A user is experiencing an issue where collapsible row content (ingredients, how-to information) duplicates across all products when editing product templates. Instead of displaying unique information for each product, all products show the same content from the last edited item.
Root Cause:
The user appears to be editing product information directly in the theme editor rather than on individual product pages. Changes made in the theme editor affect the default product template, which applies to all products using that template.
Recommended Solution:
Use product metafields to add unique collapsible row content for each product. This allows different content per product while maintaining the same template structure.
Key Resources Provided:
Metafields guide and tutorial links
Instructions on creating metafields and assigning them to collapsible row sections
Clarification that product-specific information should be added via the Products page in Shopify admin, not the theme editor
Status: Community members have provided guidance with screenshots showing the metafields setup process. User needs to implement metafields solution to restore unique product information.
Summarized with AI on November 17.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
I have found out after going through changing the product template for each product “assigned” that when I create a “collapsible row” The information I put in for each product stays with whatever was last put in even though I changed them for each product. I have done this with the ingredients & how to and for each template the products have all the same information which is not what I wanted. I feel like I have wasted a lot of time and lost a lot of “general product” information from deleting it from the main product description for a more seamless look. Why does Shopify do this? I need help to restore all this information and have it completed correctly.
Product description, & multiple drop down rows with the information only for that product not duplicated from the last product in the assigned group.
Hi, @YorkeMaine . I’m happy to help you out with this! I just have a couple of questions to make sure I’m giving you helpful advice going forward.
Can you walk me through how you’re currently adding product information to your products?
Can you clarify what you mean when you say you changed the product template for each product? For example, did you create new product templates for all of your products?
Based on what you described, it sounds like you may be adding your product information directly into your theme using your theme editor. When you’re adding product information for one specific product, this is something you’ll want to do from the Products page in your Shopify admin instead. When you make customizations within your theme editor you are editing a specific template that, by default, is applied to multiple pages depending on what the template is for. For example, by default all of your products use your Default product template. This means that when you are editing your Default product template in your theme editor, you are making changes to the way every single product using that template is displayed. You can create and assign new product templates, but I only recommend doing this if you want certain products to have a different page layout or design, rather than just different product information. You can learn more about this in this guide on theme templates.
To add unique product information into the collapsible row section for each product, you would need to use metafields like @dbuglab described. The following guides can help you do this.
