If you’re looking to add some extra fields to your products in Shopify, you can do so using variant metafields. Metafields are a powerful way to add custom data to your shop, and they’re perfect for storing information about each variant of a product. In this article, we’ll show you how to create and use variant metafields in Shopify.
Creating variant metafields is easy with the Metafields Editor app. Once you’ve installed the app, go to the Edit Products page and select the product that you want to add metafields to. Then, click on the Variant Metafields tab and click the Add Metafield button.
In the Add Metafield window, you’ll need to enter a namespace, key, and value for your metafield. The namespace is used to group similar metafields together, so it’s a good idea to use something descriptive like “variant_meta”.
The key is used to identify the metafield, so choose something that describes what the metafield contains, like “color” or “size”. Finally, enter the value for the metafield. This can be anything you want, but it’s usually best to keep it short and simple.
Once you’ve created your metafield, it will appear in the list on the Variant Metafields tab. You can edit or delete it at any time by clicking on the edit or delete buttons next to it.
Now that you’ve created your variant metafields, you’ll need to add them to your product pages. The easiest way to do this is with the Liquid template language. Liquid is a simple scripting language that’s used by Shopify themes to control how content is displayed on pages.
To add variant metafields to your product pages, open up the product-template.liquid file in your theme’s code editor. Then, find the section of code where the product variants are displayed and add the following code:
{% for variant in product.variants %}
{% if variant.metafields.variant_meta %}
{{ variant.variant_meta }}
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
This code will loop through all of the variants for a product and output any metafields that have been assigned to them. You can style this output using HTML and CSS, or you can leave it as plain text.
If you want to display specific metafields on your product pages, you can use Liquid’s filter syntax:
{{ product.variants | meta_fields: ‘namespace’: ‘key’ }}
For example, if you wanted to only display size information for a product, you would use the following code:
{{ product.variants | meta_fields: ‘variant_meta’: ‘size’ }}
Variant metafielding is a great way to add extra fields to your products without having to create new products or variants for each one. It’s also a great way to store data that might be useful for other apps or scripts that you’re using on your shop. So next time you need to store some extra data for a product in Shopify, give variant metefielding a try!
