Theme settings

Theme settings apply across your whole store. Open them in the theme editor by selecting the gear icon (Theme settings).

This page lists every setting in Plinth 1.1.7, in the same order as the theme editor.

Typography

Plinth uses one font family for headings and body text. Pick any font from Shopify's font library. System fonts load fastest.

Fonts

  • Primary Font

    Default
    Space Grotesk, weight 500

Upload your logo and favicon, and set how wide the logo appears on desktop and mobile. Without a logo, the header shows your brand name as text.

  • Logo image Image

  • Desktop logo width Slider

    Default
    140px
    Range
    50–300px
  • Mobile logo width Slider

    Default
    100px
    Range
    40–200px
  • Favicon Image

    Square image, at least 32 × 32 px.

Layout

Controls the maximum content width and the space at the edges of the screen.

  • Page width Dropdown

    Default
    Wide
    Choices
    Narrow, Wide
  • Page margin Slider

    Default
    24px
    Range
    10–100px

Colors

Plinth ships with a dark, high-contrast scheme and a bright accent. If you change colors, keep strong contrast between text and background (at least 4.5:1 for body text).

  • Background Color

    Default
    #0a0a0b
  • Foreground Color

    Default
    #f2f2f0
  • Accent Color

    Default
    #c8ff00
  • Surface Color

    Default
    #141416
  • Muted Color

    Default
    #8a8a8a
  • Border Color

    Default
    #2a2a2c
  • Input corner radius Slider

    Default
    2px
    Range
    0–10px

Brand

Your brand name and tagline (shown in the header and footer), plus the products and collections that power the flagship sections, the add-ons grid and the cart drawer suggestions.

  • Brand name Text

    Shown in the header and section eyebrows. Leave blank to use the shop name.

  • Brand tagline Text

    A short line about your brand. Shown next to the logo in the header on larger screens, and under your brand name at the top of the footer. Turn it off in the Header or Footer section settings. Leave blank to hide it everywhere.

  • Flagship product Product

    Optional. When set, homepage flagship and hotspot fallbacks use this product instead of the first item in the flagship collection.

    Note: See "Set up your flagship product" in Getting started.

  • Flagship collection Collection

  • Add-ons collection Collection

  • Cart cross-sell heading Text

    Default
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  • Section density Dropdown

    Default
    Default
    Choices
    Compact, Default, Comfortable

Choose the menus used in the header and in customer accounts. Search and selector options are in the Header section itself.

  • Menu Menu

    Default
    main-menu menu
  • Customer account menu Menu

    Default
    customer-account-main-menu menu

Choose the fallback footer menu and whether to show payment icons. Footer blocks and selectors are in the Footer section.

  • Menu Menu

    Default
    footer menu
  • Show payment icons Checkbox

    Default
    On

Social media

Add the full web address of each profile, for example https://www.instagram.com/yourbrand. Icons appear only for the networks you fill in.

Social accounts

  • Facebook Text

  • Instagram Text

  • TikTok Text

  • X (Twitter) Text

  • Threads Text

  • YouTube Text

  • Pinterest Text

  • Snapchat Text

  • Tumblr Text

  • Vimeo Text

Cart

Options for the cart page and cart drawer, and for gift card products.

  • Enable order notes Checkbox

    Default
    Off
  • Show recipient information form for gift card products Checkbox

    Lets customers send a gift card to someone by email, with an optional message and send date. Dynamic checkout buttons are hidden on gift card products while this is on.

    Note: See Gift cards in the Product page guide.

    Default
    On

Settings in sections

Many options live on individual sections instead, such as search and selectors in the Header, or filtering in Collection products. See Sections and blocks.