The ultimate ThemeWare® dictionary is an alphabetically ordered, constantly growing and searchable reference work for over 300 of the most common terms relating to ThemeWare® and Shopware 6.
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About us
Accessibility
ThemeWare® is already 100% accessible according to the criteria of PageSpeed Insights. You can find more information on this in the following article: Accessibility
Accessibility Reinforcement Act (BFSG)
Since mid-2025, the European Accessibility Act (EAA) has applied EU-wide regulations to ensure that online services are accessible to everyone - including people with disabilities. In Germany, the EAA is implemented by Germany’s Accessibility Reinforcement Act (BFSG) (the "Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz"), which regulates the requirements for accessible websites and digital services. You can find more information on this in the following article: Accessibility
Accordion
An accordion is a list of sections that can be expanded and collapsed with a click. In the Pro Edition you can display the product description and the reviews on product pages as an accordion with the CMS element "Product description and reviews (Accordion)". You can find more information in the manual: Product description and reviews (Accordion) [Tags: accordion, collapsible]
Account button
Action buttons (Header)
Action buttons are, for example, the "Cart" button or the "Account" button in the header.
Add-on
ThemeWare® add-ons are optional additional features that go beyond the usual scope of a theme. You unlock them individually in the ThemeWare® Hub as needed, and each add-on is a separate subscription. This way you only pay for the features you actually use. Add-ons are available in the Pro Edition. You can find more information in the manual: Add-ons [Tags: addon, add-ons]
Administration
The administration is a part of your shop that can only be accessed by you as the administrator (and possibly other users). In Shopware 5 it's called the "backend".
Advanced Pricing
You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation: Advanced Pricing (Products).
Alt text
Alt texts are short image descriptions embedded in HTML code, read aloud by screen readers to blind internet users instead of displaying images. They are crucial for internet accessibility, facilitating access to visual content for blind users, and simultaneously enhancing website discoverability through search engines.
Analytics
see Google Analytics
Announcement banner
The "Announcement banner" is a ThemeWare® extension with which a configurable banner can be displayed above the header. This is useful, for example, for important messages such as shop promotions or shipping delays.
App
Apps are a variant of extensions that extend the functionality of Shopware 6 Cloud and Shopware 6 (Self-hosted) and are based on the Shopware 6 App system. They are activated in Shopware and not installed like plugins. Apps are executed outside of Shopware and usually run on other (external) servers. They do not have access to the Shopware Core.
App configuration
The configuration of an app, which can be accessed in the Extension Management.
App system
Apps are designed to extend and modify Shopware without changing the actual functionality of Shopware. Apps do not have access to the Shopware Core and communicate with external services via an API.
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Backend
see Administration
Backup manager
The backup manager is a ThemeWare® add-on that lets you save your theme configuration as a file, transfer it to another shop or restore it. You can find it in the "Backup" tab of the ThemeWare® Hub. You can find more information in the manual: Backup manager [Tags: backup, export, import]
Badge
Badges are small notices in the storefront (e.g. the number of items in the cart, notes on stock or a discount on products).
Basic price
Basic price calculation
The basic price calculation in Shopware 6 is solved in a simple way: The basic units are predefined under "Settings > Shop > Scale" units with one litre and one kilogram. If I sell a product with a quarter litre content, I enter the scale unit "litre", the basic unit "1" and the selling unit with "0.25" litre in the product. This provides all the information for calculating the basic price. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Measures & Packaging.
Basic unit
Benefits
see Product benefits or Shop benefits [Tags: bullets, bullet points, dots]
Beta (Features)
You will sometimes find beta notes in ThemeWare® (for example in the theme configuration or in CMS elements). These indicate features that work basically but are not completely finished yet. We invite you to try them out and send us your feedback: Suggestion for improvement.
BFSG
see Accessibility Reinforcement Act (BFSG)
Block (in Shopping Experiences)
see CMS block
Block (in the theme configuration)
Within the individual tabs of the theme configuration you will find expandable blocks which group the configuration by particular elements such as the "Logo", the "Top navigation", the "Cookie permission" and so on.
Block category
There are various block categories for Shopping Experiences: Text, Images, Video, Text & image, Commerce, Sidebar, Form. In these categories you will find all CMS blocks available in your system.
Block settings
In the block settings of a CMS block, depending on the type of block, you can make various configurations (e.g. block name, background colour, image mode), add CSS classes and change spacings.
Blog
There is currently no blog feature in Shopware 6 or ThemeWare®. Please have a look for a plugin in the Shopware Store.
Body
The body refers to the part of the storefront that displays the actual content of the shop.
Booking domain
The booking domain indicates on which domain in your account the booking should be made. (see Licence domain)
Boxed
The layout or element is bound to the fixed width of the main container and is not displayed across the full width of the screen.
Breadcrumb
The breadcrumb navigation is a line of text that shows users which category branch of the shop they are currently in. It shows the path to the current category. [Tags: bread crumb, bread-crumb]
Bulk edit
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Bulk edit.
Button
A button is a control that – like a link – performs a certain action when clicked. Buttons are often part of forms. They differ from regular links mainly visually, through elements such as coloured highlighting, shadows and mouseover effects. In Shopware there are various buttons, such as the Buybutton, the Primary button or the Secondary button. Some buttons have their own colour configuration.
Buybox
An element of the product pages that displays various information about a product (e.g. price and product number) as well as the buy button.
Buybutton
The buy button is a special (call-to-action) button in Shopware. It is usually labelled "Add to shopping cart". Clicking this button, for example, adds a product in the listing to the cart. The button has its own colour configuration.
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Cache
The cache is a buffer for database queries, template files and text blocks and is used to improve performance. Data that is stored in the shop cache does not need to be queried from the database again.
Captcha
A captcha is used to distinguish computers from humans. Usually, this is used to check who has made entries in forms, because robots are often misused here. Captchas are a core feature of Shopware 6, more information can be found in the Shopware documentation. [Tags: honeypot, recaptcha]
Cart button
Cache Refresh
see Hard Refresh
Categories
Categories are the menu items in the main navigation, but also in the service and footer navigation. Categories are the pages (or CMS pages) of your shop. The layout (or CMS layout) of a category can have different "types" (e.g. Shop page or Listing page). These layouts are Shopping Experiences that you can freely design. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Categories.
Category listing
see Product listing
Category management
In the category management, which you can find in the main navigation under "Catalogues > Categories", you manage the category structure of your shop. Categories are also used to organise shop pages and the service menu and to create landing pages.
Category page
Category pages are Shopping Experiences that serve as the entry pages of a category. They automatically contain a product listing. Furthermore, on a category page you can display texts from the corresponding category dynamically and use further Shopping Experience elements.
Child theme
A child theme as in Shopware 5 no longer exists in Shopware 6. Shopware 6 uses theme duplicates instead. [Tags: child theme, childtheme]
see Theme duplicate
Cloud
With Shopware 6 Cloud you can start your online shop for free and only pay once you generate sales. In the App Store you will find a constantly growing selection of extensions (apps and themes). Since its release, ThemeWare® has also been available as a rental version in the Shopware Cloud.
CMS block
There are various CMS blocks, which are divided into different block categories: Text, Images, Video, Text & image, Commerce, Sidebar, Form. A CMS element can be assigned to a block. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS blocks of its own. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS blocks
CMS element
There are various CMS elements such as text, image, image slider, gallery, YouTube video, Vimeo video, product box, product slider, product filter, category navigation and form. These elements are placed in CMS blocks and can be filled with the actual content. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS elements of its own. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS elements
CMS section
A CMS section is a content area of a Shopping Experience, which can be used in two variants: "Sidebar" and "Full width". The CMS blocks (content blocks) are inserted into these sections. A Shopping Experience can contain several CMS sections of both variants. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS blocks and CMS elements of its own for your sections. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS extensions
CMS sizing mode
The sizing mode of a CMS section defines the width the content takes up within the section. In the "Full width" mode, the content spans the full screen width. In the "Centred content" sizing mode, the content is displayed in a boxed layout.
Communities
see Widget "Communities or social media"
Config Finder
Configuration fields
Configuration fields are the individual settings of the theme configuration, e.g. select fields, colour fields or switches. They are organised into tabs, blocks and sections. Many fields have a Help text that explains what the setting does. With the ThemeWare® Config Finder you can find any field in seconds.
Content
Content is the actual content of a shop. Besides text, content also includes images and videos. In a broader sense, the products could also be considered content.
Cover image
see Product images
Cross Selling
Cross-Selling can be used to configure a product recommendation for products, for example to display suitable accessories on the product page. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Cross-Selling (Products). [Tags: crossselling]
Currency menu
The currency menu (currency selection) is a standard element of Shopware 6 and is located in the top bar if you have configured more than one currency in your Sales Channel. [Tags: currency selection]
Custom announcement
The "Custom announcement" is a ThemeWare® extension with which a configurable element can be displayed on product detail pages or in the checkout. This is useful, for example, for important messages such as shop promotions or shipping delays.
Custom field
Custom fields replace the "free text fields" known from Shopware 5 and allow you to add your own fields for the various areas of the program, for example to use them in products. You can find the management module under "Settings > System > Custom fields". You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation: Custom fields and Custom fields (Products).
Custom field management
The menu item "Custom fields", which you can find in the main navigation under "Settings > System", lists all custom fields that you have currently added to your Shopware installation. Here you can manage and configure them, create new ones or delete old custom fields. [Note: This is only the technical administration. You can find the ThemeWare® custom fields in the product or category administration].
Customers
In the customer management you will find the customer overview and can create new customers.In addition, you get a detailed overview of the associated features and what there is to consider here. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Customers.
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Data mapping
Data mapping in the CMS allows you to link configuration fields within CMS elements to dynamic content. Using the "Data mapping" button, you can assign values such as the category image or category name to a field. These values are then rendered dynamically in the storefront. - This is especially useful for generic category layouts that are used across multiple categories.
Datasheets
Datasheets are not a basic function of Shopware 6, but you can integrate them into your storefront via the custom fields provided by ThemeWare® in the respective product.
Deliverability
The deliverability depends on various factors. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Deliverability.
Delivery information
The delivery information is the line that sums up the delivery status of a product – for example "Available, delivery time: 1-3 days", "Sold out" or "Available for pre-order". It is made up of Deliverability and Delivery times. With ThemeWare® you can display it not only on the product page but also in the product box in the listing. [Tags: availability, delivery]
Delivery times
Delivery times are displayed on product pages. In this way, you can display information about the expected delivery times of individual products. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation.
Demo data
ThemeWare® does not install demo data because categories and products are very individual. If you need demo data, you can use the free demo data plugin from Shopware. You can import the experience world of your theme (Pro Edition only) with our free ThemeWare® Shopping Experiences Import (Plugin).
Derive
see Theme duplicate
Detail page
see Product page
Details button
The details button is a variant of the Buybutton. It is usually labelled "Details" and is used by Shopware in the listing for variant products to switch to the product page, so that the customer can select the right variant there. The button has its own colour configuration.
Digital Products
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Digital Products.
Discount
The "Discount" of a product is calculated from the difference between the "List price" and the "Price". For more information, see the Shopware documentation.
Discount badge
The discount badge is one of the ThemeWare® Product badges. It highlights reduced products in the product box and on the product page, showing the discount either as a percentage or as an amount. The discount is the difference between the list price and the price (see Discount). You can find more information in the manual: Discount badge
Documents
Documents can be configured in the document settings of Shopware 6 under "Settings > Shop > Documents". You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Documents.
Downloads
With ThemeWare® you can attach downloads such as manuals or data sheets in PDF format to products. You add them via custom fields in the respective product; on the product page they appear in the "Description" tab. You can find more information in the manual: Product downloads [Tags: pdf, manual, download]
Dropdown top navigation
The dropdown navigation is a compact display type for the submenu of the top navigation. Instead of a wide flyout, a narrow list with the subcategories opens directly below the menu item. See also Flyout navigation. You can find more information in the manual: Mega menu (flyout) [Tags: topnavigation, dropdown]
Dynamic product groups
Dynamic product groups are groups of products that are formed by dynamic rules and can be played at different locations in your shop. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Dynamic product groups.
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EAA
see Accessibility Reinforcement Act (BFSG)
Essential Characteristics
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Essential Characteristics (Products).
EU Guarantee Notice
Information notice about the statutory EU guarantee rights consumers have when purchasing goods. 💡 View Extension in Shopware Store
EU Label
Collective term for the new EU e-commerce labels. It includes the EU Guarantee Notice and, where applicable, the Warranty Label (GARAN). 💡 View Extension in Shopware Store
European Accessibility Act (EAA)
see Accessibility Reinforcement Act (BFSG)
Extension
Extensions in the form of apps, plugins or themes extend the range of features of Shopware 6. You can purchase new extensions in the Store.
Extension (ThemeWare®)
Extension configuration
The configuration of an extension (plugin or app), which can be accessed via the respective extension in the extension management.
Extension management
Under the menu item "My extensions", which you can find in the main navigation under "Extensions > My extensions", you can manage the extensions already installed in your shop. You can purchase new extensions in the form of apps, plugins or themes in the Store. Often also called "Plugin Manager" or "plugin management".
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FAQ
There is currently no FAQ feature in Shopware 6 or ThemeWare®. Please have a look for a plugin in the Shopware Store.
Feature request
Feel free to send us your idea(s) and your suggestion(s) for improvement via our Service Portal: Suggestion for improvement. All suggestions are processed chronologically and implemented depending on demand and feasibility. (The only exceptions are sponsored feature requests.)
fetchpriority (high/low)
Gives the browser a hint about how important the download is relative to other resources: high prioritizes it earlier, while low deprioritizes it when bandwidth or request limits are tight.
Filter
Products can be filtered via. A corresponding "Product filter" CMS element is part of Shopware 6 and can be added to category layouts. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Properties.
Floating widget
The "Floating widget" is a ThemeWare® extension that displays a configurable element on the left or right edge of the screen, which you can fill individually and which customers can expand. In Shopware 5 it was also called "Sitebar widget".
Flyout navigation
The flyout navigation is the submenu of the top navigation that opens as soon as you point to a menu item. It shows the subcategories clearly on a large panel, which is why it is also called a "mega menu". ThemeWare® offers several display types for it, from the wide flyout to cards to the compact dropdown. You can find more information in the manual: Mega menu (flyout) [Tags: flyout, mega menu, submenu, dropdown]
Focus ring
If you operate your shop with the keyboard instead of the mouse, you jump from element to element with the tab key. The focus ring is the visible outline that shows where you currently are. It is an accessibility requirement – see Accessibility. [Tags: focus, keyboard, accessibility]
Footer
The footer is the lower area of the storefront, which contains, for example, the newsletter, footer elements such as payment logos and the copyright.
Footer navigation
The footer navigation is usually a separate category branch with various categories of the type "Shop page", e.g. for service and other information. This category branch is assigned in your Sales Channel with the "Entry point footer navigation" configuration in the "General settings" section.
Free shipping
The status "Free shipping" is fulfilled in Shopware if a product is configured as "Free shipping”. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation.
Free shipping badge
The free shipping badge is one of the ThemeWare® Product badges. It marks products with free shipping in the product box and on the product page (see Free shipping). You can find more information in the manual: Free shipping badge
Free shipping label
The free shipping label is the "Free shipping" notice in the delivery information of the buybox on the product page (see Free shipping). You can find more information in the manual: Free shipping note
Free text fields
see Custom field
Frontend
see Storefront
Full-width
The layout or element extends across the entire available screen width and uses 100% of the page. The content also spans the full width of the screen.
Full-width Boxed
The layout or element spans the entire screen width, while the actual content remains limited to the width of the main container.
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Gallery
see Image gallery
General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)
The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is an important EU regulation that aims to ensure consumer protection through safe products.
Glass effect
The glass effect blurs the content behind an element. Combined with a semi-transparent background color, this creates the look of frosted glass. In ThemeWare® you can set the glass effect e.g. for the flyout and the dropdown navigation. [Tags: glass, frosted glass, blur, transparency]
Google Analytics
When using Analytics, Universal Analytics (discontinued by Google on 01 July 2023) or Google Analytics 4 can be used in Shopware 6. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Analytics.
Google Fonts
Google Fonts is a font collection with over 1500 fonts, which Google provides for free use. You can find more information on this in the ThemeWare® Manual. [Tags: googlefonts]
Google reCAPTCHA
In addition to a basic CAPTCHA and a Honeypot, Shopware 6 also offers Google reCAPTCHA v2 and Google reCAPTCHA v3. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: CAPTCHA.
Google Tag Manager
Analytics is implemented via the Google Tag Manager. User-defined events or scripts cannot be stored via this. This may be possible via extensions from the Shopware Store.
GPSR
see General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)
Grid guides
You can activate/deactivate (grid) guides in the storefront in the ThemeWare® plugin settings. The plugin settings can be found in the Plugin Manager, not in the Theme Manager.
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Hamburger menu
Hard Refresh
A Hard Refresh in the browser clears the cache for the current page and reloads all content directly from the server. This helps resolve outdated or faulty displays caused by cached files. You can typically perform a Hard Refresh by pressing Ctrl + F5 (Windows) or Cmd + Shift + R (Mac).
HC-Architecture®
Thanks to this architecture, ThemeWare® is highly compatible with almost all Shopware plugins right from the start. Should an incompatibility occur, you can solve it yourself with just a few clicks by simply switching off the respective feature area and thus resetting it to the Shopware default.
Header
The header is the upper area of the storefront, which contains, for example, the logo, the USP bar, the navigation, the language selection or the service navigation.
Help text
Many configuration fields have help texts 
. These are very important. Therefore, always take a look at the help texts: they explain exactly what the individual options or the configuration mean and give you important guidance.
Honeypot
With this Captcha, an additional invisible field is offered during registration, which bots and scripts fill in and are thus rejected. For normal customers, the field is not visible and can therefore not be filled in. [Tags: honey pot, honeypot]
Hover image
The hover image is a second product image that appears in the product box as soon as you move the mouse over the product image. This lets you show e.g. another view or the product in use without opening the product page. You add it per product via a ThemeWare® custom field. You can find more information in the manual: Hover image [Tags: hover, mouseover, second image, product image]
Hover effect
The hover or mouseover effect is the event that is triggered when a user moves the mouse over an element. This effect is often used to change the appearance of a link or button while hovering over it, indicating that interaction is possible here.
HTML
HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language and is the language in which the storefront is output, interpreted by the web browser and then displayed. In various editors of the Shopware administration you can switch from WYSIWYG mode (What You See Is What You Get) to an HTML mode to work with HTML code there.
HTML Sanitizer
With Shopware 6.5, an "HTML sanitizer" has been implemented. This sanitizer "improves" security, reliability and usability of the editor by removing unsafe HTML code. It also sanitizes styles and attributes for consistent and correct code rendering regardless of platform and browser. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: HTML Sanitizer.
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Icons
You can find an overview of the icons available in Shopware in the ThemeWare® Service Portal: Shopware 6 Icons
Iconset
An iconset is a collection of icons in a consistent style. ThemeWare® comes with several iconsets that replace the symbols in your shop, from the cart in the header to the arrows of the sliders. Many sets are available in different styles, e.g. as outline or filled. You can find more information in the manual: Icons [Tags: icons, symbols, iconset]
Image gallery
A default CMS element of Shopware that can be used to create an image gallery in Shopping Experiences.
Image keyword assistant
The Image keyword assistant is an AI feature and part of the Shopware Commercial extension. The assistant is available to all customers with a commercial plan. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation.
Image slider
There are various sliders in Shopware 6. The "Image slider" is a standard CMS element of Shopware that you can place in your Shopping Experiences. You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation.
Inheritance
There are different types of inheritance in Shopware 6 (e.g. for variant products). In terms of themes, theme duplicates inherit the theme configuration of the corresponding base or parent theme. You can find more information on theme duplicates in the following article: ThemeWare® duplicates.
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Labelling
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Labelling (Products).
Landing page
Shopping Experiences (or CMS layouts) of the type "Landing page" offer you a wide range of design and marketing options in your shop. You can use this layout or page type for the home page of your shop, for example. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS blocks and CMS elements of its own. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS extensions
Landing pages
In addition to the "Landing page" layout type for CMS layouts or categories, Shopware also offers the option of creating dedicated landing pages that can be accessed via a selectable SEO URL using a separate section in the category management. These can be topic pages for marketing or other pages that your customers can land on while visiting the shop. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS blocks and CMS elements of its own. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS extensions
Language menu
The language menu (language selection) is a standard element of Shopware 6 and is located in the top bar if you have configured additional domains for other languages in your Sales Channel. [Tags: language selection]
Layout editor
You can edit Shopping Experiences with the layout editor.
Layout section
see CMS section
Layout type
In terms of categories and Shopping Experiences, a "Layout type" is the type of CMS layout you create (e.g. Listing page). You can then assign a layout to any category or product. If you assign a CMS layout of the type "Listing page" to a category, this category will be a page with a product listing. (Technical speaking, the category in this case has the page type "product_list".)
Lazy Loading
When a web page is visited, the browser loads all the resources needed to view the page. In this process, all objects are loaded, even if they are out of sight ("below the fold"). This costs unnecessary loading time. To avoid this, developers use lazy loading. With the help of LazyLoad scripts or plug-ins, the browser only loads images and other data when they appear in the visible area of the visitor – for example when scrolling or enlarging the browser window. The Shopware Storefront and ThemeWare® also support a lazyloading feature loading="lazy" of modern browsers. [Tags: layzyload]
Leftbar
see Sidebar
Licence domain
A The purchased extension will later be used on the licence domain. Enter the shop domain here on which you would like to use the extension afterwards. (see Booking domain)
Note: If you have any questions about your bookings, purchases in the Shopware Store, your subscription, billing or licences, please contact Shopware directly.
License transfer
Domains or licences can be transferred to another account or within this account. For exactly these scenarios you can request a license transfer in your customer account. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: How can I transfer licenses?
List price
With the list price you can, for example, display the RRP in the storefront. For it to be displayed, the list price must be higher than the price of the product.
The colour of the list price is currently the text colour for headings (tab "Layout" => section "Typography" => area "Headings") and cannot be configured.
Listing
see Product listing
Listing page
Shopping Experiences (or CMS layouts) of the type "Listing page" automatically contain a Product listing. Furthermore, you can display texts or the image of the corresponding category dynamically on a category page and use other CMS elements.
Listing pages
see Listing page
Listing subcategories
A ThemeWare® extension with which a configurable element can be included on category pages that displays all subcategories of the corresponding category. The Pro Edition of ThemeWare® additionally includes a CMS extension that you can place freely in your CMS layouts. You can find more information on this in the ThemeWare® Manual.
Listview
In the list view, the products in the listing are shown in a list one below the other instead of in a grid. In the Pro Edition you select it in the CMS element "Product listing" via the display type "ThemeWare® List view". This feature is currently in beta. [Tags: listview, list view]
Loading (lazy/eager)
Controls when an image is loaded: eager loads immediately during page load, while lazy waits until the image is near the visible viewport, which can reduce initial load work.
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Main navigation
The main navigation of your administration gives you access to all areas of your shop and its various sales channels.
In the storefront, the main navigation corresponds to the Top navigation.
Maintenance mode
In maintenance mode, the respective sales channel is invisible to visitors. However, IPs on the whitelist can still access the sales channel. This way you can work safely with the data of the sales channel while customers and visitors are shown a maintenance mode screen.
Manufacturer
In the manufacturer management you can create manufacturers and find an overview of the already created manufacturers. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Manufacturer.
Manufacturer logo
A manufacturer logo can be added via the manufacturer management in the administration. The manufacturer logo is automatically displayed in the default CMS element "Product name & manufacturer logo" of Shopware on the product page. If you want to change this, simply create your own CMS layout for your product pages. [Tags: manufacturer logo]
Manufacturer tab
see Tabs (on the product page)
Manufacturer-Page
The manufacturer page known from Shopware 5 is currently not available in Shopware 6. Please have a look at the Shopware Store.
Measures
Media
Media are files that can be uploaded via the media management. You can then use them in the storefront, for example. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Media and Media (Products).
Media management
Under the menu item "Media", which you can find in the main navigation under "Content > Media", you can upload new media, sort them into folders and manage existing media. Often also called "Media Manager".
Media manager
see Media management
Mouseover effect
see Hover effect
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New
The "New" status is determined by the Shopware core. ThemeWare® has no control over this.
New badge
The new badge is one of the ThemeWare® Product badges. It highlights new products in the product box and on the product page. Which products count as new is determined by Shopware (see New). You can find more information in the manual: New badge
Newsletter
You can find the newsletter recipients in the admin under "Marketing > Newsletter Recipients". You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Newsletter.
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Offcanvas cart
The offcanvas cart is a compact cart in the form of a slideout element that "slides" over the page from the right, for example when a product is added to the cart. The advantage is that there is no page change and the customer can continue shopping right away.
Offcanvas navigation
In smaller viewports that no longer offer enough space for the Top navigation, it is hidden and replaced by a "hamburger" button. The button is named after its icon 
, which resembles a hamburger. Clicking this button makes a slideout element, the so-called Offcanvas navigation, "slide" into the page from the left.
Order number
see Product number
Orders
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Orders.
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Packaging
Page type
see Page types
Page types
The layout (or CMS layout) of a category can have different "Types" (e.g. Shop page, Landing page or Listing page). The "Layout type" of a category technically defines the page type of that category. Shopware provides specific features depending on the page type of a category. A listing page, for example, has the page type ‘product_list’.
Parallax
"Parallax" refers to a 2D visual effect that creates spatial depth. This effect occurs when two or more objects move differently from each other, with elements further away moving slower and those closer moving faster.
Parent theme
The parent theme is the original theme of a theme duplicate.
Payment logos
With ThemeWare® you have free access to the popular ThemeWare® Utilities for your ThemeWare® theme. This includes – among other things – a pagespeed optimised logo set for your payment methods.
Payment methods
Payment methods are a core feature of Shopware 6. With ThemeWare® you have various design options at your fingertips, but the basic configuration is done in Shopware itself.
PDP
In the context of online shop storefronts, the abbreviation "PDP" stands for "Product Detail Page" and refers to the Product page of Shopware 6.
Plugin
Plugins are a variant of extensions that extend the range of features of Shopware 6 (self-hosted) and are based on the Shopware 6 plugin system. Unlike apps, plugins are installed locally and do not run on external servers. Compared to apps, plugins have every option to implement functionality. Certain scenarios can only be realised as a plugin.
Plugin configuration
Plugin Manager
Plugin management
Plugin system
Plugins are the most powerful type of extension in Shopware 6, as they can extend or modify almost any part of the software. This makes plugins a very good way to extend the Shopware core and interact with it directly.
Popup
A popup (often also written pop-up) is an element for displaying additional content or requesting a certain interaction. Popups typically "pop up" in the middle of the web page and overlay the actual content. In Shopware, for example, the privacy policy of forms or the shipping costs on the product page are usually opened in a popup.
Preloader
A "preloader" script when loading a page may look pretty, but we recommend shortening the loading time of the page rather than concealing it.
Premium request
A "Premium request" #PremiumRequest is a special Feature request. It is a win-win situation for all sides. The customer contributes to the development costs and receives a desired feature as part of ThemeWare®. In return, the fact that a feature is incorporated into ThemeWare® eliminates the medium and long-term maintenance effort for updates, because the functionality and compatibility is guaranteed by the regular ThemeWare® updates.
Preview image
see Product images
Price per unit
Price unit
Prices
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Prices.
Primary button
see Button
Product badges
A ThemeWare® extension that makes the Shopware product badges configurable and adds further badges. In addition, ThemeWare® can display the product badges on the product detail page.
Product benefits
ThemeWare® offers two different types of product benefits. On the one hand there are the "global" product benefits, which you can maintain via a snippet. The other are the "specific" product benefits, which you can maintain using a custom field in the product. You can find more information about this in the ThemeWare® Manual.
Product detail page
see Product page
Product filter
see Filter
Product images
You can assign product images (e.g. product photos) to a product in the "Media" section. To do this, edit a product via the Shopware 6 Product management. There you can also define which image should be used as a preview image (cover image), e.g. for the product listing. You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation: Products.
Product listing
A standard CMS element of Shopware for category pages, which lists the products of the corresponding category as well as the products of its subcategories. [Tags: productlisting]
Product management
Under the menu item "Products", which you can find in the main navigation under "Catalogues > Products", you can create and manage products.
Product number
In the product management of Shopware you have the possibility to assign an individual product number to products.
Product page
Product pages are Shopping Experiences that you can assign to your products via the product management. Some CMS blocks such as product description or the buybox or product image gallery are already available. Furthermore, on product pages you have the option of dynamically displaying texts from the corresponding product and using further Shopping Experiences. Often also called "product detail page". [Tag: pdp]
Product pages
see Product page
Product price
The price of the product in the storefront. You can find the colour configuration for the "Price" in the product box in the tab "Layout" => section "E-Commerce".
For discounted products, the colour is currently fixed to "#e52427" and cannot be configured.
Product slider
There are various sliders in Shopware 6. The "Product slider" is a standard CMS element of Shopware that you can place in your Shopping Experiences. You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation.
Product specifications
Various specifications (e.g. width, height, length, weight, etc.) can be set for each product in the product management. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Specifications. With ThemeWare® you can display these specifications on product pages in the buybox.
Product symbols
Product symbols (also "notice images") are small symbols on the product with which you display seals, care instructions, certificates and the like. They are maintained in two ways – individually or combined: centrally via properties with an image, or individually via custom fields on the product itself. Where they appear (gallery, buy box, description, properties tab or a tab of their own) is set in the theme configuration. [Tags: notice images, seals, care instructions]
Product videos
see Videos tab
Products
You can create and manage the products of your shop via the product management. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Products.
Promotion codes
Promotion codes are a core feature of Shopware 6. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation.
Promotions
The menu item promotions in the Shopware Administration offers you a module with which you can create discount actions for your sales channels. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Promotions.
Properties
The properties offer you the possibility to provide your products with filterable information. Furthermore, the properties are used as a basis for the generation of Variants. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Properties and Properties (Products).
Properties tab
see Tabs (on the product page)
Properties table
The properties table lists the properties of a product (e.g. material or colour) clearly in a table. With ThemeWare® you can display it on the product page either in the description or in a tab of its own. You can find more information in the manual: Properties tab
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Quickview
The quickview is a quick view of a product. A button in the product box opens the most important product information in a modal without leaving the listing. You can find more information in the manual: Quickview [Tags: quick view]
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Ratings
see Reviews
reCAPTCHA
see Google reCAPTCHA
Reset
You can reset the theme configuration via the Theme Manager. You can find more information about this here: Resetting ThemeWare®
Returns management
With the returns management you can process returns that you receive from your customers directly in the admin. As a merchant, you can create a new return based on an existing order. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Returns management.
Reviews
Your customers have the possibility to rate your products in Shopware 6. You will find the ratings in the administration. There you can check, approve and comment on them. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Reviews and Reviews (Products).
Revocation button
Roadmap
We put a lot of effort into incorporating suggestions for improvement into the development and reacting as quickly as possible to changes made by Shopware. We therefore often work quite spontaneously and in the long term more with rough "milestones". An official or public roadmap is therefore not ideal in our experience.
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Sales Channel
Sales Channels allow you to connect different sales channels to your shop system. On the one hand, this can be the classic storefront. On the other hand, it is also possible to transfer data to price comparison portals (e.g. billiger.de or Google Shopping) or to integrate social shopping (e.g. Instagram).
Scale unit
Secondary button
see Button
Section (in the Shopping Experience)
see CMS section
Section (in the theme configuration)
Within a block of the theme configuration the configuration fields are grouped once more into sections, such as the "Basic configuration", the "Colour configuration", the "Image configuration", the "Font configuration" and so on.
Self-hosted
With Shopware 6 (self-hosted) you can set up your own shop and run it in your own hosting environment. In the Store you will find a constantly growing selection of extensions (apps, plugins and themes). Since its release, ThemeWare® has been available as an extension based on the plugin system and as an app.
Self-managed
see Self-hosted
Selling unit
SEO
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: SEO (Products).
Service navigation
The service navigation is displayed, for example, in the header next to the language selection in the so-called top bar and in the mobile footer. It is usually a separate category branch with various categories of the type "Shop page" (e.g. imprint, privacy or terms and conditions). This category branch is assigned via the Sales Channel under "Entry point footer service navigation".
Shipping link
The shipping link is a link below the buy button on the product page. Clicking it opens the shipping and payment page stored in your shop as an overlay – so your customer stays on the product page. You word the text freely via a snippet. For products marked as Free shipping the link is hidden automatically. [Tags: shipping costs, shipping]
Shipping logos
With ThemeWare® you have free access to the popular ThemeWare® Utilities for your ThemeWare® theme. This includes – among other things – a pagespeed optimised logo set for your shipping methods.
Shipping methods
Shipping methods are a core feature of Shopware 6. With ThemeWare® you have various design options at your fingertips, but the basic configuration is done in Shopware itself.
Shop benefits
ThemeWare® offers you the option of displaying shop benefits in the footer (see Widget "Benefits") or sidebar. The shop benefits apply to the whole shop and can be maintained using a snippet. You can find more information about this in the ThemeWare® Manual.
Shop navigation
The shop navigation is the main navigation of the shop in the storefront and contains the essential product categories of the shop. Often also called Top navigation.
Shop page
Shopping Experiences (or CMS layouts) of the type "Shop page" are content pages of your shop for the representation of content such as terms and conditions, imprint, shipping conditions or the contact form. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS blocks and CMS elements of its own. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS extensions
Shop pages
see Shop page
Shopping Experience Header
The "Shopping Experience header" is a ThemeWare® feature in which the header is placed over the first Shopping Experience element. This lets you give your home page a special touch. You can see the Shopping Experience header in action in ThemeWare® Exquisite, for example.
Shopping Experiences
There are different "Layout types" for Shopping Experiences, such as Shop pages, Landing pages, Listing pages and Product pages. In the "Shopping Experiences" management, which you can find in the main navigation under "Content > Shopping Experiences", you can create and manage yout Shopping Experiences (CMS layouts). The layouts created with the layout editor consist of CMS sections, in which CMS blocks can be added, which in turn consist of one or more CMS elements with texts or images. In the Pro Edition, ThemeWare® adds numerous CMS blocks and CMS elements of its own. You can find more information in the Shopware documentation: Shopping Experiences and in the ThemeWare® Manual: CMS extensions
Shopping Experiences Administration
see Shopping Experiences Management
Shopping Experiences Management
You can manage your Shopping Experiences here ("Content > Shopping Experiences").
Shopping Experiences Manager
see Shopping Experiences Management
Shopping worlds
Shopware Beyond
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Shopware Beyond.
Shopware Community Edition
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Shopware Community Edition.
Shopware Evolve
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Shopware Evolve.
Shopware Extensions
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Shopware Extensions.
Shopware Rise
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Shopware Rise.
Sidebar
The sidebar is part of a CMS layout in Shopware 6. You can "choose a section type to start with" in the Shopping Experience editor when creating a new layout. There are currently two options: "Full width" and "Sidebar". Select the "Sidebar" layout here to be able to place CMS elements in a sidebar.
Sitemap
Shopware generates a standard sitemap that is compressed and cached in the file system. In the administration under "Settings > Shop > Sitemap" you can define the refresh time for the sitemap and set a refresh strategy how the sitemap should be updated. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Sitemap.
Slideout
A slideout (often also written slide-out) is an element for displaying additional content or requesting a certain interaction. Slideouts typically "slide" into the web page from the edge of the screen and overlay the actual content. In Shopware, for example, the mobile Offcanvas navigation and the so-called Offcanvas cart are displayed in a slideout.
Slider
There are various sliders in Shopware 6, most of them are CMS elements that can be placed in your Shopping Experiences. Shopware offers you an "Image slider", a "Image gallery" element with an image slider, a "Product slider" and a "Cross Selling" element with a product slider by default. You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation.
Snippet
Shopware uses snippets to translate and customise texts, which can be edited and managed centrally. These snippets can then be output in the storefront, for example. You can find the snippet management under "Settings > Shop > Snippets".
Snippet management
Shopware uses snippets to translate and customise texts, which can be edited and managed centrally. You can find the management module under "Settings > Shop > Snippets".
Social Media
see Widget "Communities or social media"
Sold out
The status "Sold out" is fulfilled in Shopware if a product is in on "Clearance sale" and the "Available stock" is less than the "Min. order quantity". You can find more information in the Shopware documentation.
Sold-out badge
The sold-out badge is one of the ThemeWare® Product badges. It marks sold-out products in the product box and on the product page. When a product counts as sold out is determined by Shopware (see Sold out). You can find more information in the manual: Sold-out badge
Sold-out label
The sold-out label is the "Sold out" notice in the delivery information of the buybox on the product page. When a product counts as sold out is determined by Shopware (see Sold out). You can find more information in the manual: Sold out note
Specifications
Stock
The stock is configured via the product management. It indicates how many units of the product are currently in stock. As soon as the order status of an order is set to "Done", the stock is reduced accordingly. With ThemeWare® you can also display the stock in the storefront. For this purpose, a so-called Stock badge and the Stock label are available.
Stock badge
ThemeWare® provides you with various Product badges. The stock badge shows whether only very few or enough products are available.
Stock label
The stock label on the product page shows whether only very few or enough products are available.
Storefront
The storefront is a sales channel that can be accessed by your visitors or customers. It is the public part of your shop. Often also called "frontend".
Subscription
Since the purchase version was removed from the Shopware Store, extensions can only be rented. You can usually choose between monthly and annual billing. The subscription starts with a free trial month during which it can be canceled at any time. During the subscription all released updates are included for free. In case you have any questions or problems with your extension you can always ask the Extension Partner for help during the subscription.
Note: If you have any questions about your bookings, purchases in the Shopware Store, your subscription, billing or licences, please contact Shopware directly.
Subshop
The subshops of Shopware 5 have been abandoned in favour of the Sales Channels. Sales Channels offer you the possibility to connect different sales channels via a shop system. You can find more information on this in the Shopware documentation.
Suggestion for improvement
Feel free to send us your idea(s) and your suggestion(s) for improvement via our Service Portal: Suggestion for improvement.
Switch button
You will often find switch buttons (also called toggle buttons) in the Shopware or ThemeWare® configuration. They are simply on/off switches.
active
deactivated
disabled
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Tabs (in the theme configuration)
In principle the theme manager is divided by tabs according to the main parts of the shop.
Tabs (on the product page)
Shopware includes the tabs "Description" and "Reviews". With ThemeWare®, the tabs "Properties", "Manufacturer", "Product videos", "Datasheets", "Product safety information" (GPSR), a tab for the product symbols and a custom tab are also available on the product page.
Theme
Themes are extensions that allow you to adapt your storefront to your wishes and customise it. Themes can be based on either the app system or the plugin system of Shopware 6. ThemeWare® is the market-leading theme for Shopware 5 and 6. Its special features are sales promotion, customisability and the included extras. Since its release, ThemeWare® for Shopware 6 has been available for the Shopware 6 Cloud and for Shopware 6 (self-hosted).
Theme configuration
You can access the theme configuration of your theme via the "Theme management". Here you can make configurations to adapt the look of your storefront to your wishes and customise it.
Theme derivation
A theme derivation as in Shopware 5 no longer exists in Shopware 6. Adjustments to template files can be made with a small plugin. A separate configuration is achieved with a theme duplicate.
Theme duplicate
A duplicate of a theme that inherits the configuration of the parent theme and allows a configuration that differs from it. This is suitable for alternative sales channels that, for example, need their own logo or their own colour scheme but should basically use the same theme. Often also called "child theme".
Theme management
The menu item "Themes", which you can find in the main navigation under "Content > Themes" (note: in the Shopware Cloud you will find the "Themes" area directly in the main navigation), lists all themes that you have currently added to your Shopware installation. Here you can manage and configure them. Often also called "Theme Manager".
Theme Manager
see Theme management
ThemeWare® Changelog
You can find the changelogs in the Service Portal: ThemeWare® Changelog.
ThemeWare® Cloud Edition
Since its release, ThemeWare® has been available as an app and as a plugin. The ThemeWare® Cloud Edition is based on the app system of Shopware 6 and therefore, for technical reasons, has a slightly limited range of features. For the full range of features, we recommend the ThemeWare® Pro Edition.
ThemeWare® Config Finder
The ThemeWare® Config Finder is a search for the configuration fields of the theme configuration. It lets you find any configuration field in no time. In the Pro Edition it is available right in your administration, in the Theme Manager and in the search bar of the administration. For looking things up in the browser, you can also find it at https://config.themeware.design/en. There it also shows you example values, help texts and the path to the configuration. You can find more information in the manual: Config Finder
ThemeWare® Configuration
ThemeWare® Custom fields
ThemeWare® comes with its own custom fields, which you use to maintain content for individual products, categories, manufacturers or properties, e.g. a hover image, downloads or product videos. You can find them directly in the respective product or category under "Custom fields". You can find more information in the manual: Custom fields
ThemeWare® Demoshops
You can find the ThemeWare® demo stores at: https://demo.themeware.design/en
ThemeWare® Documentation
ThemeWare® Duplicate
see Theme duplicate
ThemeWare® Editions
Since its release, ThemeWare® has been available for the Shopware 6 Cloud and for Shopware 6 (self-hosted). For technical reasons, this requires two separate extensions. We developed the ThemeWare® Cloud Edition for the Shopware Cloud. The ThemeWare® Pro Edition is based on the Shopware 6 plugin system and is available for Shopware 6 (self-hosted).
ThemeWare® Extensions
ThemeWare® extensions are additional features for Shopware 6 that can be displayed at certain places in the storefront (e.g. the USP bar).
ThemeWare® Hub
The ThemeWare® Hub brings the ThemeWare® Service Portal right into your administration. There you can find e.g. news, the changelog, the add-ons and the way to support in one place, without leaving the administration. The hub is available in the Pro Edition. You can find more information in the manual: ThemeWare® Hub [Tags: hub, dashboard, service portal]
ThemeWare® Knowledge Base
You can find the ThemeWare® Knowledge Base at: https://wiki.themeware.design
ThemeWare® Landingpage
You can find the ThemeWare® landing page at: https://themeware.design
ThemeWare® Manual
You can find the ThemeWare® Manual at: https://docs.themeware.design
ThemeWare® Pro Edition
Since its release, ThemeWare® has been available as an app and as a plugin. The ThemeWare® Pro Edition is based on the plugin system of Shopware 6 and therefore offers you the full range of features and full customization options. In addition, the Pro Edition is 100% scalable.
ThemeWare® Snippets
In addition to the Shopware snippets, ThemeWare® comes with its own snippets, e.g. for badges, widgets or the product page. You can recognise them by the prefix "twt.". You edit and translate them like all other snippets in the Snippet management. You can find more information in the manual: Snippets
ThemeWare® Themes
ThemeWare® Utilities
You can find more information in the Service Portal: ThemeWare® Utilities.
ThemeWare® Variations
There are various ThemeWare® variations (e.g. Modern, Clean, Strong etc.). All variations are technically identical. They only differ in individual configuration values (such as the primary colour or the shop logo) to create a different look.
ThemeWare® Video Tutorial
You can find the ThemeWare® Video Tutorial in the Service Portal: ThemeWare® Video Tutorial.
ThemeWare® Widgets
ThemeWare® widgets are a feature of ThemeWare® for Shopware 6. Widgets are content elements that can be displayed at various places in the storefront (e.g. payment and shipping methods, social icons). Thanks to the ThemeWare® widgets, the footer is extremely customisable and flexible.
ThemeWare® Wiki
Thumbnails
Image sizes for thumbnails can be managed via the Media Management (Media Manager) of Shopware 6. Default thumbnail sizes are 400x400px, 800x800px and 1920x1920px. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Thumbnails.
Toggle button
see Switch button
Top bar
The top bar is an HTML element in the Shopware 6 header. The top bar contains the Language menu and the Currency menu – if there are alternative languages and currencies in the shop. In addition to the many configuration options, ThemeWare® also provides you with useful additional features such as the option of displaying the service menu or a hotline snippet to fill the top bar in a useful way. [Tags: topbar]
Top navigation
The top navigation is the main navigation of the shop in the storefront and contains the essential product categories of the shop. Often also called Shop navigation. [Tags: topnavigation]
Topseller
The "Topseller" status is determined by the Shopware core. ThemeWare® has no control over this.
Topseller badge
The topseller badge is one of the ThemeWare® Product badges. It marks highlighted products in the product box and on the product page. Which products count as topsellers is determined by Shopware (see Topseller). You can find more information in the manual: Topseller badge
Trial month
The ThemeWare® rental version includes a free trial month. Feel free to use this option to test different variants before making your final decision. The rental can be cancelled at any time on a monthly basis or is automatically extended at the prices stated at the time of booking.
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USP bar
The "USP bar" is a ThemeWare® extension with which the USPs of your shop can be displayed in the header and/or footer.
V
Variants
The Properties serve as the basis for creating the variants. Please note that these do not have to be the same properties as those assigned to the product for the filters. You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Variants (Products).
Videos
see Product videos
Videos tab
see Tabs (on the product page)
W
Warehouse
see Warehouse groups
Warehouse groups
You can find more information about this in the Shopware documentation: Warehouse groups.
Warranty Label (GARAN)
Product-specific warranty label that may be required when a manufacturer warranty is advertised. 💡 View Extension in Shopware Store
Wishlist
The wishlist is a core feature in Shopware 6. You can find more information about it in the Shopware documentation: Wishlist.
Widget
Widget "About us"
Widget "Awards, seals or certificates"
Widget "Benefits"
Widget "Communities or social media"
Widget "Location or retail store"
Widget "Payment logos"
Widget "Service hotline"
Widget "Shipping logos"
Withdrawal button
The withdrawal button (also named "Revocation button") is mandatory for many online shops so customers can submit their withdrawal electronically directly in the shop. ThemeWare® supports rendering Shopware’s withdrawal button starting with ThemeWare 3.7.4 (Shopware 6.6.10.14) and ThemeWare 4.3.0 (Shopware 6.7.9) respectively. More information can be found in the ThemeWare® Knowledge Base.