Featured collection

Theme section

The Featured collection section displays a grid of products from one of your collections. With Quick View enabled, customers can buy your products without leaving the page.

See the Featured collection row and Featured collection grid section for alternate layouts.

On mobile devices, one product is shown at a time:

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 use metafields and dynamic sources.

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 headings and button

Add headings to display at the top of the section, as well as a button to get customers shopping.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

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

2. Change the Small heading text that displays above the Heading.

   We recommended using the Small heading as a label or category such as "Collections" or "Sale".

3. Change the Heading text for the section title.

   We recommended a short title of just a few words.

4. Change the Subheading text displayed below the heading.

   We recommend two or three short sentences.

5. Change the "Shop now" Button text for your call-to-action button.

   The button links to the selected feature collection.

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

6. Click Save

Section style and layout

Once you've added a featured collection and your section content, you can customize the overall look of the section.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

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

   
2. (Optional.) Use the Section style dropdown to use Contrast colors.

   The Contrast style uses the contrast colors in your Theme Settings.

3. Choose whether to Enable animation to show visual effects when scrolling, hovering, or interacting with the section.

4. Select the number of Columns of products to display at one time. Choose between 2 and 4 columns.

   Choose to display 1 or 2 Columns on mobile devices.

5. 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 your image.

   
6. Use the Max width of text slider to control the maximum width of the headings.

   Use this setting to create a clean visual shape for your text and avoid unwanted line breaks.

7. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click on the section to find the following settings:

Setting	Description
Small heading	Enter text to display as a small heading above the main heading.
Heading	Enter heading text to display as a section title.
Subheading	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 manual ↗.
Button text	Change the "Shop now" text for your call-to-action button. The most effective button labels ask your customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now).
Style	Use the Default or Contrast section style. The Contrast style uses the contrast colors in your Theme Settings.
Columns	Use the slider to choose how many items should be displayed side by side. Choose between 2 and 4.
Image aspect ratio	Crop the shape of your images to Square, Landscape, or Portrait. Choose Natural to display the original image shape.
Max width of text	Use the slider to control the maximum width and line breaks of the headings.

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Related links

Featured collection row Featured collection grid Product listing settings Collection pages Shopify collections guide ↗