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What is Section Star?
Section Star is a Shopify app that adds more than 150 pre-built theme sections, blocks, and product bundles to any Shopify theme. Sections are published into the theme and configured with Shopify's native theme customizer, so there is no separate page builder and no proprietary runtime.
How much does Section Star cost?
Section Star has a free plan that includes free and pay-as-you-go sections, blocks, and one bundle. The Premium plan is $15 per month, or $99 per year, and unlocks every section, every block, and unlimited bundles. Premium includes a 2-day free trial.
Does Section Star work with any Shopify theme?
Yes. Section Star publishes standard Liquid sections into the theme you choose, so it works with Online Store 2.0 themes from the Shopify Theme Store and with custom themes. Sections can be published to any draft or live theme except theme previews.
Does Section Star slow down a Shopify store?
Section Star adds no external JavaScript library and no app embed that runs on every page. Each published section is plain Liquid, CSS, and a small amount of vanilla JavaScript that ships only on the pages where the section is used, with responsive images and lazy loading.
Is Section Star a page builder?
No. Section Star is a section library. It publishes individual Liquid sections into the theme, and all editing happens in Shopify's own theme customizer. There is no separate canvas, no visual editor to learn, and no proprietary page format.
Can I edit the code of a Section Star section?
Yes. Every section is published into the theme as readable Liquid and can be edited directly in the Shopify code editor. Sections are written to be hackable rather than minified or obfuscated.
Does Section Star support metaobjects and metafields?
Yes. Sections are built to bind to Shopify metaobjects and metafields, so structured content stays in Shopify rather than being duplicated into section settings.
How do I install a Section Star section?
Install the app, search the library for the section you want, click Publish, choose a name and a target theme, then follow the deep link into the theme customizer and add the section to a page. The full walkthrough is in the documentation.
Can I remove a section after publishing it?
Yes. Sections can be removed from a page in the theme customizer, and the underlying section file can be deleted from the theme. The documentation covers removing a section.
Is Section Star suitable for agencies building client stores?
Yes. Sections are published per theme and per store, the output is standard Liquid that a developer can read and extend, and there is no client-facing app UI to train merchants on. Clients keep using the Shopify theme customizer they already know.
Who makes Section Star?
Section Star is built and supported by Next Half Apps, the Shopify and Square app studio run by Matthew Smith. It has been on the Shopify App Store since 2023 and holds a 4.9 star rating across 185 reviews.
How do I get support for Section Star?
Support comes directly from the developer, by email at matt@matthewsmith.com. There is no outsourced support tier.
Still stuck?
Email matt@matthewsmith.com. Support comes from the person who writes the code.