# How to Add Editorial Story to the Motion Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/motion/add-editorial-story/ — Section Shop, 164 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

A magazine-style spread: a large heading with an italic accent beside one picture or clip. The image can link anywhere, and you choose its side on desktop and its position on mobile independently. This guide shows how to add the Editorial Story section to the Motion theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Motion's code. Motion is a premium theme by Archetype Themes, known for animation and video-first product pages — and image with text like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Editorial Story fits Motion

Story-telling layouts pairing visuals with copy — splits, overlays, zigzags and card grids for brand and product stories. On Motion, Editorial Story slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Motion's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

## Steps

1. **Install Section Shop (free)** — Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Motion setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Editorial Story” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Image with Text category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Motion theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Motion uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Motion theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Editorial Story” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Motion font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Editorial Story work with the Motion theme?

Yes. Motion is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Editorial Story installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Motion's theme editor as “SShop:Editorial Story”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will Editorial Story match Motion's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Motion's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

### Is Editorial Story free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Editorial Story is free, like every section in the 164-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Motion theme and keeps working.