Shopify Liquid to Hydrogen Migration

Most migrations wrap up in 4–8 weeks, depending on theme complexity, custom sections, app integrations, and internationalization requirements. A standard Dawn-based theme with moderate customization usually lands around 5–6 weeks. Heavily modified themes with 20+ custom sections and multiple third-party app dependencies push closer to 8 weeks.

Not if redirects and canonicals are handled correctly. We build a full URL redirect map before cutover, preserve all structured data in React components, and validate every route against Google's indexing tools. After launch, we monitor Search Console for crawl errors daily for 30 days.

No. Hydrogen works with any Shopify plan through the Storefront API. That said, Shopify Plus unlocks Checkout Extensibility, which gives you more control over checkout UI. If custom checkout flows matter to your business, Plus is worth considering. Oxygen hosting is available on all plans.

Liquid app embeds don't work in Hydrogen. We audit every app, figure out what needs to be rebuilt natively in React, and identify what can be replaced with API-level integrations. Reviews, loyalty programs, and subscription apps with APIs typically integrate without much friction. Apps that only inject Liquid snippets need to be replaced.

Hydrogen doesn't use the Online Store theme editor. Content management shifts to Shopify's admin for products and collections, while custom page content can be handled through metaobjects or a headless CMS like Sanity. We map out the content editing workflow during the audit phase so your team knows exactly what to expect.

Hydrogen storefronts on Oxygen typically hit sub-1-second LCP, compared to 3–5 seconds on Liquid themes. That gap comes from server-side rendering at the edge, no theme framework overhead, tree-shaken JavaScript bundles, and the removal of third-party app bloat. In practice, most stores see 50–70% faster page loads.