Apps

A deliberately empty section whose only job is to hold app blocks. Add it when an app has no natural home inside another section — reviews on a page, a form, a social feed, a loyalty widget.

It has a preset, so it can be added to any template from the theme editor.

Section settings

Setting	Type	Default	What it does
Heading	Text	—	Optional heading above the app blocks
Side note	Text	—	Optional small note opposite the heading
Top spacing	Range 0–160 px	48	Top spacing
Bottom spacing	Range 0–160 px	48	Bottom spacing

The heading row only renders when at least one of heading and meta is filled, so an app block can stand completely alone.

Blocks

@app only — any block any installed app offers. Each one is wrapped in its own element carrying shopify_attributes, so it is individually selectable and reorderable in the editor.

Empty on the storefront, explained in the editor

With no app blocks added, the section renders nothing at all on the storefront. In the theme editor it shows a line telling you to add an app block from the Apps tab — so it is not a mysteriously blank box.

Where else app blocks fit

Several sections accept @app blocks directly, which is usually a better home than a standalone Apps section:

• Product — anywhere in the buy column
• Cart — under the lines
• Article — after the body
• Footer — in its own row

Related

• Custom Liquid block — for app snippets rather than app blocks