Policy page

Your store policies: refund, privacy, terms of service, shipping, and any others Shopify supports. Each is written in Shopify admin > Settings > Policies and rendered by the Policy page section.

The template is a Liquid file, policy.liquid, holding that one section. You can’t add other sections around it, but you can select the section in the theme editor while previewing a policy and change its settings and blocks. The policy text itself is not editable from the theme.

Section settings

  • Color scheme. Default: scheme-1.

Content

  • Show back link. A back link above the title. Default: on. It returns the shopper to the previous page in your store, and to the home page when there is none. Policy pages have no breadcrumb.
  • Show home page link. A second link, labeled Home, that always goes to the home page. Default: off.
  • Show divider. A rule between the heading and the policy text. Default: on.
  • Show last updated date. Default: off.
  • Last updated date. The text to show. For example, January 2026. Shown when Show last updated date is on.

Spacing

  • Top padding / Bottom padding. Range: 0 to 300 px in 5 px steps. Default: 80 px each.

Blocks

Blocks render below the policy text.

  • App block. Any block offered by an installed app.
  • Custom Liquid. See Custom Liquid.

The last updated date is typed, not automatic

It is a text field, so it says whatever you write and does not update itself when you edit a policy. That is a deliberate trade: Shopify does not expose a reliable edited-at date for policies, and a date that silently goes stale is worse than none.

If you turn it on, put a reminder somewhere to change it when you change a policy. If you’d rather not maintain it, leave it off. Nothing requires it.

Which policies appear

Only the policies you have actually written. An empty policy has no page and no link, so the footer and header show links only for the ones that exist.

Some markets require specific policies to be published. Shopify offers templates for each under Settings > Policies, and they are a starting point rather than legal advice.

Tips

  • One back link is usually enough. The back link already falls back to the home page; turn on Show home page link only if you want a home link that never changes.
  • Write the refund policy first. It is the one shoppers look for before buying, and the one that generates support mail when it is missing.
  • Keep the divider on. Policy text is long and undifferentiated; the rule gives the eye a start line.
  • Link them from the footer, which is where shoppers expect them. The header panel already carries them automatically.

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