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.
Collapsible row block
Information popup (Size guide)
Complementary products
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
If you want to display custom content for different pages, you can use Shopify's metafields and dynamic sources.
Metafields are extra data fields in your Shopify admin that can store additional information and content for products, collections, and pages.
Dynamic sources are what connect metafields to templates and sections. You can add dynamic sources in your theme editor to automatically display metafield content for specific products, collections, or pages.
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 ↗.
General steps
Shopify's Metafields lets you store additional information about your products in your Shopify admin. You can create custom fields to hold different types of information.
Once your metafields are set up, you can use Dynamic sources in your theme editor to connect metafields to your templates. Dynamic sources automatically use the content entered in the metafield for each product.
1. Create metafields for products
Follow the steps below to create metafields that allow you to add unique content and information to 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 unique content to those fields for each of 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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