# How to Add Countdown Hero to the Studio Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/studio/add-countdown-hero/ — Section Shop, 56 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

Full width hero section with background image, overlay, and countdown timer. Features customizable minimum height, overlay opacity, and prominent countdown display. This guide shows how to add the Countdown Hero section to the Studio theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Studio's code. Studio is a free theme by Shopify, known for gallery grids and art-forward presentation — and countdown timers like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why Countdown Hero fits Studio

Deadline-driven sections for launches, drops and sales — hero countdowns, boxed timers and product-launch layouts. On Studio, Countdown Hero 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 Studio'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 Studio setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “Countdown Hero” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Countdown Timers category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Studio theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Studio uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Studio theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Countdown Hero” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Studio font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does Countdown Hero work with the Studio theme?

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

### Will Countdown Hero match Studio's design?

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

### Is Countdown Hero free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Countdown Hero is free, like every section in the 56-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Studio theme and keeps working.