Meta description checker · updated 10 November 2026

How to add a meta description in Shopify

Shopify has a search engine listing field on pages, products and collections where you set the meta description.

Steps

Open the product, page or collection in your admin.
Scroll to Search engine listing and choose Edit.
Write the description, aiming for about 150 characters, and save.
For the homepage, go to Online Store, then Preferences, and fill in the homepage meta description.

Open the live page, view source and confirm the description tag shows your text.

If you leave it empty, Shopify uses the start of the page content. Write your own for pages that matter.

Free, no signup. Every finding comes with the fix. The tag in your Shopify site is checked along with the rest of the page.

Written by Marlo's maker. Platform menus change, so if a step does not match what you see, check the platform's own help. 4 platforms covered.