Text

The Text section adds headings and paragraphs to a page in a readable column. Use it for a short story about your store, delivery details on a landing page, or a description under the list of collections that helps customers and search engines understand your catalog.

Where to find it: Theme editor → page → Add section → Text.

Set up the section

1. Click Add section and choose Text. The section comes with a Heading block and a Text block.
2. Click the Heading block, enter the heading and choose the Heading level.
3. Click the Text block and write your text. Use the toolbar for bold, italic, links and lists.
4. To add more, click Add block and choose Heading or Text. Drag blocks to change their order.
5. Click Save.

The text is aligned left and limited to a comfortable reading width on wide screens.

Choose the heading level

Heading level sets how important the heading is in the page structure, which matters for search engines and screen readers. It also sets the size of the heading.

• Heading 2: a main heading of the section. Use it for the first heading.
• Heading 3 and Heading 4: smaller subheadings under it.

Different text on each collection or page

A template is shared by many pages, so a Text section added to the collection template shows the same text on every collection. To show different text on each one, connect the Text block to a metafield: click the Connect dynamic source icon next to the Text field and choose a rich text metafield of the collection or page. See Dynamic sources in the Shopify Help Center.

Tip

Text under a collection or the collections list is a good place for a short description with the words customers search for. Keep it useful for people, not just for search engines.

Settings reference

Setting	What it does	Default
Color scheme	Colors of the section. See Section basics.	Scheme 1

Heading block:

Setting	What it does	Default
Heading	Heading text. Supports bold, italic and links.	Heading
Heading level	Options: Heading 2, Heading 3, Heading 4.	Heading 2

Text block:

Setting	What it does	Default
Text	Paragraphs with formatting: bold, italic, links and lists.	Share details about your products, delivery and service. Search engines read this text too.

Empty blocks are not shown. For the main content of a page, written in Online Store → Pages in your Shopify admin, see Content pages.