Cart Drawer: Express Checkout Buttons Not Showing (Accelerated Checkout)

The express payment buttons (Shop Pay, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay) appear in the cart drawer footer only when Accelerated checkout is turned on in the app and the matching payment methods are set up in Shopify. If a method isn't set up, its button won't show.

Check 1: Accelerated checkout is on in the app

1. Open Essential Cart Drawer and go to Accelerated checkout in the left menu, under Footer.
2. Turn on the switch. The text under it says the buttons are detected from your Shopify payment settings.
3. Click Save.

With the switch off, the drawer shows no express buttons.

Check 2: The payment methods are set up in Shopify

Go to Settings → Payments in the Shopify admin. Confirm the express methods you want, such as Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal, are activated. Only methods activated here can appear in the drawer.

Check 3: No buttons after Checks 1 and 2? Add one line to theme.liquid

Add this if the buttons still don't show after Checks 1 and 2. This applies even when Accelerated checkout is on and the methods are set up. Check this:

This is the simplest fix when there's no way to switch the buttons on from the theme — the setting in Check 3 doesn't exist in your theme, or you can't find it. It also applies when that setting is on and the express area is still empty.

The drawer gets the buttons from your store’s cart page. If that page doesn't output Shopify's accelerated-checkout content, the drawer has nothing to show. Adding the line to the theme layout outputs it on every page, including the cart page.

1. Go to Online Store → Themes → ⋯ → Edit code.
2. Open layout/theme.liquid.
3. Find the opening <body>  tag — hit Ctrl/⌘ + F and search for body.
4. Paste the line below on a blank line just after the first <body>  tag.
5. Save, then reload your storefront and open the drawer.

{% if additional_checkout_buttons %}<div style="display: none !important;">{{ content_for_additional_checkout_buttons }}</div>{% endif %}

What the line does, and why it's safe

If the line is already somewhere in theme.liquid , don't add a second copy.

This is a change to your theme's own code. Duplicate your theme first if you want a rollback point, and note that the line lives in that theme only — see Limitations below.

Prefer not to edit code yourself? Contact our support team and we'll apply it for you with collaborator access.

Check 4: Shopify decides which buttons each customer sees

Once the methods are set up, Shopify decides which buttons are eligible for each customer. The factors are:

Two customers can see different buttons. If you don't see a button you expect, test in a browser or device that supports that wallet.

Limitations

Still not showing?

Contact our support team at support@essential-apps.com and we will help you find the cause.