Complementary products
Last updated
Last updated
This feature was added in v5.6.0 on Jan 6, 2022. See our Changelog and theme update guide to learn more.
The Complementary products block displays recommended products that pair well with the main product.
Show automated recommendations or select a custom list of products
Display the block in the product overview's left or right column
Display block as a collapsible row
For similar features, see guides for Product recommendations section and Cross sells in the cart.
Under Product overview, click (+) Add block and select Complementary products. Use the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮
to re-order blocks. Click the block to start customizing.
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
If you want to show different complementary products on specific product pages, you can use Shopify's metafields and dynamic sources. These features allow you to store custom information for each of your products and automatically display that information on the correct product pages.
Watch the video or follow the steps below to create metafields for your products, add complementary products to those metafields, then use Dynamic sources to connect those metafields to the complementary products block.
For a general introduction, see our Dynamic sources and metafields tutorial.
Create a Product metafield to add multiple complementary products to each product page in your Shopify Admin.
Shopify's Metafields lets you store additional information about your products. You can create custom fields to hold different types of information in your Shopify admin, and enter unique content for each of your products.
The steps below tell you how to add a metafield for storing text that you want to display in the collapsible rows block.
Once you've created a product list Metafield, you can now add multiple products to those fields by going to your products in the Shopify admin.
You can go to the theme editor to insert a Dynamic source in the Complementary products block.
Related links
Product template Cart cross sells Recommended products section