Enhance Your Shopify Store with Metafields: Labels, Tabs, and More!

How to Add Metafields in Shopify: A Step-by-Step Guide

Are you looking to add custom labels, tabs, size charts, or a sale countdown to your Shopify store? Then you need to know how to use metafields! Metafields are a type of custom field that allow you to add extra information to your products, collections, orders, and more. In this guide, we will walk you through how to add metafields to your Shopify store, with step-by-step instructions and screenshots.

Table of Contents

1. What are Metafields?
2. Enabling Labels in Theme Settings
3. Adding Metafields in Shopify Admin
4. Customizing Labels via Metafields
5. Adding Custom Tabs to a Product Page
6. Customizing a Unique Size Chart
7. Hiding Size Chart Button for a Product
8. Adding a Sale Countdown
9. Checking Changes in the Theme Editor
10. More Information in Shella Documentation

What are Metafields?

Metafields are a type of custom field that allow you to add extra information to your Shopify store. They are typically used to store data that is not natively supported by Shopify, such as custom product labels, tab content, size charts, or sale countdowns. Metafields consist of a name, a namespace, a key, a value, and a content type. By using metafields, you can easily add non-standard information to your store without having to modify the theme code.

Enabling Labels in Theme Settings

Before you can start adding metafields to your products, you need to make sure that the label options are enabled in your theme settings. To do this, go to the Shella Editor, select “Products” from the top dropdown menu, and then select “Default Product”. From here, make sure the “Hot” and “New” labels are enabled in the “Theme Settings” section, under “Product Page & Quick View”.

Adding Metafields in Shopify Admin

To add a metafield to your Shopify store, you need to go to your Shopify admin and navigate to the “Settings” menu. From here, select “Metafields”, then “Products”, and finally click the “Add Definition” button. In the “Name” field, type the title of your metafield (e.g. “Hot Label”), then add a namespace and key for the metafield (e.g. “labels.hot”). Next, write a description for the metafield and select the content type as “Text” and the field type as “Single Line Text”, then click “Save”. You can repeat this process to add as many metafields as you need.

Customizing Labels via Metafields

Once you have added your metafields, you can start customizing your product labels. To do this, navigate to the product you want to edit in your Shopify admin, scroll down to the “Metafields” section, and add a value of “true” for each label you want to display (e.g. “labels.hot” and “labels.new”). Then, save your changes and reload the page. You should now see the customized labels on your product page.

Adding Custom Tabs to a Product Page

If you want to add custom tabs to a product page, you can use metafields to do this as well. First, make sure the “Show Tabs” option is enabled in the “Product Page” section of your theme settings. Then, navigate to your Shopify admin, select “Metafields”, and click “Add Definition”. For the first metafield, type “Custom Tab” in the “Name” field, and use “tab.title” as the namespace and key. Follow the same steps as before to add a second metafield with the namespace and key of “tab.content”. Add your HTML code to the second metafield’s “Value” field, save your changes, and reload the page. Voila! Your custom tab should now be visible on the product page.

Customizing a Unique Size Chart

If you want to customize a unique size chart for a product, you can do this with metafields as well. First, make sure the “Size Guide” option is enabled in the “Popups” section of your theme settings. Then, go to your Shopify admin, select “Metafields”, and click “Add Definition”. Type “Size Guide” in the “Name” field, and use “sizeguide.html” as the namespace and key. Add your size chart HTML code to the “Value” field and save your changes. Now the size chart will be visible in the “Size Guide” popup.

Hiding Size Chart Button for a Product

If you don’t want the size chart to be visible for a particular product, you can hide the button by adding a metafield with the value of “hide”. Simply go to the product in your Shopify admin, navigate to the “Metafields” section, and add a metafield with the namespace and key of “sizeguide.html”. In the “Value” field, add “hide” and save your changes. Now the size chart button will be hidden for that product.

Adding a Sale Countdown

To add a sale countdown to your product page, make sure the option is enabled in your Shella Editor. Then, create a metafield definition in your Shopify admin with the namespace and key of “countdown.date”. Add a date and time in the “Value” field using the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS and save your changes. Now you should see the sale countdown on your product page.

Checking Changes in the Theme Editor

After you have made all your metafield customizations, make sure to check your changes in the theme editor. Reload the page to see all the updates you have made, including custom labels, tabs, size charts, and sale countdowns.

More Information in Shella Documentation

For more information on how to use metafields in your Shopify store, check out the Shella documentation or find helpful links in the video description.

Highlights:

• Metafields allow you to add extra information to your Shopify store.
• Custom product labels, tab content, size charts, and sale countdowns are examples of metafields.
• Enabling label options in your theme settings is necessary before adding metafields to your product pages.
• Shopify admin is where you will create and add metafields to your Shopify store.
• Customizing labels, tabs, and size charts can be done by adding a metafield with a specific namespace and key.
• Hiding the size chart button for a specific product requires adding a metafield with the value of “hide”.
• Checking your changes in the theme editor is important to ensure all your metafield customizations appear correctly.

FAQ:

Q: What are metafields in Shopify? A: Metafields are a type of custom field that allow you to add extra information to your Shopify store that is not natively supported by Shopify.

Q: How do I enable label options in my theme settings? A: Go to the Shella Editor, select “Products” from the top dropdown menu, and then select “Default Product”. From here, make sure the “Hot” and “New” labels are enabled in the “Theme Settings” section, under “Product Page & Quick View”.

Q: How do I add a metafield to my Shopify store? A: To add a metafield to your Shopify store, go to your Shopify admin and navigate to the “Settings” menu. From here, select “Metafields”, then “Products”, and finally click the “Add Definition” button.

Q: How do I customize labels, tabs, and size charts using metafields? A: Customizing labels, tabs, and size charts can be done by adding a metafield with a specific namespace and key. Add the value you want and reload the page to see the changes.

Q: How do I hide the size chart button for a specific product? A: Hiding the size chart button for a specific product requires adding a metafield with the value of “hide”.