1. What are Related Collections?
Related collections are curated groupings of products displayed on a collection page to guide users to similar or complementary items, thereby enhancing navigation and improving the customer's shopping experience by offering intuitive, logical pathways to explore more products.
⚠️ Note: This section can only be used on the Collection page.

2. Section Components
Section
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Suggest collections related to the current collection page.
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Available block
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Used to add a promotion (that has image and text inside) to the section.
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3. Location & Setup
- Go to "Online Store" > "Themes" > "Customize".
- Click on the Homepage dropdown menu > Collection > Default collection.
- Click "Add Section".
- Search for "Related collections".
- Click on it to add.
4. Core Features
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Improved Navigation: Link related products for easier browsing.
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Enhanced User Experience: Help customers discover products quickly.
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Increased Sales: Suggest complementary items for upselling.
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Brand Storytelling: Guide users through a cohesive shopping experience.
5. Common Use Cases
🤔 How to add related collections manually for each collection page?
If you want to manage related collections for a specific collection or the entire collection of your store, set up metafields following the instructions below:
STEP 1: Add the section
In the collection page, add a Related collections section.
STEP 2: Create a Collection Metafield
- Go to "Shopify Admin" > "Settings" > "Metafields and metaobjects".
- From the "Metafield definitions" table, select "Collections".
- Click on the "Add definition" button.
- Set Key: related_collections.
- Choose Type: Collection (List of collections).
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Save the metafield definition.
STEP 3: Assign Collections to the Metafield
- Go to Collections > select the collection where you want to show related collections.
- In the collection editor, find the metafield related_collections.
- Select the collections you want to display in the Related Collections section.
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Save your changes.
STEP 4: Customize the section look
Once the section is added, you can adjust its appearance to match your store style:
Heading: Add a title for the section (default: Related collections).
Collection Card Settings:
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Image style: Choose between Natural, Square (1:1), Rectangle (2:3), Landscape (4:3), Standard (3:4), Round.
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Enable text overlay: Toggle ON/OFF to place text over the image.
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Overlay opacity: Adjust transparency of text background (0%–100%).
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Show item count: Toggle ON/OFF to display the number of products in each collection.
STEP 5:
Click "Save" when done.
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🤔 How to enable Carousel for Related Collections?
Want to showcase Related Collections in a dynamic carousel? Follow these steps:
STEP 1: Open the settings panel
Click on the Related Collections section to expand its settings.
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Scroll down to the Carousel setting group, and:
- 🖥️ For desktop: Turn on the Enable carousel on desktop setting.
- 📱 For mobile: Turn on the Enable swipe on mobile to allow users to swipe through posts.
STEP 3:
Click "Save" when done.
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🤔 How to add Promotion blocks to Related collections?
The promotion block allows you to highlight special offers, flash sales, or important announcements within the related collections section. You can customize the icon, heading, text, and background to match your store's aesthetic. Here's how:
STEP 1: Add Promotion block
Under the Related Collections section, add the Promotion block block.
STEP 2: Set up Icon setting group:
- Rearrange Promotion Block position (1 to 13, 1 indicates the first position).
- Choose the Icon from the drop-down list, or choose None if you don't want any (default: Authentic).
- Select or upload Custom icon image, or enter an SVG code if you want to use a different icon from the list. This action will disable your picked Icon above.
- Adjust Icon size.
- Add a Heading and Content to the section.
STEP 3: Customize the whole block look
After setting up each Icon group, you can:
- Adjust the Icon size.
- Adjust the Heading size, Text size, Alignment, and Content position.
- Add Background image, Mobile image, or Video. Remember to adjust Image overlay opacity for better contrast and readability.
STEP 4:
Click "Save" when done.
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🤔 What customization options can you give your Related Collections?
For the whole Related Collections section
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✨ Change color scheme
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Click on the Related Collections section, and choose the overall scheme you want to use in both light and dark mode in the Color scheme.
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✨ Add highlight effect to the heading
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- When entering the Heading for the Related Collections section, wrap the text you want to highlight between [] brackets.
- Choose the Marker style to be Underline, Marker, Text color change or Shadow.
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✨ Change the heading size
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Click on the Related Collections section, and choose the Heading size to be Small, Medium, or Large.
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✨ Change the Heading tag (for SEO purposes)
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Click on the Related Collections section, find and choose the Heading tag from the list.
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✨ Change the heading alignment
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Click on the Related Collections section, find and choose the Heading alignment to be Left, Right, or Center.
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✨ Change layout based on device
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Click on the Related Collections section, and scroll down to Desktop layout & Mobile Layout:
- On desktop 🖥️: Adjust Number of columns to choose how many collections appear in a single row. Adjust Block spacing to choose the gap between collection cards (measured in pixels).
- On mobile 📱: Choose Number of columns to adjust how many collections appear in a single row. Adjust Block spacing to choose the gap between collection cards (measured in pixels).
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✨ Change the section width, add padding, or add a divider
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Click on the Related Collections section, and scroll down to the Section layout group, and you will be able to change those settings.
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For a single Promotion block block
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✨ Show video from url
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Scroll to Or embed video from url, and paste the link into the URL field (only supports Youtube and Vimeo). If you want the carousel to slide automatically, turn on Enable video autoplay.
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✨ Change color scheme
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Click on the Promotion block block, and choose the overall scheme you want to use in both light and dark mode in the Color scheme.
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✨ Change the button style
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Click on a block, then in the Button style setting, select to make it follow Primary or Secondary style.
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Need help? Contact our support team at Omni Themes Support.