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What Is a Shopify Snippet?

Last updated on October 2, 2022 @ 1:13 am

What Is a Shopify Snippet?

A Shopify snippet is a small piece of code that can be inserted into your Shopify theme. Snippets are used to add functionality to your store, such as a contact form or social sharing buttons.

Shopify snippets are written in Liquid, Shopify’s templating language. They are typically stored in the ‘snippets’ folder of your theme. To edit a snippet, go to the ‘Edit HTML/CSS’ page of your admin and click on the ‘Snippets’ link in the left-hand sidebar.

There are two types of snippets:

  • Include snippets are inserted into other files using the {% include ‘snippet-name’ %} tag.
  • Layout snippets are inserted into the layout file using the {% layout ‘snippet-name’ %} tag.
PRO TIP: If you are not familiar with Shopify or coding, a “Shopify snippet” is a piece of code that can be inserted into your Shopify theme. Snippets can be used to add functionality to your store, or to modify the existing behavior of your theme.

While most snippets are safe to use, there is always the potential for a snippet to cause problems with your store. If you are unsure about whether or not a particular snippet is safe to use, we recommend contacting the Shopify support team for assistance.

When you create a new snippet, you will need to specify which type it is. Include snippets are typically used to add reusable pieces of code to your theme, while layout snippets are used to override the default structure of your theme’s pages.

Once you have created a snippet, you can insert it into your theme files using Liquid tags. For example, if you have created a snippet called ‘social-sharing’, you can insert it into your product pages by adding the following code to the product.liquid template:

{% include ‘social-sharing’ %}

Shopify snippets are a great way to add custom functionality to your store without having to edit your theme files directly. By creating new snippets, you can keep your theme code clean and organized, and make it easier to update your theme in the future.

Kathy McFarland

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