Blog Posts

Recipe Article (with MetaObjects)

Set up MetaObjects

To create a MetaObject, you'll need to go to Content > MetaObjects in the sidebar of your Shopify store admin. Once you're there, you'll need to click 'Manage definitions' then choose 'Add definition'.

You'll need to give the MetaObject a name. I called mine Recipe. Then you'll need to start adding fields. The fields of a MetaObject are basically the same as a Metafield (you may already be familiar with) so you can add text, richtext, references, images, videos etc.

The fields for this recipe template are:

• Recipe title - single line text

• Prep Time - single line text

• Cook Time - single line text

• Yields - single line text

• Ingredients - rich text

• Story - rich text

• Story Image - File (specific file type - image)

• Directions - rich text

• Directions Image - File (specific file type - image)

Create a recipe entry

Once you have the definition set up, the next step is to create an entry (or more!) with the recipe information. We're actually only using the Recipe title for our own reference to make it easier to find (you'll see why as we go).

Connect the MetaObject to the Blog Post with a Metafield

MetaObjects are their own thing and aren't associated with any other object so we need to connect the MetaObject entries with the blog post via Metafield.

If you go back to manage definitions and choose 'View all definitions' you'll also see the metafield options. Choose Blog Posts and then 'Add definition'. Here you'll add a definition (I called it recipe post) and choose the type to be MetaObject.

You'll then choose the type of MetaObject. You'll want to choose the definition you made earlier in this article - likely Recipe.

At this point, you'll go to a specific blog post and connect the MetaObject entry with the metafield. You'll find the MetaObject entry by the recipe title - this is why we added it, otherwise it will just have random numbers and letters.

Set up template to connect with MetaObject

Here's a video to explain

Swap the blog post template

The final thing you'll need to do for this template to be live is set the blog template. To set the blog template go into the Blog Post and at the bottom right hand corner you'll see a Theme template dropdown. Choose the recipe template you just made.

*NOTE* templates are only available in this dropdown if they exist on the published theme.

If you're doing this on an unpublished theme, you can see how each recipe will look by setting the template at the top and choosing the blog posts on the sidebar. Here's a little gif:

Shop the Recipe Section

The shop the recipe section at the bottom of the template works a little differently. It scans the blog article for any products from your shop mentioned and adds them to this section. For this reason, I put links to the products in each recipe in the rich text editor for each blog post.

If there are no links to products in a blog, then the whole section won't show up.

Learn more about MetaObjects:

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