Manage product attributes

Attributes such as Color or Size are what make up a product's variants. You create an attribute and its values once, then reuse them on every product in your store.

When you rename a value here, every product that uses that value shows the new name.

Create an attribute

1. Go to Products › Attributes.
2. Click Create attribute.
3. Enter the Name, for example Color.
4. Under Type, leave Select. Choose Visual if you want each value to have a color swatch or a small image.
5. Click Save.

The URL handle is created from the name if you leave it empty. An attribute you create here is only used in your store.

Add values to an attribute

The Values section appears after you save the attribute.

1. Click Add value.
2. Enter the Display value, for example Burgundy. Customers see this name in your store.
3. Click outside the field. The Stored value fills in from the display value.
4. Repeat for each value.

A value is saved automatically when you leave the field, so you don’t need to click Save. Drag the icon at the start of a row to change the order of the values.

Add a color swatch or image to a value

Only attributes of the Visual type have this. On the product page, customers see the color swatch or small image instead of text.

1. Click the attribute name in the list.
2. On the value’s row, choose Color or Image.
3. Pick a color, or click Choose image and choose an image.

Edit or delete an attribute

1. Go to Products › Attributes.
2. On the attribute’s row, click the three-dot icon.
3. Choose Edit to change the name and values, or Delete to delete it.

An attribute that no product uses is deleted right away. If products use it, the dashboard asks again before removing the attribute from those products. Deleting a value works the same way.

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