Product Metafield Short Description

1. Configure Metafield in Shopify Dashboard

In Shopify backend, go to Settings > Custom data > Products:

Click Add definition

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.

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

2. Configure Metafield in Shopify Dashboard > 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. Kindly follow the video below:

3. Configure Metafield Short Description in Theme Customize

In Themes > Customize > Product page > Choose the product that you wanna configure the Metafield Short Description here:

In Product main > Description block, on the right side, you will see the option to choose Metafield:

After you configure the metafield Short Description done, when you open that product, the metafield will show automatically.

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