Featured, Most Popular and New Products

Section of products displayed on the front page

In this article:

• How do I feature a product?
• How do I change the number of products displayed?
• How are popular products selected?
• How are new products selected?
• How do I display the banner on the left of the featured products?

How do I feature a product?

• In the BigCommerce dashboard, go to Products from the menu on the left.
• Find the product you’d like to feature from the list or use the search bar in the top left corner.
• Click the star next to the product name to toggle the featured status.

How do I change the number of products displayed?

• In the theme customizer, go to the Home Page section.
• Scroll down to the Products subsection.
• Select how many products you’d like to feature from the dropdown menu.
• Select Disable to completely hide the section.

How are popular products selected?

These are automatically chosen based on your sales data, they cannot be manually selected.
If you're intending to display only certain products, check out Featured Products.

How are new products selected?

Similar to how popular products are selected, these are automatically chosen - based on your most recently added products, they also cannot be manually selected.

How do I display a category menu on the left side of the home page?

• In the theme customizer, go to the Home Page section.
• Scroll down to the Featured product banner subsection.
• Use the options to customize the banner.
• Images are loaded in the BigCommerce image manager. Be sure to include the partial filepath /product_images/uploaded_images/image_name.jpg.