Blog and page triggers, step by step

Shopify sends no notification at all when a blog, a blog post or a page changes. These three triggers find changes by checking on a schedule, so expect a short delay rather than an instant event.

On this page: Blog Post Update, Page Update, Blog Update

Blog Post Update

Fires when a blog post is changed: title, body, summary, tags, author, or whether it is published.

Fires from	Checked on a schedule, because Shopify sends no webhook for it
Permission	Blog, Blog Post & Page Data Access
Switched on	Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's Triggers page

Use it for

• Announce newly published posts in a team channel or to a newsletter tool.
• Send edited posts to translation.

What Blog Post Update sends to your workflow

Variable in Flow	Type	What it holds
article	Object	The blog post (article) that was updated
article.id	ID
article.title	Text
article.handle	Text
article.author	Object
article.author.name	Text
article.body	Text
article.summary	Text
article.publishedAt	Text
article.tags	List of text
article.templateSuffix	Text
article.updatedAt	Text
article.isPublished	True / false
eventId	Text	The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent.

Example: Announce a published post

1. Pick Blog Post Update as the trigger.
2. Add a Condition: article.isPublished Equal to true.
3. Add Send HTTP request to Slack: {{article.title}} by {{article.author.name}} was updated.
4. Turn the workflow on.

Page Update

Fires when an online store page is changed: title, content, template, or whether it is published.

Fires from	Checked on a schedule, because Shopify sends no webhook for it
Permission	Blog, Blog Post & Page Data Access
Switched on	Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's Triggers page

Use it for

• Have legal re-check policy-like pages after an edit.
• Tell support that the FAQ or the shipping page changed.

What Page Update sends to your workflow

Variable in Flow	Type	What it holds
page	Object	The page that was updated
page.id	ID
page.title	Text
page.handle	Text
page.bodyHtml	Text
page.publishedAt	Text
page.templateSuffix	Text
page.updatedAt	Text
page.isPublished	True / false
eventId	Text	The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent.

Example: Tell support when the shipping page changes

1. Pick Page Update as the trigger.
2. Add a Condition: page.handle Equal to shipping.
3. Add Send internal email to support with {{page.title}}.
4. Turn the workflow on.

Blog Update

Fires when a blog itself changes - its title, handle, comment policy or template - not when a post in it changes.

Fires from	Checked on a schedule, because Shopify sends no webhook for it
Permission	Blog, Blog Post & Page Data Access
Switched on	Turning on a Flow workflow that uses it switches it on. Its own switch is on the app's Triggers page

Use it for

• Notice changed comment settings.
• Redirect when a blog handle changes.

What Blog Update sends to your workflow

Variable in Flow	Type	What it holds
blog	Object	The blog that was updated
blog.id	ID
blog.title	Text
blog.handle	Text
blog.commentPolicy	Text
blog.templateSuffix	Text
blog.updatedAt	Text
eventId	Text	The id of this event. Search for it in the app's Event History to see exactly what was sent.

Example: Notify on a changed comment policy

1. Pick Blog Update as the trigger.
2. Add Send internal email with {{blog.title}} and {{blog.commentPolicy}}.
3. Turn the workflow on.

Next steps

Longer walkthroughs with a Slack setup: Send Slack alerts when a blog post is updated and Alert support when a page changes.

• Complete trigger reference - every trigger on one page.
• Choosing the right trigger - which one fits your case.
• Custom triggers - when no built-in trigger fits, write your own.
• Event history and troubleshooting - see what fired and what it carried.