Attributes and Types Overview

An attribute is a reusable field that can be assigned to a product or a variant, similar to fields in a CMS.

Here is an overview of all possible attribute types:

Name	Description	Example
Dropdown	List of predefined choices; rendered as a single-select dropdown.	Store a color of a variant with predefined choices: orange, black, blue, etc.
Multiselect	List of predefined choices; rendered as a multi-select dropdown.	Add multiple tags to a product or a page.
File	Allows to store a file as an attribute value; rendered as a file input.	Store a product manual as a PDF file; store a hero image for a page.
Reference	Values are references to other entities such as products, variants or pages.	Render a list of related products on a product page.
Numeric	Values are numbers; optionally, a unit can be provided to represent measures and dimensions.	Dimensions of a product represented with three numeric attributes: length, width, and depth.
Rich text	Value is stored as rich-text content; rendered as a rich-text editor.	Additional content blocks for a page or product.
Boolean	Allows storing boolean values.	Yes/no properties, e.g., "Product is fair trade certified: yes/no".
Date	Allows storing date values.	Store release date of a product.
Date time	Allows storing date-time values.	Store release date with the time of a product.

Product and Content Types

A type is a collection of attributes that make up the shape of data in a product or a content block.

Reusable attributes

Each attribute configuration is reusable across different product types, which is convenient when managing them across multiple products.

For example attribute T-shirt Size might have range of values S - L where is attribute Shoe Size have 34-46, therefore they can be used in different product types without creating attribute from scratch in each flavor of Shoe or T-shirt product type.

Using dropdown attributes can also help to maintain consistency across the store.