Understanding Liquid Tags in Shopify

Liquid Control Tags

Liquid tags use {% %} for Shopify theme logic like if and for.

Introduction to Liquid Tags

Liquid tags are integral to Shopify's theme templating language, enabling dynamic content rendering using minimal code. They are enclosed within {% %} delimiters and perform various logical and control functions such as loops and conditionals.

Basic Syntax of Liquid Tags

The basic structure of a Liquid tag is {% tag_name arguments %}. Tags can perform actions like iteration and flow control in your Shopify theme files.

Commonly Used Liquid Tags

Several Liquid tags are commonly used in Shopify themes to control layout and logic. Below are some of the most frequently used tags:

if: Used for conditional statements.
for: Used to iterate over collections.
assign: Used to create a new variable.
capture: Used to capture content into a variable.

Using the 'if' Tag

The if tag allows you to execute code based on conditions. It's similar to if statements in other programming languages.