Dynamic content with metafields
Metafields and Dynamic sources are Shopify features that allow you to store and display unique content for products, collections, blogs, and pages. These features are perfect for displaying specific product information — such as size guides or part numbers — for different products that use the same template.
This guide provides a general overview of using metafields and dynamic sources in our themes. Follow the links below for instructions for using dynamic sources for specific theme features.
Information popup (Size guide)
Watch video tutorials
Watch the step-by-step tutorials for the Metafields. The first video provides a general introduction, and the second video shows you how to use metafields for unique size guides and complementary products.
Overview
Shopify | Metafields and dynamic sources are a Shopify feature. Our themes use these features but they are controlled by Shopify. For a full overview, see Shopify's metafields guide ↗.
If you want to display specific content for different products, you can use Shopify's metafields and dynamic sources. These features allow you to store and automatically display unique content for different products.
Metafields are extra data fields in your Shopify admin that can store additional information and content for products, collections, blogs, and pages.
Dynamic sources are what connect metafields to templates and sections. When added to the theme editor, they automatically display metafield content for specific products and pages that use the same template.
General steps
Follow the steps below to add metafields to store unique text for different products.
Then, use Dynamic sources to connect metafields to specific settings in your theme editor. Your theme will automatically use the content entered in the metafield for the product that's currently being viewed.
1. Create metafields for products
Shopify's Metafields lets you store additional information about your products. You can create custom fields to hold different types of information in your Shopify admin, and enter unique content for each of your products.
The steps below tell you how to add a metafield with links to Shopify's guides for different metafield types.
2. Add content to metafields
Once you've created Metafields for your products in the Shopify admin, you can now add content to those fields for your products in the Shopify admin.
3. Insert metafields as dynamic sources
Now that the Metafields of your products have content, you can go to the theme editor to insert a Dynamic source.
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