Blog posts

Theme section

The Blog posts section displays a carousel of featured blog posts. Select which articles to feature and customize the content and style of the section.

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

Add images and excerpts

For the Blog posts section to display properly, you will need to add Featured images to posts in your Shopify admin.

STEPS

In your Shopify Admin:

1. Find your blog posts under Online Store > Blog posts.

   
2. In the Featured image section, click Add image to upload an image file.

   There are no required dimensions. We recommend using the same shape and size for all blog images with a minimum width of 2500px for optimal quality across all devices.

3. In the Excerpt section, add a summary of your post.

   If left blank, Spark will automatically display the first few sentences of the post. For the best results, add excerpts that are around the same length for all blog posts.

4. Click Save.

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 Blog posts.

3. Change the order of your sections by using the drag and drop handles ⋮⋮

Select blog posts to show

Add up to 12 blog post articles to display in a grid and change the order in which they appear.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click (+) Add Article.

2. Click on an Article block to open the block settings.

3. Click Select Article then 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 featured image.

4. (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.

5. Click Save.

Section content and layout

Change the section style, adjust the number of columns, and crop the shape of your blog images. You can also change the section headings and link text for the buttons.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

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

2. Choose whether to Show published date by checking the checkbox.

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

   On mobile, articles are displayed in a single column carousel.

4. Enter Heading text to display above the section.

5. (Optional.) Add Subheading text to display beneath the Heading.

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

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

7. 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.

   
8. Click Save.

Section style

Customize the section Style with options for section Spacing, Animation, and Alternate section color.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

1. Click on the section to find the Section style settings.

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

   Learn more about Section animations in Spark.

3. Choose to enable the Alternate section color to apply the secondary section colors selected in your theme settings for colors.

4. Select a Spacing option to add padding around the section content.

   Add padding to either the Top and bottom, Top only, Bottom only, or set it to None.

   
5. Select the Spacing amount for the padded sides of the section: Full, Half, or Minimum.

6. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click on the Blog post section to find the following settings:

Setting	Description
Show published date	Display the date your blog post was published below the blog post title.
Columns per row	Choose how many articles to display in each row: either 2, 3, or 4 columns.
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 guide.
Max width of text	Use the slider to control the maximum width and line breaks of the section headings.
Image aspect ratio	Choose to crop all images to be a single uniform shape. Select Portrait (2:3), Square (1:1), or Landscape (3:2). Select Natural to display images in their original shape (without cropping). Learn more about aspect ratios in our Image settings guide.

Section style

Setting	Description
Enable animation	Choose whether to display visual effects when scrolling, hovering, or interacting with the section. See our Section animations to learn more.
Use alternate section color	Apply the alternate section colors as chosen in your Theme Settings. See Spark's theme color settings to learn how to create a secondary color scheme with alternate section colors.
Spacing	Add padding around the section content: either the Top and bottom, Top only, Bottom only, or set it to None.
Spacing amount	Increase or decrease the amount of space around the section: either Full, Half, or Minimum.

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