Blog posts

Use the Blog posts section to display your latest posts or selected posts from your blog. Blog posts appear as single-row slider that visitors can move through and click to read more.

Check out Shopify's guide on How to start a blog and grow your audience.

Editing templates will change all pages that use the same template. Create new templates for different page layouts, or show dynamic page content in the same template.

Set up section

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In the editor side panel, click (+) Add section and select Blog posts. Click and hold the drag handles ⋮⋮ to re-order sections.

Section styles

Sections include general styles. Click the section to find options for colors, spacing, and animations.

Section colors

Section spacing

Section animations

Select blog posts to show

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Display the latest posts from a Selected blog or create a Custom list of blog posts.

STEPS: Show latest posts

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Blog posts section to open the section settings.

2. Under Blog post source, make sure the Selected blog option is enabled.

3. Click Select blog to find the blog you want to feature.

   Blogs are a Shopify feature. See their Blogs help guide ↗ to learn more.

4. Use the Number of articles slider to set the maximum number of recent blog posts (between 2 and 12).

5. Click Save.

STEPS: Show selected posts

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Blog posts section to open the section settings.

2. Under Blog post source, select Custom list.

3. In the section list panel, click (+) Add Article to add an article block.

   Click Remove block or the eye icon to delete or hide a block.

4. Click Select Article to choose an article from the list.

   After you have selected a blog post, you can follow the Edit article link if you need to add a blog image and excerpt.

5. (Optional.) Click and hold the drag handles ⋮⋮ to rearrange the posts:

   

   Click Remove block in the block settings to delete a block.

   Click the Eye icon to hide or unhide a block.

6. Click Save.

Add post images and excerpts

Make sure you've added blog posts with featured images in Online Store > Blog posts ↗

You can also add Excerpts to change the text that appears under posts. By default, the first few lines will be used.

Click Blog posts section to find settings

Setting	Description
Blog posts source	Choose to display latest posts from a Selected blog or a Custom list of blog posts that you can add and re-order as blocks.
Add article	For Custom list, click (+) Article beneath the Blog posts section.
Select blog	For Selected blog source, click Change to select a blog to display its latest posts.
Number of articles	For Selected blog, choose how many posts to display: between 2 and 12.
Number of columns on desktop	Select how many posts to show per row on desktop screens: either 2, 3, or 4 columns. On mobile, the section displays one column.

Customize blog post cards

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Change the visual style of the featured posts, including the image aspect ratio, blog post details, and button.

Show blog post details

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Choose which blog post details to show, as set up in your Shopify admin.

To edit the post details, go to Online Store > Blog posts ↗

Click Blog posts section to find settings

Setting	Description
Show article categories	Display tags that you've added to posts in the Shopify admin.
Show author	Display the name of who created the blog post.
Show published date	Display the date when the post was published.
Show excerpt	When checked, the first few lines of the post will appear below. You can add a custom excerpt to blog posts in your Shopify admin.
Show featured image	Show the blog post image added in your Shopify admin.

Change image shape

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Change the aspect ratio to crop post images to be a uniform shape.

The aspect ratio of an image is the proportion between its width and height (w:h). A square image has equal width and height (1:1); Portrait (2:1) is taller than it is wide.

Click Blog posts section to find settings

Setting	Description	Options
Image aspect ratio	Select an aspect ratio to crop images to be a uniform shape, or select Natural to display their original shape.	Natural Portrait (2:3) Square (1:1) Landscape (3:2)

Show text box

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Choose to display the posts in container boxes with background colors. You can show tiles with shadows or borders.

Click Blog posts section to find settings

Setting	Description
Show text box	Display all posts within a container.
Text box style	Display boxes with a Soft drop shadow, Solid drop shadow, or Borders with different thicknesses.
Color scheme	Change the color scheme applied to the text box. Use the Default color scheme from your theme settings or select a variant scheme based on the default: either Inverse, Soft, Accent, or Sale. You can also select a custom color scheme. Learn more.
Override with custom colors	Use custom colors for this section to override the color scheme.
Text color	Select a custom color for text within the text box.
Background color	Select a custom color for the background of text box.

Section header

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The Section header appears above the section. Add a heading, subheading, and optional button.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click the Blog posts section to open the section settings.

2. Enter Accent text to display a small label above the heading.

3. Enter Heading text to display a section title.

4. Enter Subheading text to display below the heading.

   Use the formatting buttons to add text styles, links, or lists. To learn more, see Shopify's Rich text editor guide ↗.

5. Select or paste a URL for the Button Link.

6. Change the Button label (e.g. "View all posts").

   Leave this field blank to remove the button.

   The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now). To learn more, read "What is a Call to Action?"

7. Click Save.

Click Blog posts section to find settings

Setting	Description
Center header content	Choose to display headings as center-aligned within section. Uncheck this option to align headings to the left.
Accent	Add text to show a small heading above the main section heading.
Heading	Add text to show a main heading above the section.
Subheading	Add text to show a subheading below the main heading.
Maximum text width	Set the maximum width of heading text between 400 and 1000 px.
Button link	Select or paste a URL for a button. This link applies to the entire grid item if the button label field is blank.
Button label	Enter text to display as the button label. The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Join us, Shop now).
Button style	Change the style of the button. Select Primary button (Solid), Secondary button (Solid), Tertiary button (Outline), or Text.
Buttons position	Choose to show the buttons either in the Header (below the headings) or in the Footer (below the posts). In the footer position, the button is always centered.

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