Adding Dynamic URL's/Files to Product Description Tabs or Accordions

Topic summary

Issue: Product-level URL and file metafields in Shopify aren’t available as dynamic sources in product description tabs/accordions (Pipeline theme), making it hard to surface per-product links. Metafields are custom fields; accordions/tabs are collapsible content areas; Liquid is Shopify’s templating language.

Guidance: You cannot place a metafield inside another metafield’s admin content. Instead, access metafields in Liquid and render them where needed. A working workaround was shared: build a custom accordion section that pulls product metafields (one for the accordion header, plus multiple URL metafields and optional “URL Title” metafields) and outputs them as links. Place this in a Custom Liquid section on the product page.

Implementation notes:

  • Create metafields in a practical order; Shopify doesn’t let you rearrange them on the product page.
  • The code conditionally shows only filled fields for a clean result.
  • If not using an accordion, adapt the Liquid to your preferred layout.

Latest update: Hyperlinking via the theme’s built-in accordion isn’t possible; use the custom Liquid approach. An image was attached to illustrate the hyperlinking question. Status: Resolved via code-based workaround; no native Shopify fix mentioned.

Summarized with AI on February 13. AI used: gpt-5.

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