Testimonials

Theme section

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

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

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

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

2. Change the Heading text as a title for the testimonial.

   We recommended a short title of just a few words.

   You can leave this field blank to remove the Heading.

3. Add text for the Testimonial.

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

4. Enter the Author name to display below the testimonial text.

5. Use the Max width of text slider to control the maximum width of the text.

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

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

   

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

7. 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. Choose to display the testimonial text as Left or Center aligned.

6. 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 the Testimonial blocks to find the following settings.

Setting	Description
Heading	Add a text as a heading for the testimonial.
Testimonial	Add the quote text for the testimonial. Use the formatting buttons to add text styles, links, or lists. To learn more, see Shopify's Rich text editor guide.
Author	Add the name of the person being quoted.
Max width of text	Use the slider to control the maximum width and line breaks of the testimonial text.

Click the Testimonial section to find the following settings.

Setting	Description
Columns per row	Select the number of post blocks to show in each row for desktop.
Heading	Add text to display as a heading for the section.
Subheading	Add text to display a subheading below the heading.
Text alignment	Choose to align the section content to either the Left or Right.

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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