Quotes

Theme section

Use the Quotes section to prominently display rotating quotes about your store or products from customers, partners, or the media.

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 Quotes.

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

Add quote blocks

Add Quote blocks with quote text, author names, and logo images. You can adjust the font size of the quote text.

If you add more than one quote block, they will autorotate by default. To change the time between quotes or stop quotes from quote blocks from automating, see the Quotes autoplay settings.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click (+) Add Quote and/or click on the Quote block to open the settings.

2. Add Quote text.

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

3. Enter the Author name to display below the quote text.

4. (Optional.) Use the drag and drop handles ⋮⋮ to change the order of the quote blocks.

   Click the Remove block button in the block settings to remove a quote block.

5. Click Save.

Autoplay settings

Change the time between quotes or disable autoplay to let customers click through quotes manually.

Set time between quotes

Display each quote between 3 to 15 seconds. Quotes with more words may need more time for customers to read them.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click on the Quotes section to open the section settings.

2. Click and drag the slider to select the number of seconds to display each quote (between 3 and 15 seconds).

   Quotes will pause when customers hover over them.

3. Click Save.

Section style

Change the overall style and layout of the section, and set the time between quotes when they autorotate.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click on the Quote section to open the 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. Choose the Time between quotes, in seconds.

   Choose between 3 and 15 seconds between quotes.

5. 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.

6. Click Save

Settings reference

Click on the section to find the following settings:

Setting	Description
Style	Use the Default or Contrast section style. The Contrast style uses the contrast colors in your Theme Settings.
Quote	Add quote text. We recommend keeping this to fewer than 250 characters.
Author	Add the quote author's name.
Time between quotes	The number of seconds each quote is shown before rotating. Choose between 5 seconds and 15 seconds.
Max width of text	Use the slider to control the maximum width and line breaks of the quote text.

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