How to Manage and Search Files in Shopify Horizon Theme

Horizon's nested blocks make it easy to place a single linked file exactly where you want it, but Shopify's file system underneath still works the same as any other theme.

Steps

1. In your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Files (some admin versions show this as Content > Files).
2. Click Upload files and add your documents — Shopify accepts any file type except HTML, up to 20 MB each. Video files can go up to 1 GB, capped at 10 minutes, in MOV, MP4, or WEBM.
3. Once uploaded, click a file to copy its public URL.
4. Paste that URL into a text or button block, a page, or a navigation menu link — this is the only way customers reach it.
5. Repeat per file. There's no bulk-link tool, so each one gets placed manually.

Beyond a single linked file

Shopify's Files section is admin-only — there's no customer-facing search or browse view, no matter how flexible your blocks are. Once you're managing warranty documents, ingredient sheets, or manuals across several products, an app like Download Page & File Search MP adds a searchable file widget you can drop into Horizon's editor as its own block, rather than hand-placing links.