Featured collection

Theme section

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The Featured collection section displays a grid of products from a selected collection. With Quick shop enabled, customers can add these products directly to their cart.

Set up section

Add this section to any template (except Checkout) and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings

Editing a template changes all pages that use that template. To edit specific pages, you can create new templates or insert dynamic content with metafields.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Select a Template to edit from the dropdown menu in the top bar.

   Learn how to use templates in our Templates guide.

2. Under Template, click (+) Add section and select Featured collection.

3. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮ to re-order your sections.

Select featured collection

Select a Collection to display its products in a grid with adjustable rows and columns.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured collection section.

2. Use the Select collection button find the collection you want to feature.

   We recommend collections with at least 4 products.

3. Click Save.

Section content and layout

Add content with a section heading. Adjust the layout by changing the number of products per row and the shape (aspect ratio) of product images.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Featured collection section to open the settings.

2. Enter Heading text to display in the top-left of the section.

   We recommend a short title of 2 to 3 words.

3. Enter Subheading text to display below the heading.

4. Add Link text to show a text link to the collection page.

   We recommend a one or two words (e.g. "Shop now").

5. Use the sliders to set the number of Products per row and number of rows to change the layout.

   On mobile, products are shown in a two-column row that customers can tap through as a carousel.

6. Set the Heading alignment to Left, Right, or Center.

   This option changes the layout of the section:

   
7. To make your images a uniform shape and size, select the Image aspect ratio to crop your images to Square, Landscape, or Portrait.

   The default Natural setting will display the original orientation of each image.

   
8. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click the Featured collection section to find the following settings.

Setting	Description
Select collection	Select a collection from your store's existing collections.
Heading	Add text to show a main heading.
Subheading	Add text to show a subheading below the main heading.
Heading alignment	Choose where to position the heading and subheading. Either Left, Center, or Right.
Link text	Add text that should be used as a call to action to view the collection. For example, "Shop now".
Products per row	Change the amount of products shown per row. You can choose between 2 and 4 products per row. On mobile devices the amount of products per row might change. This depends on the screen width of the customer's mobile device.
Rows	Change how many rows of products from the collection should be displayed. Choose between 1 and 3.
Image aspect ratio	Choose to crop all images to be a single uniform shape. Select Portrait (2:3), Square (1:1), or Landscape (3:2). Select Natural to display images in their original shape (without cropping).

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Related links Collection pages Shopify collections guide