Custom Galleries aren't linked to a specific product. You can create a gallery for any page of your store — for example, "Home Page Gallery" or "Summer Promo" — and fill it with photos.
Page overview
The Custom Galleries page gives you an overview of all your Custom Galleries. Here you can:
- Sort galleries in ascending or descending order by name or photo status.
- See the number of Pending, Approved, and Rejected photos in each gallery.
- Check whether each gallery is visible or hidden.
Create a Custom Gallery
- Click Create gallery.
- Enter the gallery name.
- Click Create.
Rename, hide, or delete a gallery
For each Custom Gallery, you can:
- Rename the gallery.
- Hide or unhide the gallery. A hidden gallery isn't displayed to customers.
- Delete the gallery.
You can also delete several galleries or change their visibility at once with bulk editing.
Theme App Block Status
This section shows whether Custom Galleries are enabled or disabled in your theme. If they're enabled, you can see which templates they're added to.
To add the gallery to a template — for the first time or to more templates — use Add to another template and select a template from the drop-down list.
Editing a Custom Gallery
To edit a Custom Gallery, click it in the list.
The gallery page opens with advanced options.
Here you can review the photos in this Custom Gallery by status:
- All
- Pending
- Approved
- Rejected
Sort photos in the gallery
To change the order of photos in this gallery, click the sorting icon in the top-right corner of the photo list.
Then choose a sorting option:
- Newest first — the most recently added photos appear first.
- Oldest first — the earliest added photos appear first.
- Manual — arrange the photos in your own order.
- Global — uses the default sort order from the Settings page, Content Moderation tab. The current global value is shown in brackets, for example "Global (newest)".
The selected order also defines how approved photos appear in this gallery on your store.
Upload photos to a Custom Gallery
The Upload photo button works the same way as on the Photos page. Learn more about uploading photos. You can also add photos already uploaded to Customer Photo Uploader with the Choose from existing button.
To add a photo from one Custom Gallery to another, use Choose from existing in the second gallery, or Manage galleries on the Photos page.
Change the photo status
A photo can be Processing, Pending, Rejected, or Approved. Learn more about photo statuses and how to change them.
Assign a photo to a gallery
Use Manage galleries to assign a photo to any of your Custom or Product Galleries. It works the same way as on the Photos page — learn more about assigning photos to galleries.
Other photo actions
On a Custom Gallery page, you can also edit image SEO data, link products to a photo (Shoppable), manage the photo description and customer email, delete a photo, and view it in Shopify Files. These actions work the same way as on the Photos page — learn more about managing photos.
Remove a photo from a Custom Gallery
On a Custom Gallery page, you can remove a photo from this gallery without deleting it from the app. The photo stays on the Photos page, and you can assign it to another Product or Custom Gallery at any time.
