Stage Manager
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About the Extension
Try anything, break nothing
Every store owner faces the same dilemma: you want to test an update, a new setting or a fresh idea, but doing it on your live shop is risky. One wrong move can affect real customers and real orders. Stage Manager removes that risk by giving you private, fully separate copies of your store that you can experiment with as freely as you like.
A copy behaves just like your real shop, but it stands completely on its own. Whatever you change, test or even break inside a copy stays there. Your live store keeps running untouched, so you can move forward with confidence instead of crossing your fingers.
A safe space for every change
Whether you are preparing a bigger change, trying out a new look, or simply want to see how something behaves before committing to it, a test copy gives you room to work. You can take your time, repeat a test as often as needed, and only apply changes to your live shop once you are sure they are right.
You can keep several copies at the same time, each with its own name, so different projects or experiments never get in each other's way.
Built to protect your customers
Because a copy contains your store's information, Stage Manager is careful with it. You can choose to automatically disguise personal customer details inside a copy, which is especially valuable when other people on your team also need access. On top of that, copies do not send real emails by default, so there is no chance of a test message accidentally reaching a customer.
Everything in one clear overview
You manage everything from a single screen in your administration. At a glance you can see each copy, whether it is still being prepared, ready to use or needs attention, and when it was last refreshed from your live store. Opening a copy is just as simple — each one is reachable at your own store's web address, so there is nothing extra to set up.
When you want to know exactly what an update or change touched, Stage Manager can compare a copy against your live store and show you precisely where they differ. And when you are finished, removing a copy cleans everything up neatly, with safeguards that keep your live shop and its data protected.
Why store teams choose Stage Manager
- Confidence: test freely, knowing your live shop is never at risk.
- Privacy: keep customer information protected in every copy.
- Clarity: see what changed and manage every copy from one place.
Please note: this is a self-hosted / on-premise extension and is not compatible with Shopware Cloud. It needs server access to copy your store's files, write its configuration and serve the staging copy.
Details
- Available: English, German
- Latest update: 1 October 2026
- Publication date: 2 October 2026
- Version: 1.7.0
- Category: Administration
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About the Extension Partner
IWV Digitalagentur
Partner Status
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Shopware
Premium Extension Partner
Details
- Ø-Rating: 5
- Partner since: 2019
- Extensions: 51
Support
- Based in: Germany
- Speaks: German, English
- Response time: Quickly