What is Local

Applies to: Local 4.2.1 and later. Added in: Local 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Local 4.2.1.

Local is a Shopify theme by Krown Themes, sold on the Shopify Theme Store. It is made for stores with physical locations, such as food shops, coffee roasters, bakeries, wine shops and wellness brands: customers pick their store, see pickup availability and find your stores on a map.

Where to find it: Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes, once you have added Local from the Shopify Theme Store.

VersionsCopy Anchor Link

The current version is Local 4.2.1, released on 2026-09-22. Local was first released as 1.0.0 on 2022-08-08. Every release and its notes are on What's new in Local. To update, see Update Local.

PresetsCopy Anchor Link

Local has five presets on the Theme Store: Local, Caffeine, Soleway, Lively and Thrive. They install the same sections, blocks and settings, and differ in their theme style: fonts, colors and some Theme settings values. See Local presets.

What Local includesCopy Anchor Link

Local 4.2.1 has 37 sections you can add with Add section, offered as 45 presets, and 11 theme blocks for its Flex sections. See How Local is built and Sections.

Features for local storesCopy Anchor Link

• A store selector that connects your Shopify locations, shows the chosen store in the header, and shows pickup availability on product pages and product cards: Store selector section.
• Pickup availability on the product page, for the chosen store or for all your pickup locations: Product availability blocks.
• Your stores on a Google map, in the store selector and in a Stores map section: Maps theme settings, Stores map section.
• An events calendar made from blog posts, with event dates, tickets and add to calendar links: Events calendar.

Product informationCopy Anchor Link

• Nutrition tables, Nutri-Score, attribute meters, progress charts and icon lists, filled from product metafields: Product attribute blocks.
• Feature icons on product cards, from metafields: Dynamic icons list theme settings.
• Custom badges by product tag, plus sold out and discount badges: Product badges theme settings.
• Color and image swatches from metaobjects, and product siblings: Variant swatches, Product variant and buy blocks.
• Product comparison, from the collection page or in a section: Product comparison section.
• Product links in blog posts that open a quick buy popup, for recipes: Article page.

Cart and marketingCopy Anchor Link

• Cart drawer, cart page or a popup notification, with notes, discount codes, a terms checkbox, gift wrapping and a free shipping message: Cart theme settings.
• Quick buy on product cards and the Quick view popup: Product card theme settings.
• Mega menus with images and promotions: Header menus and mega menus.
• Cookie, image, newsletter and custom popups, age verification and an exit intent popup: Popups section.

Which version of Local do I have?Copy Anchor Link

Open Shopify admin → Online Store → Themes. Each Local theme in your theme library shows its version number under its name. When a newer version exists, Shopify shows an update notification instead; see Update Local.

Which languages does Local support?Copy Anchor Link

The storefront texts of Local are translated into 33 languages, including English, and the theme supports right-to-left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew. The theme editor labels are translated into 21 languages. To translate your own content, see Translate your store into multiple languages.

Where do I get help with Local?Copy Anchor Link

• These docs, starting with the Local FAQ.
• Krown support at contact.krownthemes.com. Krown support helps with theme settings and theme bugs. It does not write custom code; see Custom work and code changes.

Related pagesCopy Anchor Link

• How Local is built: theme settings, sections, blocks and Flex sections.
• Local presets: the five presets and the demo setup videos.
• Update Local: install a new version.
• What's new in Local: every release with its notes.