Set up countdowns for your collections

This guide will show you how to set up the countdown metafield in your collections to display a countdown in the Featured collection section and your collection page’s banner.

Setting up the metafield

Navigate to your store’s admin, and in the bottom left corner click on Settings. Then navigate to Metafields and metaobjects from the left-hand side menu and click on Collections under Metafield definitions.

Then click on Add definition, and enter the following settings:

Name: Countdown (or any name you wish).

Type: Select the Date and time type and make sure One is selected.

The details should be exactly as in the screenshot below:

Hit the Save button. The metafield has been successfully defined. Let’s see how to use it.

Adding a countdown date in a collection

After you’ve set up your metafield, you can assign a value to any collection you’d like to display a countdown.

Navigate to a collection in your store’s admin and scroll down to the Metafields section. You should see a new field called Countdown (or the name you supplied to it).

Click on the input field and use the calendar to select a date in the future. Then use the time field to select the desired time and Save your collection.

While this date remains in the future you will be seeing a countdown displayed at the collection’s banner, and you’ll be able to enable the countdown in any Featured collection section that has this collection selected.