- Short answer
- Yes for the language, and for layout on the latest Horizon themes — on any other theme, Shopify says to confirm right-to-left support.
- How to check a new theme
- The Theme Store can be filtered by Features > Right-to-left; the filter was live on October 5, 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, Hebrew and Urdu are not among them.
- Not documented
- No official page we read by October 5, 2026 describes layout defects remaining after a theme supports right-to-left.
- As of
- Localization, account-languages and Translate & Adapt help pages, two changelog posts and the Theme Store, read October 5, 2026.
What's New Since Publication: Updated since publication · 1 change
- Shopify improved right-to-left support in the admin, checkout and Horizon themesOn October 2, 2026 Shopify released improved support for three right-to-left languages, Arabic, Urdu and Hebrew, in the admin and on storefronts, including checkout, customer accounts and the Horizon family of themes. Its Help Center now says the latest Horizon themes support right-to-left; on any other theme, the check this page describes still applies.
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, Hebrew and Urdu 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 two sentences: the latest Horizon themes are covered, and any other theme puts the check on you.
The latest versions of themes in the Horizon family support right-to-left languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Urdu. If you use another theme, then confirm that it supports right-to-left languages to ensure that the layout is correct.
The 2024 changelog that opened Arabic and Hebrew to auto-translation said it first — "Make sure your theme supports right-to-left text direction." Said twice, it reads as a precondition on any theme outside Horizon: 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 October 5, 2026 — the Help Center's localization, account-languages and Translate & Adapt pages, the two changelog posts 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's words. Since October 2, 2026 the checkout has improved right-to-left support, but Shopify's professional translations for checkout, the cookie banner, the privacy policy and Shopify-built theme defaults cover 33 languages, and Arabic, Hebrew and Urdu are not among them, so verify those strings yourself.
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