- Short answer
- Yes for the language, not automatically for the layout — Shopify tells you to check that your theme supports right-to-left.
- How to check a new theme
- The Theme Store can be filtered by Features > Right-to-left; the filter was live on September 9, 2026.
- Auto-translation
- Translate & Adapt automatically translates a maximum of 2 languages, so Arabic and Hebrew together use both slots.
- Not professionally translated
- Shopify’s professional translations for checkout and Shopify-built theme content cover 33 languages; Arabic and Hebrew are not among them.
- Not documented
- No official page we read by September 9, 2026 describes layout defects remaining after a theme supports right-to-left.
- As of
- Help Center localization, account-languages and Translate & Adapt pages, the changelog and the Theme Store, read September 9, 2026.
Can you sell in Arabic or Hebrew on Shopify?
Yes. Shopify's changelog records that from March 27, 2024 you can use auto-translation for Arabic and Hebrew in Translate & Adapt. That route is capped at a maximum of 2 languages, so a store wanting both spends both slots, and further languages must be added manually or through a third-party translation app. Selling in more than one language needs the Basic plan or higher.
The admin language you and your staff read is a per-account setting, separate from the languages your storefront sells in; Arabic and Hebrew sit on the admin list too. Auto-translation also leaves content behind — what Translate & Adapt does not translate is its own list.
Does your theme have to support right-to-left?
Shopify answers that in one sentence, and it puts the check on you.
When translating to languages that are written from right to left, such as Hebrew or Arabic, check that your theme supports right-to-left languages to ensure that the layout is correct.
The changelog that opened those two languages repeats it — "Make sure your theme supports right-to-left text direction." Said twice, it reads as a precondition: translate first and you discover the layout second.
How do you check a theme before you commit?
The check Shopify does document is a filter: that changelog entry also announced that the Theme Store can be filtered by Features > Right-to-left. We checked that the filter is there, not how many themes sit under it.
No official page we read on September 9, 2026 — the Help Center's localization and theme pages, the Markets localization guide and the Theme Store — describes the layout problems that remain once a theme does support right-to-left.
That filter does not settle the checkout. Shopify's professional translations for checkout, the cookie banner, the privacy policy and Shopify-built theme defaults cover 33 languages, and Arabic and Hebrew are not among them, so those strings are yours.
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