How To Add Images To Your Shopify Menu (The Easy Way)

A restaurant photo can persuade you to order a dish by catching your attention and making it look appealing.

Images beside items in your Shopify store can increase sales in the same way. Customers like to see what they are buying.

Showing products immediately helps shoppers find what they want faster, with fewer clicks.

Making products easier to find means fewer frustrated visitors leave your store. It makes shopping simpler and more enjoyable.

You can add pictures to a Shopify menu easily, particularly when your theme supports a mega menu. Follow the steps below.

Use these steps to add images to your Shopify menu.

Option 1: Using A Theme That Supports A Mega Menu

For a Shopify theme with multi-level mega menus, each product or collection typically needs an associated image before it can appear in dropdown navigation.

Choose clear, well-lit photos that accurately show your product. Customers need a good view of its size and colour, as well as its dimensions.

1. Create Image Associations

To link an image to a collection:

1. Open your Shopify dashboard.
2. Open Collections under Products.
3. Open the collection by clicking its name.
4. Choose Upload image on the right to associate the image with that collection.

To link an image to a product:

1. Open All products under Products.
2. Choose the product that needs an image.
3. Click on Add images.

2. Add Your Products or Collections to Your Navigation Menus

1. Open your Shopify dashboard.
2. Open Navigation under Online Store.
3. Choose the menu and level where you want to add items. An item at the top level appears in your store’s main menu, for example.

1. 4. Select Add menu item.
2. 5. Enter the menu item’s title and open the Link field. Link it to a product or collection; filters let you choose which products within a collection the menu links to.
3. 6. Select Save menu.

Your mega menu should now display the images associated with its items.

For more navigation customisation, you may need to edit the code in your theme editor’s header section.

Showing menu images at a different level may also require further customisation.

Meteor Mega Menu can reduce the work involved in this setup.

The app also provides options beyond the customisation settings in your template.

3. Use Shopify apps for further customization

For a setup that works across Shopify themes, use an app.

Here is the app I found.

Option 2: The Meteor Mega Menu App

Use the Meteor Mega Menu app to customise your main Shopify menu and dropdown menus with more settings.

Choose from the app’s pre-built templates.

The app removes the need for a theme with mega-menu support.

It lets you add images to dropdown menus regardless of your Shopify theme.

Conclusion

Images in your Shopify dropdown menu can engage visitors and support your store’s branding.

If your theme lacks mega menus or cannot add images to them, a Shopify app gives you more ways to customise the menu.

Even with a theme that supports mega menus, the extra customisation features may be useful.