zip), additional files attached to a product, and template or dieline files attached to a product property.
- Duplicated products are now named <Original Name> – copy (for example, Summer Promotion – copy), or <Original Name> – copy (1), (2), and so on. The same applies to duplicated product profiles and to products copied between stores.
Storefront enhancements
- Shoppers can now update an item’s quantity right from the shopping cart, without reopening the product.
- Clicking Duplicate in the shopping cart now opens a small popup where the shopper enters the number of copies to create. All copies are added in one action, each as its own cart item ready for individual editing.
- A new download icon on product cards on the storefront homepage lets shoppers download a proof of the product, without opening or customizing it.
- Shoppers can now download images they have uploaded to a product’s image gallery.
- Category pages in the storefront now show each product’s available inventory on the product tile , for example “In stock 45 Boxes”.
- You can now zoom in on an Easy Upload product.
Accessibility improvements
We’re pleased to announce that all NG pages are now WCAG compliant (levels A and AA).
Version 26.1
Released March 8, 2026 | Watch a short video overview | See uStore release notes
Recipient list upload for NG dynamic product
Dynamic products in the Storefront now support recipient list uploads in the modern single‑page (NG) experience.
Shoppers can download a sample recipient list template, upload their data file, and immediately see a preview based on the first record in the list before selecting the required product properties and adding the item to the cart.
Easy upload product enhancements
- Bleed visualization in the preview
When an uploaded document includes bleed definitions and Fit to Page is selected, the preview displays the document along with its bleed and cut marks within the selected paper size. - Document dimension display
Administrators can configure Easy Upload products to display the dimensions of uploaded documents in the Storefront. When enabled, the dimensions are shown as part of the upload preview, with selectable units. - New Fit Mode option
A new Fit Mode property is available for Easy Upload products, allowing control over how uploaded documents fit the selected paper size. Documents can either be fitted to the selected paper size or kept at their original scale regardless of the selected paper size. - Bleed indication in Excel Pricing
The Excel Pricing file now indicates whether an uploaded Easy Upload document includes bleed.
More Storefront pages in React
Additional customer‑facing Storefront pages have been converted to the NG (React‑based) experience in uStore 26.1.
Pages such as Draft Orders, Personal Information, Addresses, as well as Error, Offline, and Thank You pages are now part of the NG Storefront, continuing the transition away from legacy pages and expanding coverage of the modern Storefront experience.
Store-wide update for product prices
uStore 26.1 introduces a new store‑wide option for updating product prices, designed for stores that use the built‑in pricing calculation engine.
Store administrators can now apply a percentage‑based price increase or decrease across all applicable products in a single action, eliminating the need to manually edit each product. The update can be applied to the base price only, or to both the base price and all product properties.
This global price update is available from the Advanced tab of the Store Setup page.
Products that use Excel pricing or product profiles are not affected.
Job ticket enhancements
- PDF job ticket format
Job tickets can now be downloaded as a PDF file, in addition to the existing Word document format. - Actual document preview on job tickets
Job tickets for Easy Upload and Dynamic products now display a preview of the actual document ordered.
For Dynamic products, the preview shows the first page of the personalized document, rather than the generic product thumbnail.
Credit card clearing provider updates
uStore 26.1 includes updates to supported credit card clearing providers, reflecting changes made by external payment platforms.
A new PayPal REST clearing method has been added, replacing PayPal Website Payments Standard, which is now deprecated following PayPal’s decision to stop supporting it.
In addition, Ogone has been replaced by Worldline after Ingenico’s acquisition by Worldline. The Ogone clearing method is now deprecated, and Worldline is supported as the updated clearing provider.
More Backoffice enhancements
- Drag‑and‑drop sorting of product properties
Product properties can now be reordered by dragging and dropping them when editing products or product profiles, simplifying property management for administrators. - Fulfillment properties as order list columns
Fulfillment properties can now be added as columns in the Orders list, making it easier to view and group ordered items based on fulfillment‑related information. - S3 output destination improvements
When configuring S3 output destinations, administrators can now create separate folders per store to better organize output files. You can also change the output file names when copied to S3, so that they are easier to identify.
Version 25.3
Released September 28, 2025 | Watch a short video overview | See uStore release notes
AI Assistant in uStore Backoffice
A new AI Assistant chatbot is now available in the uStore Backoffice, designed to provide instant answers and guidance. It draws from multiple internal knowledge sources, including help center articles and GitHub documentation, as well as XMPie Campus.
The assistant helps users complete tasks, troubleshoot issues, and understand platform features without leaving the interface.
Adobe Express Integration in Easy Upload products (preview)
Users can now launch Adobe Express directly from the Easy Upload product to create polished, professional-looking documents using a simple and powerful editor with AI capabilities.
Whether it’s a flyer, brochure, or poster, Adobe Express streamlines the design-to-upload workflow, making it simple to create and submit print-ready assets in one seamless flow.
Available as a fully-functioning feature, and can be enabled per store.
Integration with Enfocus Switch
You can now connect uStore with Enfocus Switch for automated prepress workflows, including imposition, post composition operations and integrations with third parties. This integration streamlines your production workflow and is available through the dedicated uStore app in the Enfocus Appstore.
Export/Import products across uStore systems
You can now easily export customized products from the uStore backoffice and import them into another system. After designing a product to fit your needs, simply package and transfer it for reuse across multiple environments.
This feature is ideal for building a template gallery for quick product creation, making it faster and easier to launch new products, even across different uStore environments.
It’s especially beneficial for customers working with development servers (staging and UAT) who need a simple way to replicate product setups. Read more
uEdit NG
The uEdit interface has been redesigned for a smoother, more intuitive user experience. Previously available in Beta, this enhanced version is now officially released as the full replacement for the legacy uEdit editor, bringing improved usability and performance to your editing workflow.
Support for new version of Xerox FreeFlow Core
FreeFlow Core support
uStore supports the new version of Xerox FreeFlow Core – version 8.0.5.
Please refer to the FreeFlow Core release notes.
Version 25.2
Released June 29, 2025 | Watch a short video overview | See uStore release notes
Input Control management
uStore includes a range of built-in input controls, such as dropdowns and checkboxes, used in product properties. You can also create custom input controls to suit your needs.
With this release, you can fully manage the custom input controls directly in uStore. Easily upload new custom controls, replace or download existing ones, and get a clear view of where each control is being used across your NG products
To learn how to create custom input controls, see the Input Control Development Guide.
Export/Import store basic settings across uStore systems
You can now export and import a store’s design and basic settings. After customizing a store to suit your needs, you can export it as a package file. This package can then be imported into a different uStore system.
This feature streamlines the process of creating and designing new stores by reusing existing configurations, even across separate uStore environments. Read more
Backoffice and storefront enhancements
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SEO Enhancements: Metadata for group and product titles and descriptions is now included in the HTML document’s <head> section. This structure is recognized and supported by Google, helping improve search engine visibility.
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You can now choose to use the document file as the proof when setting up static products. Instead of uploading both a document file and a separate proof file, simply select the “Use the document file as the proof” checkbox and upload the document file once.
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NG products in the storefront can now be saved as drafts via the new “Save to Draft” link.
Package calculation improvement
We’ve enhanced how uStore selects packaging for your orders – making it smarter, leaner, and more efficient than ever. Starting with version 25.2, uStore intelligently minimizes the number of packages used and reduces empty space, helping you cut shipping costs.
Previously, uStore defaulted to the largest available package regardless of product weight. Now, it’s all about precision and sustainability.
uStore Web Components
We’ve added the ability to embed uStore Storefront as a web component for better integrations. This ability is available for uStore Connect and Connect Enterprise customers.
Legacy stores deprecation
Legacy stores will no longer be supported starting January 1, 2026. Read more
Version 25.1
Released March 24, 2025 | Watch a short video overview | See uStore release notes
Backoffice UI enhancements
XMPie has decided to put emphasis on improving the UI of the backoffice, aiming to save time spent on day-to-day tasks and streamline your workflow. In this release, several UI enhancements have been implemented:
- The Stores button can take you directly to the most recent store you have been working on, saving time and enhancing workflow efficiency.
- The store page has a “Take Offline” and Place Online” button, to save you from having to navigate to the store setting page.
- New default settings have been added to improve the experience of creating new products.
- After searching for a product, you can now duplicate it directly from the search results submenu.
- After clearing the search field, you are returned to the last storefront group you were working on.
- When searching for a user in the user list, you can go off the search page to perform some action, and when you return to the search, the search parameters you entered are retained.
- When viewing an item on the Item Details page, the product name is now a link to the product’s setup page.
Batch operations
You can select one or more products in the product list, and using the “Select Action” dropdown choose an action to perform on all the selected products: Place online, Take offline, Assign to group and Delete.
This allows you to efficiently manage multiple products at once, saving time and reducing the need for repetitive manual actions.
Quick access to common tasks
The submenu of each product has been enhanced to include additional features. You can now place individual products online or assign them to groups, without the need to navigate to the product’s setup page.
This saves time by allowing quick online/offline toggling and easy assignment of products to groups.
uEdit NG (Beta)
The UI of uEdit has been improved for a smoother user experience. Key enhancements include:
- The recently used color is retained and can be easily reselected when picking a color.
- The color selector is much improved with text, line and fill colors, now all offering a full color selection panel.
- Colors from the XLIM document are displayed together with your most recent color selection.
- When selecting a graphic, a new “Fit & Center” image fitting property has been added alongside the “Stretch to Frame” option.
These updates make designing and editing extremely efficient.
New links to REST API documentation
New links have been added to the REST API documentation for both the backoffice and storefront APIs. Please note that use of these APIs requires a purchased license.
The API documentation can be accessed from the “XMPie Services” section in Presets.
Version 19.0
Released December 31, 2024 | Watch a short video overview | See uStore release notes
uEdit NG (Beta)
uEdit now supports dynamic products set with single-page or NG mode.
Key enhancements include:
- Updated and modern design.
- A smoother, mobile-friendly user experience.
- The ability to add static images directly to the design.
- Tools for quick and easy image editing.
These updates make designing and editing extremely efficient.
Accessibility improvement
We have enhanced our compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Tab navigation on the category page has been extended beyond the header row to now include the product sub groups and product thumbnails.
Widget slots
Two new widget slots, that allow developers to add custom functionality into the category page, have been added in the Theme editor:
- “Category – next to item name” for placing a widget to the right of the item name.
- “Category – bottom of item box”, for placing a widget below the product item.
FreeFlow Core support
uStore supports the new version of Xerox FreeFlow Core – version 8.0.1.
