Add the subscription widget to your theme

The Subscription Widget app block adds purchase options to your product pages. Add it to each product template on your live theme from the Launch page in Awtomic, then control how it looks under Tools → Widget Configurations.

Before you begin

1. Add the block to each product template

  1. In Awtomic, go to Launch and find Add the subscription widget to your theme. The step lists every product template on your live theme, with templates that are missing the widget at the top.
  2. Click Add next to a template. The Shopify theme editor opens on that template with the Subscription Widget block already added to the product information section.
  3. Drag the block above the quantity selector and Add to cart button.
  4. Click Save.
  5. In Awtomic, click Check again. The template now shows Added.
  6. Repeat for each product template that sells subscription products.

The step shows Complete once your default product template has the widget.

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Adding the block from the theme editor

You can also add the block yourself: in Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes, click Customize, open the product template, click Add block in the product information section and select Subscription Widget from the Apps list. See Subscription Widget.

2. Add optional blocks

Under Optional blocks in the same step, click Add next to a block to open your default product template with the block added. Neither block is required to complete the step.

BlockWhat it doesBefore you add it
Gift formLets customers buy a prepaid subscription as a gift.The product must be on a multi-order prepaid plan with Enable gifting on this prepaid plan turned on, or the form won't work. See Gift Form.
Product PriceReplaces your theme's product price with one that updates when customers choose a subscription.Hide or remove your theme's own Price block so customers don't see two prices. See Product Price.

3. Customize the widget

The widget works with its built-in look. To change its look or behavior:

  1. In Awtomic, go to Tools → Widget Configurations and click Create widget.
  2. Set it up on the General, Preferences, Texts, Styles and Custom CSS tabs. Each setting is described in Subscription Widget.
  3. Click Save in the save bar.

The first widget you create becomes your Default widget. To show a different widget on some product templates, click Widget Mappings on the Widget Configurations page, then Add mapping. Choose the widget and the templates, and click Save. A mapping with no templates selected applies to every template that isn't mapped elsewhere.

If you sell in more than one language, create a widget for each language and map it to that language's product templates.

Troubleshooting

ProblemWhat to check
The widget doesn't appear on a productThe product has an Awtomic subscription plan, its template shows Added in the Launch step, and Hide widget if only one purchase option is off in the widget's Preferences.
The widget disappeared after a theme changeApp blocks belong to a theme. After you publish a different theme, add the block again from the Launch step, which always checks your live theme.
Customers see two subscription widgetsThe old subscription widget is still on. See Switch from the old subscription widget.
The Launch step says your theme doesn't support app blocksYour theme isn't an Online Store 2.0 theme. Contact [email protected].
Product pages built with a page builder such as Shogun or GemPagesThese pages don't use your theme's product template. Contact [email protected] before you set up the widget.

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