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The Featured Article section highlights a single article in a large editorial card format, displaying the article’s image, a featured badge, estimated read time, author name, and a CTA button. You can manually pin a specific article or let the section automatically display the most recent post from your blog.
Featured Article

How to Add the Section

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes and click Customize.
  2. Navigate to the page where you want to add this section.
  3. Click Add section and select Featured article.
  4. Select an article or leave it blank to auto-display the most recent post.
  5. Click Save.

Section Settings

Source

  • Featured article: Manually select the article to feature. Leave blank to automatically show the most recent article from your blog.

Content

  • Show featured badge: Toggle to display a “Featured” badge on the article card.
  • Featured label: The text shown inside the badge (default: “Featured”).
  • Show read time: Toggle to display the estimated read time on the card.
  • Show author: Toggle to display the article author’s name on the card.
  • Button label: The label on the read CTA button (default: “Read the piece →”).

Image

  • Image ratio: Aspect ratio for the article image — 16:11, Portrait, Square, Landscape, or Adapt.
  • Image fit: Controls how the image fills its container — Cover (fills and crops) or Contain (shows the full image without cropping).

Style

  • Full width: When enabled, the section stretches edge-to-edge.
  • Color scheme: Choose a color scheme for the section.

Spacing

  • Padding top / Padding bottom: Control vertical spacing around the section.
Featured Article Settings