Enable Store Widgets in the Google & YouTube app by editing Theme

Store widgets allow merchants to highlight their store quality to shoppers. This helps shoppers easily identify and appreciate reputable stores. The Google & YouTube app allows you to enable various widgets by giving Google permission to read your store theme and activate the store widget.

Continue reading to learn how to enable Store widgets through your Online Store or through the Recommendation Card.

How to enable Store Widgets through the Online Store

1. In your Shopify account, navigate to the left-hand panel and click Online Store.
2. Click Themes.
3. Click Customize.
4. Click App embeds in the left-hand panel.
5. Toggle the “Store widget” button.
6. From here, you are able to edit the following:
   • Widget position
   • Side margin
   • Bottom margin
   • Mobile side margin
   • Mobile bottom margin
7. Click Save.

How to enable Store widgets through the Recommendation card

1. In your Google & YouTube app, be sure to “Turn on the Store widget”.
2. From here, navigate to your Shopify account.
3. Click Online Store in the left-hand panel.
4. Click Themes.
5. Click the three-dot icon for the theme you want to edit.
6. Click Edit code.
7. Under “Layout”, click theme.liquid.
8. Highlight the “Merchant Widget Code” and remove.
9. Click Save in the upper right-hand corner.
10. Navigate to the Google & YouTube app and “Refresh” the page.
11. The “Go to App embeds” button will now be available.
12. Click Go to App embeds.
13. In the “App embeds” page, click the Top Quality Store on Google.
14. From here, you are able to edit the following:
    • Widget position
    • Side margin
    • Bottom margin
    • Mobile side margin
    • Mobile bottom margin
15. Click Save.