Testimonials

Theme section

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Use the Testimonials section to display rows of quotes from customers or partners about your products and store.

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 Testimonials.

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

Add testimonial blocks

Update | New image aspect ratio options were added to v4.0 on April 27 2022. See our changelog and theme update guide to learn more.

Add up to 8 testimonials with reviews from your customers and partners.

Note: If every testimonial block has an image, the section will appear as a single-row carousel on mobile devices.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Click (+) Add Testimonial and/or click on the Testimonial block you wish to edit.

  2. Under Image, click Select image to upload and select your image file. This image will display above the testimonial content.

  3. 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.

  4. Add a short few sentences to the Testimonial text.

  5. Add the Author name of the person quoted.

  6. (Optional.) Click and hold the drag handles ⋮⋮ to rearrange the blocks:

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

    Click the Eye icon to hide or unhide a block.

  7. Click on the Testimonials section, to choose how many Testimonials per row to display.

    Choose between 2, 3, and 4.

  8. Click Save.

Section headings and layout

You can add a main Heading and Subheading, change the number of testimonials per row, set the text alignment.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Click the Testimonials section to open the settings.

  2. Use the Columns per row slider to adjust the number of testimonials per row, between 2, 3, or 4.

    On mobile, testimonials are displayed in a single column.

  3. (Optional.) Add a Heading to display at the top of the section.

  4. (Optional.) Add a Subheading.

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

  5. (Optional.) Select a Link to link to a page of testimonials and change the Link text.

    We recommend one or two words.

  6. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click the Testimonial blocks to find the following settings.

Click the Testimonial section to find the following settings.


Related links

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