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# Custom Fields

Custom fields are a core feature of Shopware 6 and let you extend products, categories or manufacturers individually. With custom fields you flexibly store additional information and output it in the storefront when needed.

The following step-by-step guide shows how to create a custom field, using a GPSR "safety notice" as an example.

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## Creating a custom field set

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**Important:** Create a separate custom field set for **your individual custom fields** and **do not use the ThemeWare® sets** or existing sets from other themes and extensions.
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{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: You don’t need to create a separate set for every single additional field, but as the number of additional fields increases, sets help you to keep track of them all.
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#### 1) Create a new custom field set

Go to the custom field management:

> "Settings" => "System" => "Custom fields" => "Create set"

Click "Create set" and create a new custom field set.

* Technical name: e.g. `custom_gpsr`
* Label: e.g. `GPSR (products)`
* Use for: Products

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## Creating a custom field

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:** Create a separate custom field set for **your individual custom fields** and **do not use the ThemeWare® sets** or existing sets from other themes and extensions.
{% endhint %}

#### 1) Create a new custom field

Click "New custom field" and create a new custom field.

* Type: e.g. `Text editor`
* Technical name: e.g. `custom_gpsr_safety_notice`
* Label: e.g. `Safety notice`

#### 2) Fill in the custom field

Go to the product management and edit the desired product. Fill in the new custom field (e.g. "Safety notice"):

> "Catalogues" => "Products" => "Specifications" tab => "Custom fields" section => "GPSR (products)" tab => "Safety notice" field

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip**: Since we created a custom field of type "Text editor", you can also apply HTML formatting.
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## Outputting a custom field in the storefront

Since neither Shopware nor ThemeWare® can know where your individual custom field should appear, you embed it **manually** – either via a **CMS element** in a Shopping Experiences layout (simple, from Shopware 6.6.9) or via an individual **template customization** (more flexible, incl. empty check):

{% content-ref url="individual-customizations/show-custom-fields-in-the-storefront.md" %}
[show-custom-fields-in-the-storefront.md](individual-customizations/show-custom-fields-in-the-storefront.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="shopping-experiences/show-custom-fields-in-shopping-experiences.md" %}
[show-custom-fields-in-shopping-experiences.md](shopping-experiences/show-custom-fields-in-shopping-experiences.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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## Ready-made ThemeWare® features using custom fields

Many ThemeWare® features already use **prepared custom fields** – so you don't create anything yourself, you just fill in the fields and enable the feature in the theme configuration. The matching step-by-step guides:

**Product pages**

* [embedding-product-videos.md](product-pages/embedding-product-videos.md "mention")
* [providing-datasheets.md](product-pages/providing-datasheets.md "mention")
* [providing-downloads.md](product-pages/providing-downloads.md "mention")
* [care-symbols-product-symbols.md](product-pages/care-symbols-product-symbols.md "mention")
* [gpsr-information-product-pages.md](product-pages/gpsr-information-product-pages.md "mention")
* [custom-product-tab.md](product-pages/custom-product-tab.md "mention")

**Categories & navigation**

* [hover-image-in-listing.md](categories/hover-image-in-listing.md "mention")
* [category-hero-section.md](categories/category-hero-section.md "mention")
* [subcategories-in-listing.md](categories/subcategories-in-listing.md "mention")
* [mega-menu-flyout.md](header/mega-menu-flyout.md "mention")
* [highlight-category-in-navigation.md](header/highlight-category-in-navigation.md "mention")

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## Further information

You can find more information about ThemeWare® custom fields in the ThemeWare® manual:

{% embed url="https://docs.themeware.design/additional-features/custom-fields" %}
ThemeWare® Manual ⇒ Custom fields
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