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Product Metafield Short Description

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This guideline helps you config different short descriptions for each product.

1. Create metafield

In Shopify backend, go to Settings > Custom data > Products > Add definition. Please follow this video:

You need to configure some options below:

  • Name: You can add any name here. Example: Short Description.

  • Namespace and key: This is a required option, you have to add theme.description_excerpt key here.

  • Description: You can add any text for the description.

  • Select Content Type: This is a required option, you have to choose Text > Single line text or Multi-line text.

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Then click Save button to save all changes, we will get the metafield definition as image below:

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2. Add Metafield in Products

In Shopify backend > Products > All Products > open the product that you wanna add the Short description.

In the product, please scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will see the Short description metafield option.

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Note: If you want to display short description in multi-line text or use HTML code, you need to choose "Multi-line text" when create the metafield.

For example:

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Result:

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3. Configure Metafield in Theme Customize

In Themes > Customize > Product page > Choose the product that you wanna configure the Short description.

In Product main > Description > choose "Full description". If you create the correct metafield with "theme.description_excerpt", the short description will automatically show.

Please check this video:

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